The message from Duke Children's, followed by my personal testament as to why I support them:

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Every day, brave children and their families come to Duke Children's for hope, healing, and world-class clinical care. And they need your support.

Your gift to Duke Children’s helps advance medical care and provide a better tomorrow for children. The innovations and groundbreaking solutions developed here touch lives in our community, across the nation, and around the world.

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This is an amazing cause that touches my heart. Especially as I have had several friends affected by cancer, and one of whom passed recently. I'm doing this for them, I'm doing this for the brave children who had the terrible luck of being diagnosed with something they do not deserve. I'm doing this for their parents, because I've met several of them and they have to alter their lives from all over the nation to be here for their children. I'm doing this for the nurses and doctors, because they go in to work every day and have to do the noble and tough job of staying strong while treating children who suffer for no reason. But on a positive note, I'm also doing this for my bestie from college, because she is why I got involved in the first place :)

I would love any donation. I will talk to you about how I match you. But even if you don't want to or can't donate, that's totally fine. Just watch the event. Even people who are scared of heights do this!