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East Montelier, Vt. (WCAX) -The high school season is still a few months away, but the U -32 Raiders were hard at work on Wednesday morning. Instead of developing strength training or skills, the Raiders focused on a much more important thing. “We are doing a blood drive for Lei,” said Junior and Security Drew Frostick. “We had this idea to create a blood drive in his name to support it and show our support for the community.” U-32 Junior Lei Degroot included the Raiders as team managers last autumn and was looking for an opportunity to be part of the team. “It is a team that really takes care of maintaining a community spirit,” said Degroot. “It is also a team that went through heights and depths, but it is really pleasant and is really powerful in a way.” “He just does so much for the team and I think it only means that everyone is here,” added the junior Wide Receiver and Cornerback Josh Pearson. But a few months ago, Degroot and his family got the news that nobody wanted to hear when diagnosed with Lei Cancer. “Well, it happened very quickly,” said Leis Mother Allison Mindel. “Within 12 hours after his diagnosis, he had a bone marrow biopsy, placed a port and started chemotherapy. So we really didn't have much time to think about it.” “Hard emotions to do that, yes, that's life,” said Degroot. “It will be a few months.” He has spent a lot in the Hospital at the Hospital at the MDI, and the treatments were not always easy. “It was definitely a challenge,” said Degroot. “He was very sick and so he needed, we only tried to count in the car on the way here, probably about 24 units of blood and platelets so far,” added Mindel. But these treatments made a big difference. “My doctor said that she has never seen a cancer patient react to chemotherapy,” said Degroot. “And giving blood is so important.” The Raiders entered there. U-32 head coach Chris Cadorette and his team wanted to find a way to help Lei and other needy, so that they organized a bloodstream in the school's gym with the help of the Red Cross. “I sent an e -mail after I found out about Lei what happened,” said Cadorette. “I said,” People, we do. “And every single answer that I received from all my players was:” I'm in there. “And it was only overwhelming to see how our team got back so much last year.” “I really wanted to support him in every conceivable way,” said Frostick. “And when our trainer went through this blood drive and this volunteer work, I knew that I had to do it. Because I knew that Lei would do it for me if I know that Lei is super strong, so I know that he can do it.” “If you are a teenager, you take it in and sometimes you don't remember that people actually love you,” said Degroot. “And something like that, something like that that this really enables this to really see it.” And Lei and the rest of the Raiders are looking forward to the day when he can do what he loves again. “He goes: 'Trainer, I will be there. I'll be out there. I will be the best team manager U-32 that it has ever had.' And I said: “