tag:www.chicagonow.com,2010:/blogs/charitable-climb//127/tag:www.chicagonow.com,2009:/blogs/charitable-climb//127.27516-Comments for Great event tonight benefiting young cancer survivorsChicagoan Theresa Carter is climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise $20,000 for pediatric cancer research, treatment, and care. Follow her journey.Movable Type 4.261tag:www.chicagonow.com,2009:/blogs/charitable-climb//127.275162009-10-28T14:26:47Z2009-10-28T14:53:39ZGreat event tonight benefiting young cancer survivorsTheresa Carterhttp://www.chicagonow.com/profiles/TheresaCarter
SAMFund provides support when they've survived. Tonight there's a great event at Joe's to help them in this endeavor. Cornhole for Cancer is only $35 in advance and $40 at the door and includes admission, entry into the bags tournament, and an open bar.
It's hard enough entering the "real world" in your 20's, but when you add residual medical bills and teenage years spent in the hospital it's even more difficult. SAMFund helps young adults transition from cancer patients to survivors by helping them with things like tuition, insurance, and rent. SAMFund was started in 2003 by Samantha Eisenstein Watson, a two-time young adult cancer survivor, and to date over $400,000 has been given to help other survivors.