Tonight's photo was taken on May 10, 2009. At the Mattie March, an event hosted by our support community. It was a big day for Mattie and his whole health care team worked with us to ensure that Mattie would be stable enough to attend the event. Mind you most of them were at the event with us! In this photo, Mattie was being pushed by Brandon (his best buddy, who was diagnosed with lymphoma around the same time Mattie was diagnosed) and Robbie (a child life intern). Also next to Mattie was Zachary (Mattie best friend from preschool). These three fellows never left Mattie's side for the entire event! It is a photo that will always illustrate the power of friendship!
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- number of people diagnosed with the virus: 1,467,796
- number of people who died from the virus: 88,754
WE DID IT!!! Tonight's Virtual Walk update......
- 376 registered participants
- 50 states represented
- 9 Countries (Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cyprus, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, UK, & USA)
- 30 Walk Sponsors
- $104,056 raised so far
- 460 individual donations
- 960 raffle tickets sold
- 20 Walk Teams (schools, community groups, friends and families, and sponsors)
Kazu, who is now 18, met Mattie when they were only 5 years old! It is hard to believe that so much time has gone by. Nonetheless, it means a lot to us that Mattie's close friends continue to walk and help us keep Mattie's memory alive.
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