Gold Together

Individuals are welcome to join the national virtual team. Gold Together National Relay For Life Virtual Team Resource to learn more about being a Gold Together team captain: Relay Team Captain Digital Resource I believe that everyone can do something to help kids ghting cancer. thank you for being their voice -Cole Eicher Diagnosed with a brain tu... mor at 12-years-old, Cole decided to help other kids fighting cancer. When I was in the cancer oor and I would walk by all the rooms lled with kids, I saw that they were often too small or too sick to speak out and help others. I knew then that I must speak for them and other kids ghting cancer. Even healthy kids like myself can get sick. We need gentler treatments and more cures. - Cole Eicher Cole Eicher has experienced more in his young 19 years than most people have in a lifetime. His passion is soccer, having played since he was seven. His most memorable experience was traveling to Munich, Germany with his team to play the Bayern Munich U12 team. He has modeled since the age of seven, most notably working in the major motion picture, Dolphin Tale 2. Hes also been cast in commercials and various national and international companies such as Walt Disney, Marriott, Publix, Target, JC Penney, US Polo and Next Directory. At the age of 12, he suffered symptoms of unexplained morning nausea, vomiting and dizziness that lasted for three days, then went away. Six weeks later it came back with a vengeance. He was initially diagnosed with adolescent migraines, But on February 1st, 2014, a MRI determined that Cole had a golf ball sized tumor in his brain. His type of cancer, called Medulloblastoma (Med-you-low blast-oh-ma) was treated with surgery and nine months of powerful, sometimes painful treatment. But Cole remained strong. He endured thirty rounds of radiation to the brain and spine, four months of high dose chemotherapy combined with an autologous stem-cell rescue and transplant protocol. Since his treatment ended in October 2014, Cole still officially shows no ...Read More