Rosemarie Napolitano's Fundraising Page
Page Creator: Rosemarie Napolitano
In memory of: Ricky Knight
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Ricky suiting up September 2007
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Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation - MD

Through research, there is hope for cures. Help fund vital scientific and clinical research and provide support to children suffering from brain tumors.

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Fundraising target: $50,000
Amount raised so far: $12,947.13
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Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Thank you to everyone that sponsored our team for the CBTF Stride 4 Life 5K which Team Ricky Knight ran on September 13, 2009. We had about 65 people running and walking - all wearing orange or green bandanas and sporting a beautiful picture of Ricky pinned to their backs. Check out the pictures - just click on any picture below!!


Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to support my fundraising efforts.

Many thanks for your support.

Ricky Knight waged a heroic battle against the brain tumor that struck him when he was just 11 years old. He was a healthy, athletic, intelligent  boy in fifth grade when he first began experiencing head aches and then seizures. He loved his family, his friends and sports - especially football, basketball and baseball. He was diagnosed with a Grade 4, glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor on April 28, 2007.

During his 13 month battle, Ricky underwent 3 brain surgeries, 6 weeks of daily radiation and three different types of chemotherapy. Through it all, Ricky continued to thrive, even playing baseball and football. He was an unbelievable spirit that could not be conquered even when his body could not fight the growing cancer.

Glioblastoma Multiforme is a vicious disease that is seen most often in adults. There is no cure. Much of the research into possible treatments focuses on adults and does not carry over to pediatric patients. Doctors do not know what causes these tumors and with so few children diagnosed there is not alot of funding available for research.  Please consider donating to Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation to fund research that can help save other children's lives.

Ricky participated in 3 clinical trials. One of those was funded by the Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation and gave Ricky the remission that allowed him one final season of football.


