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Big Waves & Little Victories
Jun 21, 2026
This week on Daps Magic – Disney and Positive Stuff, we are mixing things up for a very special, deeply personal episode. With the 2026 CHOC Walk in the Park just about a month and a half away on August 2nd, Mr. Daps steps away from the usual Disney news to reflect on a question that has stuck with him for years: Why do we walk?
The answer goes far deeper than just medical treatment. It’s about the profound truth that good people do good things when it matters the most. From childhood memories to leaning on the Disney community during a family health crisis, Mr. Daps shares how small acts of care can turn moments of despair into hope.
But you don’t just have to take our word for it. The centerpiece of this episode is the incredibly moving, full audio presentation from the family of Carter, the official 2026 CHOC Walk Ambassador. Listen as his parents, Jamie and Tim, and his sister, Taylor, share the legacy of "Team Carter Strong Forever."
In this episode, you’ll hear firsthand about:
* A Spirit Larger than Life: How 4-year-old Carter faced acute lymphoblastic leukemia with unshakeable positivity—even joking that losing his hair would just make him "faster".
* Superhero Hide-and-Seek: The magical ways the CHOC staff brought the Disney spirit right to Carter's bedside, from nurses dressing up as villains to playing hide-and-seek with Captain America.
* The Power of Perspective: Remembering the pure joy of a 5-year-old child getting to participate in his school jogathon, declaring he had "waited his whole life for this day".
* The "Little Victories" Ritual: The beautiful daily practice of finding five small wins at the end of every single day, no matter how heavy the burden.
Jamie reminds us that, much like Rachel Platten's Fight Song, no gesture or donation is too small—every single action is like a small boat in the ocean, sending big waves of change into motion.
HOW YOU CAN JOIN THE WAVE:
The CHOC Walk takes place bright and early inside Disneyland Resort on Sunday, August 2nd, 2026 (which also happens to be Carter's dad, Tim's, birthday!). Whether you want to lace up your sneakers and walk with us through the parks, support from afar as a "sleeping bear," or simply share this episode to spread awareness, you can make a massive impact.
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>> Welcome to Daps Magic Disney and
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Positive Stuff. I'm Mr. Daps and today
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we're going to do something a little bit
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different. I had something else in mind
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for this week with the 30th anniversary
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of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but
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sometimes when you're walking and you're
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thinking and you're just kind of
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being open to whatever pops in your
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mind, something else pops in and uh
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that's what happened this week and so
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I'm
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mixing things up a little bit. Uh we're
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going to take a little different
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approach to things than I normally did.
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I'm going to talk a little bit about my
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life. I'm also going to share another
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story.
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And all of this is around Chalk Walk.
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Before we get into all of this though,
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you think. Also, caption of the week's
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back, so that's kind of fun, too.
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All right, let's get into [music] this
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week's episode. This week's episode is
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about Chalk Walk, which takes place on
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August 2nd, 2026, which is just about a
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month and a half away.
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>> [snorts]
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>> And a couple of years ago, maybe more
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than a couple years ago, I did a video
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with Chuck leading up to the Chalk Walk
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that was all about why we walk. And that
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video stuck with me for many years. It's
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probably been, I don't know, 8 years,
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something like that. And
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I've always felt that my answer was
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good,
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but I felt like it was missing
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something. And and this is really where
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this episode came from is as I was
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walking and thinking this week, uh the
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answer really popped into my head at a
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deeper level than perhaps I'd had
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before. And And I think this is what I
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wanted to share when I when I answered
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the question however many years ago.
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And it really came down to
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why do we walk and what is that
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motivating factor?
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And I realized for me
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it isn't just to help the kids. Like
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that's central to what we do.
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But it really is at a deeper level. It's
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because good people do good things when
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it mattered the most or when it matters
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the most. And that's been the experience
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in my life and it's something that I
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wanted to to pay forward. And And as I
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was thinking back about it, I had a
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couple stories from my life pop out of
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good people doing good things when it
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mattered the most. And And they go back
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to like when I was a little kid, one of
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them being like I don't remember all the
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details of this, but I can remember
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probably being five or six. And we were
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moving to Iowa and my brother fell off
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the ramp of a a moving vehicle or moving
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van
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and ended up cracking his head open. And
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I remember how terrible it looked and I
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remember
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you imagine it and it probably was that.
