Greek community rallies to support Hope Sovran’s goal

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When Southfield, Mich., resident Nancy Sovran made a Facebook group on Sunday to help her critically ill daughter Hope, 15, get support to Skype with Ellen DeGeneres, she expected to get 200 members if she was lucky. But four days later, the group has more than 12,000 members, and the hashtag #hiellenitshope has been creating a buzz on Twitter, in large part thanks to the MSU greek community.

Hope Sovran, whose older sisters Annie and MaryKate Sovran attend MSU, was born with spina bifida and recently diagnosed with aplastic anemia — a disease that causes the body to stop producing enough blood cells. Treatment for the disease requires Hope Sovran to undergo a bone marrow transplant. She recently began chemotherapy at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and will stay there for at least the next month after undergoing the transplant, Nancy Sovran said.