Below i will post a direct copy of 2 threads i read from my fav UVA website. It will be a true story and a exact quote from a poster from the UVA board (not me). I lost a close friend over 10 years ago to brain cancer so it hits home a little. :
First Post:
Curt Schilling is now my favorite athlete of all time
As some of you may recall, my nephew passed a way from a childhood brain tumor called DIPG. 100% fatal, no cure, and hardly any research as only about 100 kids a year get it. Almost all research dollars are raised by families of kids who get the cancer.
Anyway, my nephew got to meet Curt Schilling while he was ill. He and his family, who live in RI, got to go to a Bosox game and meet the players. This was years ago.
Out of the blue yesterday, Curt follows up with my brother-in-law, and says he's glad he continued playing through 38 so that he got a chance to meet my nephew Evan. Very cool.
Our family has an annual fundraiser for cancer research for DIPG. Our goal is $150K this year, and we are almost there. If you can spare it, please consider donating at the link below.
Please donate to Evan's Crew: http://profile.pmc.org/te0051
FYI - I edited out the second post that garlan5 copied here as it had nothing to do with the charity - abs
edit: edited his misspelling
First Post:
Curt Schilling is now my favorite athlete of all time
As some of you may recall, my nephew passed a way from a childhood brain tumor called DIPG. 100% fatal, no cure, and hardly any research as only about 100 kids a year get it. Almost all research dollars are raised by families of kids who get the cancer.
Anyway, my nephew got to meet Curt Schilling while he was ill. He and his family, who live in RI, got to go to a Bosox game and meet the players. This was years ago.
Out of the blue yesterday, Curt follows up with my brother-in-law, and says he's glad he continued playing through 38 so that he got a chance to meet my nephew Evan. Very cool.
Our family has an annual fundraiser for cancer research for DIPG. Our goal is $150K this year, and we are almost there. If you can spare it, please consider donating at the link below.
Please donate to Evan's Crew: http://profile.pmc.org/te0051
FYI - I edited out the second post that garlan5 copied here as it had nothing to do with the charity - abs
edit: edited his misspelling
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