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And it was not a good thing. But what I
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do remember were the good people showing
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up and doing good things and that was a
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moment that mattered. And it mattered
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enough that it stuck with me even though
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I don't remember exactly how it
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happened, what was going on, what ended
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up happening with it, how did it impact
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the move? I don't remember it impacting
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move at all. But uh you know, it was
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just one of those moments that mattered
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that stuck with me. And then you then
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you fast forward a couple decades and I
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was at my parents' house and I witnessed
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and well actually I was the one that
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found my mother having a massive stroke
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and I walked into the kitchen and and
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she was on the ground and clearly things
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were wrong. And I'd had a little medical
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training and and so I recognized that
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she was probably having a stroke. And so
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we got her to the hospital as quickly as
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we could and that began a a very long
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process that continues to this day
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um of of dealing with the stroke and
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recovering with it. And and I remember
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the hospital not being a fun place at
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all, and I remember the the weight of
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having to call family members and and
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grandma and grandpa, her parents, and
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telling them mom had had a stroke and
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just how um
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how dark everything seemed in those
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moments.
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But to flip that to the other side is I
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also remember the good people doing good
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things that mattered the most. And a lot
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of those people were Disney. Like I was
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by that point visiting Disney on a
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fairly regular basis. I can't remember
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if it was a weekly basis yet or not, but
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I would go down and I had friends that
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worked on Main Street in the watch shop,
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and I had friends that worked in the
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Fantasyland theaters as hosts, and
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different friends throughout the parks
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and annual pass holder friends. And I
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remember them stepping up and really
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reaching out and making sure I was okay
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and and offering care that maybe I
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wasn't necessarily getting elsewhere.
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And and that surprised me cuz it was
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kind of the least expected place for
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that care to come from. And that's
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around the same time that I discovered
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the Chalk Walk.
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We've been We've been walking with the
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Chalk Walk for almost two decades now,
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maybe around two decades. I really
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should go look up when we started
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walking the Chalk Walk. And uh
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but I I do remember all of these people
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just coming out of the woodwork and
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wanting to make sure I was okay cuz they
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knew it was a a terrible experience that
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my mom had gone through, but there was
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also a recognition that the people
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around her would also be going through a
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a
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not good experience as well. And and
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that's something I'm thankful for to
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today, you know, a couple decades later.
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And
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and so we fast forward and I do this
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this video of why we walk, and
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and you know, it really is about helping
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the kids and their families have a place
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that they can go and that they can be
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taken care of and not just in a medical
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way, but also in a
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a caring way, a familiar way, a friendly
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way, a way that gives joy and hope
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versus we're just giving you treatment.
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And and I think that's something that
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sets Chuck, well now Rady's Children's
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Health, or Rady's what's it Rady's
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Children's Health of Orange County. So
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our Chuck, Rady's Children's Health of
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Orange County. There we go, now I've got
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it.
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So our Chuck, I think that's something
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that sets it so far apart from so many
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other hospitals around the country that
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I've been to and experienced through the
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years. And you know, even recently in
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the last, you know, couple years ago, I
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was going through a very dark time and
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it's really surprised me the good people
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that really did good things when they
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mattered and it really brought me into
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their family and offered support and the
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friends that reached out and all of
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those things when I was going through a
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time that really wasn't fun at all. And
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and I'm really thankful for all those
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things.
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But then as you you look forward and you
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look at the bigger picture, it's not
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just about me. There's other people that
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are going through other things. And I
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think one of the most terrifying things
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that you could have happen
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is have something medically go wrong
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with a child. You know, it's it's one of
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those things that
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you have a child and you want the best
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for the child. Like I think
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as humans, we always really want to
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help make the next generation have
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better opportunities and a better
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lifestyle and and better lives than the
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current generation. And so you take that
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from a big picture standpoint and then
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you put the personal connection and love
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and and
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dedication you have to a child or a
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family member.
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And that that heart-wrenching moment
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when you realize something's gone wrong,
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and that changes everything. Like that's
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the moment of despair. That's the moment
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of fear. That's the moment of
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heartbreak. Um that's the moment of fear
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of the unknown, also.
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And
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CHOC comes in and the community that
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surrounds CHOC or our CHOC, I should
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say,
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and doesn't just provide medical
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answers, but they also provide love and
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hope and care and joy and and really
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all of the things that you may not
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initially think of when you're sending a
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child to the hospital.
