Honorees
The Honoree Program is undoubtedly the most important part of the Team Challenge program....
Meet our honored Teammates!
Rowan
Rowan: Age 2 1/2
Hi. My name is Rowan and I am going to be three in September. I’ve had IBD almost since birth. My big brother, Aidan, also got IBD as an infant. He’s going to be six soon and he’s been doing very well on Pentasa. My parents went through a lot with him and thought they’d learned what they needed to know, but boy did I show them! I have had a long challenging journey with hospitals, shots, medicine, insurance companies, feedings, and just not feeling like a kid should.
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It is a privilege to be a Team Challenge honoree. I hope my story will help raise awareness of IBD and make people understand why it is so important for us to raise money for research. My brother and I hope we can grow up and have our own kids, knowing that they won’t have to go through what we’ve been through
Matt
Matt and His Mom, Team Challenge Alumni/Mentor, Deb
Matt will be 13 years old in September. He was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when he was 6 years old. He is a straight A honor student at William Penn Middle School and a gifted athlete. He plays baseball and basketball in recreation leagues, but soccer is his "professional sport." He plays for the Yardley Makefield Soccer U13 Elite travel team, the "Intensity." Matt is currently preparing for his bar mitzvah and for his "mitzvah project" he volunteered as a buddy to an 8 year old boy with Down's Syndrome in the Northampton Township Miracle League, a softball league for athletes of all ages with disabilities.
If you want to send Rowan or Matt your well wishes please email them to kfreind@ccfa.org
Updated 7/10/2010