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For participating in Run for ALD, Cure the Boys

Our story…

John Vittrup Callahan would be turning 30 this November and we are remembering his 30th by creating a team in his memory! John was diagnosed with ALD in the fall of 1997. Within 60 days of diagnosis, John received his bone marrow from a non-relative donor outside of the United States. In the 22 years since John's passing Franci, Christy and I are very happy to see that many states are now testing newborns for the possible existence of this genetic disease. We also see advantages to new, innovative ALD treatments. First, the patient's own cells are employed. Thus, there is no need to find a matching bone marrow donor. Second is the safety factor (no introduction of a stranger's bone marrow into a child). Third, gene therapy is potentially a permanent lifetime cure because a boy's broken gene is replaced with a perfect replacement gene. We believe that raising funds for continued ALD research is a very worthy cause.

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Team members

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Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
Sep 28 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
Sep 28 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
Sep 27 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
Sep 24 Kevin & Suzy Happy birthday from another All Saints Day kid Undisclosed amount
Sep 24 John Vittrup Callahan $107.35
Sep 24 Julie Byers Sending love and praying for positive research outcomes to combat ALD! $54.10
Sep 24 Shannon Jensen ❤️ $22.15
Sep 23 Dan & Franci Callahan Go team John Vittrup Callahan! Great cause & happy to support $130.30
Sep 23 Tina Williams So happy to see this event to celebrate his 30th birthday. $139.62
Sep 23 Marilyn Detloff $107.35