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And because of that, there's an
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incredible community that has grown up
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around our CHOC through the years. And
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we've been very, very lucky to be a part
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of that community and get to experience
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it firsthand. Um we know plenty of kids
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that have come through CHOC and are on
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the other side of their journey and
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or their CHOC journey as as a patient
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and now inspire others. And we also know
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those that are still going through their
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CHOC journey or our CHOC journey. And
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and that's an important thing to
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remember is is everybody have that um
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that point in time where they're at in
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their story.
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But the bigger thing I've noticed
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through all of this is the the comfort
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and care that comes with our CHOC. And I
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think it really comes down to that that
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thought I had while walking is
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finding those good people that do good
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things when they really matter. And and
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one of the people that well, I guess I
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should say group of people that are
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doing just that is Team Carter Strong,
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which is this year's CHOC Walk
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Ambassador team. And and this year it's
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a little bit different. Uh some years
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the CHOC Walk Ambassador is an actual
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CHOC kid. Uh this year it's not. It's
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the family of a former Choc kid. And
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sadly, Carter
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uh passed away.
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But,
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his family is incredible. And they're
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doing incredible things. They are very
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good people doing good things. They have
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a an event coming up in July called Rock
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for Choc, which is basically
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continuation of what we started, you
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know, 8 years ago, whatever that was.
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And they're doing a concert to raise
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funds for our Choc. They're doing other
10:07
fundraisers to raise awareness and funds
10:10
for our Choc. And and we'll get into
10:12
more of those. But, in fact, we'll have
10:14
them in the links so that then you can
10:16
find them and support them. But,
10:19
I don't need to tell you their story. I
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think they would do a much better job
10:24
telling you their story. So, what we're
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going to do now is I'm going to step
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aside, and I'm going to let the family
10:29
of Carter tell Carter's story, and let
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you see for yourself why Choc Walk is so
10:37
important, and why it's so important you
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join
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uh Choc Walk or go to magic
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or any team that you choose to become a
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part of Team Dabs Magic or another team
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for this year's Choc Walk. So, here is
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Carter's story.
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>> After he passed, [music]
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we would start to see monarch
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butterflies lots of different places on
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the way to the way
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or on [music] the way um at the beach.
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I've never seen a butterfly at the
11:11
beach, and we walked to the beach,
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[music] and all of a sudden a butterfly
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crosses our path.
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>> When he was here with us, um whether it
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be at school, [music] baseball, um
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even when he was coming to Choc, I mean,
11:23
every nothing ever really got him down.
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Um
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>> [music]
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>> he was just very positive about
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everything. Always willing to, you know,
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give somebody a hug or anything like
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that.
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>> He was diagnosed [music] with acute
11:34
lymphoblastic leukemia. I remember Tim
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was reacting right away and [music]
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crying cuz it was something that
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confirmed our sphere and for me I was
11:45
just in shock because you never imagine
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to hear those words about your baby. So
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um
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Within 24 hours we had a diagnosis. We
12:01
had his first dose of chemo. He had had
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surgery. [music]
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Um he'd had a port placement and he um
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and now we had a road map um
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>> [music]
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>> about the what our lives were going to
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look like for the next um
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3 and 1/2 years. This is so
12:18
life-changing and they said
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this is going to be a lot harder on you
12:23
than it is on him. Like kids find ways
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to be kids. That's why we do what we do.
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That's why we work here. Um but
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that's why talk said we're here for all
12:34
of you for the whole family.
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>> Double bill custom meal custom meal.
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>> Martha, what's going on?
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>> That's my store line. Let's go.
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>> And now what are you doing?
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>> Let's go.
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No.
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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>> Carter was diagnosed in uh on October
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[music] 2nd, 2015. So we created Team
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Carter Strong and um we were able to
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walk a year [music] after he had um been
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diagnosed. So it was a big celebration.
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We [music] had a really big team, almost
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100 people. We had so many friends
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[music] joining us.
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Um it was a real big celebration and and
13:24
so so [music] fun.
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We found out that he relapsed on [music]
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July 5th, 2017. CHOP was there every
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step of the way um to help [music]
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support us again.
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>> Um when he passed away, he was actually
13:37
in remission. So,
13:39
the the treatment did its job.
13:41
Unfortunately, it just takes down your
13:43
immunity I mean, it strips you down so
13:45
low to kill the cancer [music] that it
13:47
allowed um
13:48
other foreign things into the body,
13:51
which which eventually was what
13:53
ultimately made
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uh caused his
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caused him to pass away.
