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RunTough for Team Owen 2024

Sat September 28, 2024
Team Fundraiser

The Rogers Family
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Raised of $3,000

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why the #rogersrunforowen

The Rogers are again embarking on a fund-raising effort in memory of our friends Adam and Amanda Petrzelka's son, Owen.

 

Until April 2020, Owen was a typical (and totally awesome) five year old.  He loved kindergarten, ninjas, his scooter and Legos.  As a proud brother, he taught his little sister the importance of support walls with forts and helped calm his little brother by hand holding and singing lullabies. After some unusual behavior, like falling downstairs and walking into walls, a MRI showed a tumor in his brain stem and cerebellum, which was confirmed to be DIPG – a very rare (only 300 diagnoses a year in the United States and Europe) and aggressive brain cancer.  The jab of a pediatric cancer diagnosis is severe.  The upper cut of a zero-survival rate is an absolute knockout. A zero-survival rate is beyond devastating and truly unimaginable.

 

Owen fought bravely against DIPG - we run in his honor.

 

Adam is a great friend and co-worker of Pete’s. They have organized this run to simply raise awareness for research around DIPG and give families more hope.  Our family is going to participate on October 1st and would like to help them achieve some of those goals for Owen and other children who suffer from DIPG.  

 

All donations will be given to the ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.  ChadTough's mission is to inspire and fund game-changing research to discover effective treatments for pediatric brain cancer, with an emphasis on Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). 

 

We thank you in support in advance from the bottom of our hearts!

 

To learn more about ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation, go to www.chadtough.org.

 

 

Top Donors

$6,100 Raised By 49 Donors

$1,000 from Anonymous
$500 from Anonymous
$250 from Anonymous
$250 from Anonymous
$250 on behalf of Kara Shanley
$250 on behalf of Michael McNeily
$250 on behalf of Owen and Colt
$250 on behalf of The Hurbanek Family
$150 on behalf of Connor Bowers & Family
$100 on behalf of Alice Schumacher
$100 on behalf of Alyssa Doorhy
$100 on behalf of Amanda Taglia
$100 on behalf of Amanda Schiller
$100 on behalf of Andrea Gyann
$100 on behalf of Bre Bauer
$100 on behalf of Briana Graber
$100 on behalf of Cara Boaz
$100 from Anonymous
$100 on behalf of Chelsea + Tom Brooker
$100 on behalf of Dorsey Family
$100 on behalf of George Letten
$100 on behalf of Jason and Kristen Stuck
$100 on behalf of Jen Schauf
$100 on behalf of Jenna Rogers
$100 on behalf of Jessica Reinhardt
$100 on behalf of Matt & Courtney Rogers
$100 on behalf of Molly Zureich
$100 on behalf of Nikki and Jim Ungaro
$100 on behalf of Peeples Family
$100 on behalf of Sean Rooney
$100 on behalf of Tara Patock
$50 on behalf of Alyssa Moog
$50 on behalf of Anna Lisa Bonichi
$50 on behalf of Ashley Francsis
$50 on behalf of Courtney Jorgensen
$50 on behalf of Emily & JJ O'Brien
$50 on behalf of Jamey Harding
$50 on behalf of Kerry Cavanaugh
$50 on behalf of Kristy Bohl
$50 on behalf of Laura Peck
$50 on behalf of Mack McNaughton
$50 on behalf of The Ostrow Family
$50 on behalf of The VanBuskirks
$25 on behalf of candice bruno
$25 on behalf of cheryl swanson
$25 on behalf of Hendrix Piper
$25 on behalf of Nika Giuliano
$25 on behalf of Tami Conway
$25 from Anonymous

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