Chili’s Clip for KidsTM has announced the 2017 honorary chair, Aiden Johnson. Johnson, a 12-year-old who courageously fought cancer not once, but twice, is an avid philanthropist, a master at assembling Legos and a super hero for his peers fighting cancer. Aiden was initially diagnosed with cancer when he was just 3 years old. He…
It’s been nearly one year since we shared that pale is the new tan, but studies show 18- to 29-year-olds still make up a significant number of individuals who use indoor tanning beds. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), using a tanning bed before going on a beach vacation does not…
Two-year-old Eian Wright-Strange has spent the better part of the past five months at Norton Children’s Hospital after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia last fall. But you’d never know his struggle just by spending time with him. Eian, who also has Down syndrome, can be seen walking the halls of the Addison Jo Blair…
While planning the inaugural Christian Academy of Louisville Centurion Classic Field Hockey Tournament this year, the CAL field hockey family — players, coaches and parents — committed to giving a portion of the tournament’s profits to a local charity that holds special significance to the team. The team selected the emerging Adolescent and Young Adult…
This story was originally published on April 2, 2015 and has been updated. It had been in high school, over 10 years ago, when I had last seen Angela Roberts. It wasn’t under the greatest circumstances that we reconnected, but she was still the same as I had remembered — a smile from ear to…
Cancer should only occur in old people — old people we don’t know. It was awful, as little kids, when our grandmom died of lung cancer. That was our frame of reference for the injustice of this disease until Feb. 15, 2016, when our little brother, Owen, died of cancer. He was 16. Owen was…
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and all of our children’s medical facilities are “Going Gold” to show our support. We are committed to fighting childhood cancer in our community, and our Addison Jo Blair Cancer Care Center is a leader in providing pediatric cancer care and stem cell transplant services. Why gold? Like other…
My wife, Mary Jo, and I have been connected to Norton Children’s Hospital as volunteers since 1995, but fast-forward to Bike to Beat Cancer 2012. That year the event was held at Norton Children’s Medical Center and I worked as a volunteer. Being a bicycle rider, as I chatted with a few people involved with…
Willie Sequeira was diagnosed with leukemia in 2013 just weeks after celebrating his fourth birthday. As his treatment proceeded, he began spending more time in the Addison Jo Blair Cancer Care Center at Norton Children’s Hospital. “The emotions around a cancer diagnosis for anyone are huge, especially when it involves a child,” said Mark Haney,…
Nearly 1,000 people came out to Fourth Street Live! on Sunday, May 15, for the third annual Chili’s® Clip for Kids. In honor of children fighting cancer at Norton Children’s Hospital, 170 people clipped, trimmed or shaved their heads — raising nearly $100,000. Special guests included University of Louisville Head Football Coach Bobby Petrino, U…
Linda and David Miles of Finchville, Kentucky, were inducted into the Wade Mountz Heritage Society in May 2013 for making a planned gift to benefit Norton Children’s Hospital through the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation. Each year, the Wade Mountz Heritage Society recognizes individuals and families who have made irrevocable planned gifts of $100,000 or more to…
Jerry Durbin Visible Changes Hair Studio “It touches my heart to see these kids be so brave, and this is my way of giving back to them.” Jerry in a clip: Veteran barber for various fundraisers Chili’s® Clip for Kids isn’t Jerry’s first rodeo. He has been using his skills to give back in some…