The Central NJ Brain Tumor Support Group (CNJBTSG) had 42 members that participated in the 3rd annual Have A Chance Walk to Fight Brain Tumors held at Battery Park in New York City.  Although it was a very rainy day, the weather could not break the spirit of our brain tumor survivors.  There were about 1300 walkers and more than a $500,000 in donations were raised to improve the quality of care for brain tumor families.  I had some nostalgic moments meeting old friends and new group members.  This was the first year that I attended the Walk without Jimmy "SuperFang".  I remember attending the first Have a Chance Walk that was held on the Brooklyn Bridge in October 2006, because we were celebrating Jimmy's 1 year survival battling GBM grade IV. Who would have known that our SuperFang would lose his ability to walk the next year due to tumor progression in the spinal fluid and cerebellum. Attached below is a picture of the SuperFang team from the Have a Chance Walk 2006.

Thank you all for making the Have a Chance Walk such a success!   Dennis Roth would have been proud.  I was honored to be a part of a special day that celebrates brain tumor survivors and angels.  Attached is a picture of CNJBTSG members that participated in the Have a Chance Walk 2008.