Help and Hope Happen Here Mark Levine

After seeing her then 9 year old son Jaxen hopping on one leg in June of 2023 because he felt pain, Maggie Licea wanted to take Jaxen to his pediatrician who was not available. Instead, Maggie took Jaxen to the nurse practitioner and told her that she suspected that he had cancer. The nurse practitioner disagreed but Maggie's persistence finally prevailed and Jaxen was given the necessary testing that revealed a diagnosis of Osteosarcoma. Jaxen is nearly 14 months past his original diagnosis ...

Weston Hermann was first diagnosed with a very rare form of a Glioma type of Pediatric Brain Cancer when he was 7 years old in 2014 and is now going through his 5th battle with this disease within the last 10 years. His father Jared will talk about the amazing fight that Weston has been through and that his resilience has allowed him to still be able to perform as a well known and well regarded 17 year old hockey player , despite playing many games while going through a chemotherapy regiment....

Christian Englert had to deal with hand tremors for the 1st 15 years of his life which were thought to be genetic, considering that his sister and father both had similar tremors. However, Christian's tremors got worse in 2015 and the 15 year old finally went to a neurologist and not long after that, he was diagnosed with the more than rare Brain Cancer known as Pineal Parenchymal Tumor With Intermediate Differentation. This form of cancer was only diagnosed 5 other times in the years between...

Len Forkas's son Matt was diagnosed with Leukemia while in 3rd grade. Matt became depressed that he was not able to go to school and communicate with his classmates and friends, so Len created a Video Conferencing System which allows these patients to be in touch virtually with their peers on a daily basis . This non profit is called HOPE CAM and 4500 children and adolescents have been able to use this system, which greatly helps minimize the problem of social isolation.

Shelle Arnold attended her first Relay For Life Event in 2007 in support of her 26 year old daughter in law Becky who was fighting Ewings Sarcoma. In 2008 Becky passed away and Shelle got fully involved in this event as an organizer and eventually was chairing this fundraiser in several counties in Kansas. Shelle also became involved in the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic as a Board Member for this fundraiser which was started by Kansas Jayhawk Play By Play Announcer Brian Hanni. This even...

Jocelyn Croxen was 7 years old in September of 2019 when she was diagnosed with T Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Both Jocelyn and her mom Tracy will talk about Jocelyn's ordeal, along with what she has done as a Pediatric Cancer advocate which includes her raising $100,000 for this cause, her special treatment at a Luke Combs concert, and her being named Girl Of The Year by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in 2021. Jocelyn is now 12 years old and is living her best life possible.