Dare to Dream Scholarship Recipients 2024

Congratulations to our 2024 Dare to Dream Scholarship Recipients!

Each year, Keaton’s Child Cancer Alliance honors warriors and survivors as they pursue the next steps towards their education by offering our Dare to Dream Scholarship Award. Aligning with our Education, Research, and Advocacy Program, our goal by sharing this award is to support young cancer warriors who are preparing for college, while acknowledging the many barriers and hardships they have overcome through their strength and resiliency.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 “𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺” 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗮, 𝟭𝟳-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

“𝘐 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴? 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺? 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘴? 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦… 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.” ~ Ishan

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 “𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺” 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗲𝘂𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮,𝟭𝟴-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿.

“𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, ‘𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.’ 𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘦𝘶𝘬𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.” ~ Teagan

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 “𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺” 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗰𝘆𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 (𝗟𝗖𝗛) ,𝟭𝟳-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 20𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦. 𝘔𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘢𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳, 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳, 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, ‘𝘔𝘢𝘹, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳.’ 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.” ~ Max

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 “𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺” 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕-𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗲𝘂𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮, 𝟭𝟴-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.

“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉-𝘈𝘓𝘓 𝘓𝘦𝘶𝘬𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2021. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 15 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 2 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘜𝘊 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 2.5 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.” ~ Rylee

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀!

Karen’s childhood cancer journey began when she was just 15 years old, diagnosed with Acute Lymphoid Leukemia. Despite experiencing emotional and physical hardships while going through treatment, and having to take time away from her studies, Karen persevered, returned to school in the Spring of her junior year, and enrolled in summer school courses to ensure she would graduate on time. Acknowledging her efforts, Karen’s excitement was contagious when she learned that she was one of our scholarship recipients for the 2024 year! Though accepted by many universities, Karen chose to enroll at a local college to stay close to her loved ones. She’s excited to pursue a career in social work and hopes to one day be a pediatric oncology social worker.

𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆!

On behalf of our team at Keaton’s, it is a true honor to recognize these amazing young warriors as they strive towards greatness, embarking on these next steps of their journey.

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