Online Donors to date:
Display Name Date  Comment
Lance Bassage 11/21/2009 In Ricky's honor 
Bastian family 10/10/2009 In memory of Ricky Knight 
Cindy, Ellie and Brent 10/10/2009  
Ed, Jenny, Jacob, & Lucas Shilling 10/8/2009 GO BABY GO! 
Karen and Steve Vaughan 9/22/2009 In honor of Ricky 
Lowinger family 9/20/2009 In memory of Ricky Knight 
Anonymous 9/18/2009 I was at the race with friends running for Ricky. It was a fantastic day!! 
Dave & Patricia Hopkins 9/16/2009 In honor of Ricky Knight Run Julie Run 
Vicki Price 9/15/2009 With Love and Admiration - In Honor of Ricky! 
Anonymous 9/13/2009  
Rochelle S. Maina 9/13/2009  
Judy McKinney and family 9/12/2009 For Ricky Knight! 
Monica & Sydd Souza 9/12/2009 in support of the Ricky Knight Team!  
The Bednar Family 9/11/2009 In honor of our Ricky and Caroline! Wish we could be with you at the walk. 
Bob Reed 9/10/2009  
Karen Beeman 9/10/2009 In Memory of Ricky Knight 
Madden Mellner 9/9/2009 In memory of Ricky. 
John & Beth Estrada 9/8/2009  
Tom & Laurie Larsen 9/6/2009 For the Knight family 
Wolfgang Family 9/6/2009 For Ricky Knight 
For Ricky's CBTF team-each step will help so many. 9/5/2009 Let us run the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1 
Amanda Thompson 9/3/2009 In memory of Ricky. Looking forward to walking with team Ricky! 
Carol & Mike Mull 9/2/2009 In support of finding a cure and in Ricky's memory! 
Julie Moraz 9/2/2009 I am honored to join the team in memory of Ricky.  
Lisa, Jessica & Michael Smith 9/2/2009 In Ricky's memory and to help in finding a cure 
Saive family--Alex, Marcia and Robert 9/2/2009 In Ricky's memory 
Jeannie Homa 9/1/2009  
Rachel A Doss 9/1/2009  
Jeff Gahan 8/31/2009  
The Lerman Family 8/31/2009 For Ricky Knight 
Suzanne Montenegro 8/28/2009 love you! 
The Muldoon Family 8/28/2009 In honor and memory of Ricky Knight, Caroline Herrmann and Christopher Sliker 
Jim Hatem 8/26/2009 In Ricky's memory ... for children everywhere 
Juliet Stokes and family 8/25/2009 Looking forward to walking with the team 
Anthony Family 8/25/2009  
The Feldmann's 8/25/2009  
Anonymous 8/25/2009  
Brian Cochran 8/25/2009  
Ayako Bingham 8/25/2009  
Eric, Cathy, Maddie, Caleb Hastings 8/25/2009 Looking forward to running for team Ricky! 
Ralph Wade 8/24/2009 For Rose and Ricky. 
Eileen DeMarco 8/24/2009 Thinking of Ricky. He would want to help other children. 
Kumor Family 8/16/2009  
Cindy Robinson 8/14/2009 Your doing a wonderful thing! 
Kirstan Rock 8/14/2009 For Ricky Knight 
The Miller Family 8/13/2009 For Ricky Knight 
Tina Kuhn 8/12/2009 For Ricky Knight to support CBTF Stride 4 Life Run 
Anonymous 8/12/2009 Rose - My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family every day.  
Jennifer Linhares 8/11/2009 For Ricky Knight - To support Rose Napolitano Stride 4 Life Run  
Flynn Family 8/11/2009 To Ricky and all the children fighting brain tumors. Let's find a cure! 
Joan Ford 8/11/2009 for the Knight family! 
Elliot and Rachel Tobin 8/10/2009 For Ricky and family.. 
Dean Russell and Nancy Baker 8/7/2009 for Ricky Knight -- Rose, you have incredible energy 
Lou Von Thaer 8/6/2009 for Rose and Ricky 
Ben N Wilson 8/6/2009 For Ricky Knight to support Rose Napolitano Stride 4 Life Run 
Jody Merritt 8/6/2009 Go Rose! I'll support your fight! 
Cheryl Everly-Jay's mom 8/4/2009  
Jay Ressler 8/4/2009  
Ken Schmidt 8/3/2009  
Giampalmo family 8/3/2009  
Scott D 8/3/2009 Great idea. Every little bit helps. 
The Retzlaff Family 8/2/2009  
Mark Kusiak 8/1/2009  
Baldwin Family 7/31/2009 In memory of Ricky 
The Sating Family 7/31/2009  
JoAnn Muscatello-Fabrizi 6/9/2009 In honor of Ricky. You're in my prayers. 
Liz Bobo & Lloyd Knowles 6/8/2009 To honor Zachary, Julia, Chris and John Lederer 
Mary Coleman 6/3/2009  
Aunt Cindy and Uncle Alan 6/3/2009  
Ed Holbruner 6/3/2009  
The Bednar Family 6/2/2009 We saved our donation until Ricky's first anniversary of becoming an angel. God Bless you always! 
Beth Rudiman 6/2/2009 My thoughts and prayers are with you, especially today. 
Kimberly Slack 5/31/2009  
Heather Alexander 5/30/2009  
Crane Family 5/29/2009 May God comfort you and do great things with these donations. 
The Emery family 5/27/2009 "What is life if full of care, we have not time to stand and stare." by W. H. Davis 
Steve Hynes 5/27/2009  
Alison Woelfle-Santiago 5/27/2009  
Munch Family 5/26/2009  
Fryman-Williamson Family 5/26/2009 We will never forget Ricky and his brave battle against this tragic disease! 
The Buchiane Family 5/26/2009  
Joey & Lucy Muscatello 5/25/2009 If the life of one child is saved, it is well worth it.  
The Goller Family 5/24/2009 For those who are fighting and those who have fought CBT. May God Bless 
Matthew Cunningham 5/23/2009 In remeberence of my teammate, friend and brother in life. I will never forget you 
Lance & Karen Bassage 5/22/2009 Thinking of all of you, but especially Ricky. 
The Schick Family 5/22/2009 God Bless 
Beth & Don Jarosz 5/22/2009 You will reach your goal, Rose and it will make a difference in a child's life! 
Debbie & Vin Perrelli 5/22/2009 Best wishes for success in reaching your goal 
Joe, Nancy, Katie, Jake & Kallie Burdett 5/22/2009 Wishing you all the best in difficult times. 
Julie, Bob, Clay & Will Rund 5/22/2009 xoxxoxoxooxo 
John Brienza 5/22/2009  
Daniel McGreevy and family 5/21/2009  
Dave & Kris Runner 5/20/2009  
Thomas Runner 5/20/2009  
Al & Barbara Moraz 5/19/2009  
Julie Garris 5/17/2009  
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* Total raised online: $7,836.00
Amount raised offline: $5,111.13
Grand Total: $12,947.13
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