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Now, moving on.
Hard work and dedication comes in many sizes.
And in this case it comes in the form of an eight year old cancer survivor
turned philanthropist. Greta Kreuz joins us with his story.
Hi, Greta. -Hey, Allison.
Well, having a child with cancer is tough enough
without having to worry about things like paying the mortgage
and getting to and from treatment.
But one Bethesda family with one amazing eight year old son
is doing something about it.
Ryan Darby, a little boy with a big check, eighty seven thousand dollars,
to help families of kids with cancer.
It helps the kids and they get the water and the food and the transportation they need.
A year and a half ago, Ryan was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
He underwent treatment at Georgetown University Hospital.
It was very stressful.
Seeing your child in pain and not being able to take that away is awful. Sorry.
So Mollie and Ryan and Chris Darby of Bethesda decided to help other families.
Their JUST TRYAN IT Foundation raised one hundred fifty thousand dollars in two years,
mostly is for the Annual Children’s Triathlon at Landon School.
Going through it is hard enough.
The other pieces, if we can alleviate some of that burden for some families
and let them focus on just trying to get their kid better,
that’s what we’re trying to do.
The spunky third grader raised twenty five thousand dollars
in just five minutes this year
doing the doggie and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Gala.
That spunking spirit also helped him with the cancer.
The parents and the doctors that they said I was gonna make it
and that just made me reach my goal.
Oh, and Ryan’s other goal, to become a professional football player someday.
Ryan also recently addressed members of congress on Capitol Hill
and his doctors at Georgetown say his cancer has a 90 percent cure rate,
so his prognosis is excellent. Back to you.