We would like to introduce you to a young man named Alan, also known as Mister Cheeks because of his face-busting smile. Alan’s interests are the same as many of our children’s. A passion for monochromatic animals like zebras and penguins; Sponge Bob Square Pants; Chuck E. Cheese games, pizza and tickets; Krispy Kreme; Morgan’s Wonderland; letters and numbers; super heroes: star wars; rocket launches; soccer and pandas……we cannot forget about the pandas! Alan had a gift for numbers and loved learning about them. Reading and counting numbers, typing numbers, adding numbers and of course saying his parent’s age.
When Alan was only about a year old he was diagnosed with a sarcoma tumor in his hip. He spent four long years fighting this unwelcomed visitor. It was at this time that Alan and his family learned how prolific childhood cancers were, yet how little funding is actually available (less than 4% of federal grants). They learned that child cancers are very
different from adult cancers. Furthermore, evenkids who survive will ultimately face many long term side effects, secondary cancers, and relapse as they grow.
The family found answers to their questions from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. St. Baldricks
is the largest private funder of childhood cancer research in the United States, if not the world. Unfortunately Alan lost his fight with sarcoma just two months after this portrait was made.
We would like to honor Alan and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation by helping to raise
money for cancer research. Alan loved numbers, so the goal is to raise $12,345.67 by his birthday on November 7th. For the month of October clients will have the opportunity to purchase social media files of any image from any current or past session for $10 each. Then in honor of Mister Cheeks birthday on November 7th we will donate the money raised to the St. Baldricks Hero Fund established in his memory. So give us a call, heck, we are not even going to wait until October……September is Child Cancer Awareness month!
In Alan’s own words the “FIGHT’S ON!” Learn more about Mister Cheeks at WWW.STBALDRICKS.ORG/HERO-FUNDS/MISTERCHEEKS
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