Last year, Molly began telling her parents that her ankle was aching, but no scans showed any issues.

Katrina Halliburton said her daughter was just a happy, healthy child. In August, the preschool called and said Molly needed to go home.

"When I went to pick her up, the preschool teachers said to me 'this ankle is really sore today, she wanted to take her shoes off'," Mrs Halliburton said.

"So I took her straight to the doctor and said there has to be something with this ankle, and he said 'we will run a full blood count and check for arthritis'.

"That night he rang me and said 'go to Wagga Base Hospital right now, Molly needs to go to pediatric'."

The doctor said the words what no parent wants to hear after they arrived - it was leukaemia.

Initially, the Halliburtons could not believe it.

"We were just like 'nope. She just has a sore ankle. She doesn't have cancer. She can't have cancer," Mrs Halliburton said.

"The next day, they put us on a plane and here were are in Sydney."

After flying to Sydney, Molly, her brother and two parents were placed in temporary accommodation, but she did not respond well to the first round of treatment.

"The doctors said her treatment is going to take longer now, so you need to find somewhere to live permanently for 12 months," Mrs Halliburton said.

"It was hectic. We stayed in Ronald McDonald House, but because of COVID, Mark couldn't go back to Junee for work and our son Miller couldn't come to stay at the house either.

"We moved to a hotel and then an Airbnb. We were then chatting to the owners of the Airbnb, and they said they would be happy to rent us the house on a permanent month by month basis if we wanted."

That provided immediate relief for the family and six months on Molly is "doing really well" after finishing another block of chemotherapy.

"She has handled it incredibly well," Mrs Halliburton said. "She is so resilient and strong. She is happy to be in the hospital. She is happy to have her treatment."

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After word began to spread that Molly was diagnosed with cancer, the community in Junee immediately began to rally.

The Halliburton's phones were continually buzzing with offers of support, including to start fundraising.

But initially, they were reluctant to accept.

"Junee is an incredible community to live in when anything like this happens, everyone just wants to get around you, but Mark and I were a bit hesitant," Mrs Halliburton said.

"We said we didn't need anything. Then one of his friends just rang him one night and said 'you do need this and we want to do it."

And so, Magic for Molly was created.

Among the town's efforts include the Junee Bakery selling cupcakes with yellow icing to raise money and a fete to fundraise on March 6.

But, Mrs Halliburton said it did not have to be all about money and encouraged people to donate blood if able.

"In the last seven days, Molly has needed four lots of blood," she said. "The message we want to spread is to donate as often as you can."

For more information, go to www.facebook.com/magicformolly/.