>> I just want to be happy and, you know, go through life like everybody else.
>> He enjoys just getting in the stroller and taking a nice long, long walk.
>> She's very outgoing, very energetic. She's not afraid to show her personality.
>> I was in fifth grade and I had this big like lump on my throat right here. So we went to
the doctors and they did a lot of testing on it. And they found that it was thyroid
cancer.
>> She started off having a very bad cold for a long time. And we went to a local hospital.
They had said, you know, they suspect she has leukemia.
>> It's overwhelming to find out that your child has cancer. As a mother, you try not
to show that you're scared, that you're worried.
>> Being, especially at CHOP, I think you feel a sense of relief.
>> We've been so grateful for the people we have met. It's a second family.
>> We're just so fortunate to be so close to CHOP.
>> The treatments and the cures that they found to date are phenomenal.
>> I like going to CHOP because everybody's just so nice there.
>> It just definitely is a shocking thing to see, the different types of cancers and
the survival rates, it does make you angry and frustrated.
>> What do you want people to do about cancer? About finding a cure?
>> They can donate. They can give money to find a cure.
>> Our hope going forward would be that there would be an act of participation, of volunteering,
of doing things for the Hospital, of raising money, giving money. It's a lot of people
working together to find a cure, to find a better answer than what we have right now.
>> One out of 300 children under the age of 19 will come down with cancer this year. One
out of 300 children. The money that goes to these fundraisers will eventually eradicate
cancer.
>> You're not just giving money to a hospital. You're giving a chance for somebody else.
>> So what do you want for this guy? What do you want his future to hold for him?
>> Anything that he can do.
>> Just to lead a happy, healthy life.
>> The sky's the limit for her. She's amazing. She can do anything and nothing holds her
back.
>> My motto is you have no choice but to be strong, but you choose to be happy and positive.
>> It's inspirational to me, you know, I think that he looks up to me. But I also look up
to him.
>> I have a lot of hope that he's gonna be cured and live a good, full life.
>> Speak up for my daughter.
>> Run for my daughter.
>> Walk for my child.
>> Speak up for my child.
>> Run for my daughter.
>> Walk for my daughter.
>> Speak up for my son.
>> Run for my son.
>> Speak up for my son.
>> Run for my daughter.
>> Walk for me.