ASK dads Rich Chandler (left) and Sean Adams (right) reviewing the 5K course route with ASK volunteer Henry Finn. It's 4am and Rich Chandler is busy setting up orange street cones for the next ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation race. He's led the logistics for the ASK 5K & Fun Walk and ASK Donut Run for the past fifteen years and he doesn't plan to stop any time soon. "It's important to me as a business owner and human being to give back to our community and share our many blessings," says Rich. "And we've been incredibly blessed." In 2000, Rich's daughter, Kaitlyn, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, typically an adult leukemia. At age three, Kaitlyn's only chance of survival was a bone marrow transplant. Rich considers it a miracle that a donor was found in Germany, a military officer who flew back to the United States to provide Kaitlyn the bone marrow she needed to survive. Now a senior at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, Kaitlyn is health and looking forward to life after graduation in May 2020 and Rich's commitment to ASK is even stronger. "We became involved with ASK because of Kaitlyn's diagnosis. ASK was there for us every moment of Kaitlyn's diagnosis and treatment and I want everyone to know what an incredible team ASK becomes with every family diagnosed with childhood cancer." Rich says he's a lifelong ASK volunteer, "I want to help spread the contagious positive energy that comes from ASK administrators, clinicians and volunteers!"

Allison was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2010, when she was 14 years old. In 2011, she relapsed and had a stem cell transplant to save her life. She knew she loved life and was willing to fight hard for it, but she had no idea that she would eventually find the love of her life through her cancer diagnosis and volunteerism with ASK. As a survivor, Allison became a dedicated volunteer for ASK, wanting to give back to the organization that had done so much for her. She looked forward to being a counselor each summer at ASK Summer Camp, where she met another volunteer, Henry. He was the babysitter of an ASK kid and was happy to help with camp when asked by Amy Godkin, ASK's executive director. "I felt a connection with the kids that attended camp, year after year," says Henry. "This is a rare and wonderful organization where everyone is willing to get into the trenches and do whatever it takes to make life better for children with cancer, and I love that!" Allison and Henry saw each other at camp every summer and then reconnected Allison's senior year in college. They started dating and three years later, in October 20019, they married. "Their wedding was absolutely beautiful and I was so honored to see their story come full circle," exclaimed Alma Morgan, ASK education coordinator. "It's a beautiful love story. I believe that we go nowhere by accident - Henry and Allison came to camp for a reason!" Henry and Allison are very involved in the ASK 5K & Fun Walk and the ASK 5K Donut Run. They can be seen setting-up course cones before each race and staying till the end to breakdown the course. "It's so important to me to give back," says Allison. "I love that ASK is a full-service organization with services and programs that help from diagnosis to remission. The staff and volunteers do so much good work!" Congratulations Allison and Henry!