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>> Getting that news, I immediately wished
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[music] Carter could be here. Um
14:06
that he deserves it and um he would have
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loved to be the ambassador, but
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I know we [music] are so honored and
14:15
grateful to have this opportunity to
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share his story.
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>> Yeah, I hope he's he knows he left the
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legacy for it. Um
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>> [music]
14:22
>> yeah, we're just so happy to
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be able to support and [music] promote
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uh the place that means a lot to us.
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>> Fundraising is a big [music] passion for
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us. I we have just
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pretty much fundraising around. Um it's
14:37
[music]
14:38
selfishly, it's our way of keeping
14:40
Carter's name present, and we love to be
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able to um come together [music] and
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support these causes that are so
14:47
connected to Carter.
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>> One of the fundraisers we do for CHOP
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every year is um a lemonade stand, and
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>> [music]
14:56
>> I believe all of the money goes to
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towards CHOP.
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>> This is a
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>> [music]
15:01
>> forever hole in our family. To be able
15:03
to advocate for those families and for
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those that are not um no longer with us,
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I would love to make sure that [music]
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no family has to endure a pain like we
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do every day. Um so, that's what
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continues to drive us. So, my hope for
15:17
the future is a cancer-free future. Now,
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[music] they're partnering with um Rady
15:22
Children's and I'm excited for the
15:24
future
15:25
that more CHOC families [music] will
15:27
have access to cutting-edge research and
15:30
treatment options. [music]
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Those options for families that maybe
15:34
weren't available for Carter, [music]
15:36
but that the funds that we raised are
15:38
helping propelling a future for that
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dream to be achieved.
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Hi, everyone.
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>> [laughter]
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>> We are so honored and thankful for this
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opportunity to share
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about our son Carter. As you can see
16:18
from the video, he lived life larger
16:20
than life.
16:22
He lost his hair and he said, "No
16:25
problem. I'll be faster now. Just get me
16:27
some more hats. It's not a big deal."
16:29
And you know, as I said, they told us
16:32
right from the first day that kids find
16:34
ways to be kids and you can see how CHOC
16:38
supported that the whole time.
16:41
Dressing up as bad guys. So, Carter and
16:44
Captain America were never in the same
16:45
place at the same time.
16:48
They would point us out. "Go down that
16:50
way. The there's some bad guys there.
16:51
This way."
16:53
Carter was never in his
16:55
in his room for treatment.
16:59
They had to hunt us down. They set a
17:02
timer on his
17:03
IV bag to say,
17:05
"Gosh, I got to find you. I got to
17:07
change your chemo."
17:09
>> [laughter]
17:11
>> CHOC was amazing. It was a place that it
17:13
still continues to be a place that I I
17:16
early on we never wanted You never want
17:20
to have to go to talk, but you're so
17:21
happy that it exists when you do have
17:23
to.
17:25
Um it
17:27
the first night when Carter got
17:28
diagnosed, um
17:30
they he was in the ER. He had no idea.
17:33
He was he was doing great and um they
17:35
brought him Legos. I remember him so
17:36
clearly um turning to Tim and saying,
17:39
"Uh
17:40
I wish you'd come here every night, you
17:42
know?"
17:42
So, [laughter]
17:43
um we had no idea it would become our
17:45
second home uh for a year. But, in you
17:49
can see that Carter appreciated every
17:52
little mundane moment. I was reminded
17:55
of, you know, it was raining and he
17:58
was in the car just squealing, "This is
18:00
an adventure. I can't believe it. Oh my
18:03
gosh, look at us go."
18:05
He was a lover of baseball. Any home run
18:07
was the biggest deal in his life. His
18:09
smile took over his face, arms um
18:13
extended and exuberant. Um the
18:16
jog-a-thon at his school, I remember
18:18
after year after he was diagnosed, he
18:20
was able to uh return to school and
18:22
going into the jog-a-thon and you
18:25
drop I dropped him off and he said, he's
18:27
5 years old and he's like, "I've waited
18:29
my whole life for this day and it's
18:31
finally here."
18:32
>> [laughter]
18:33
>> Um
18:34
talk walk was a big deal for Carter,
18:36
too, and it's a big deal for our family
18:38
to be able to represent
18:41
um and give back to this hospital. Um
18:44
it's amazing that he packed so much into
18:47
his uh 6 years of life and so much of
18:50
that happened after he was diagnosed at
18:52
4 years old. And to that, we are so
18:55
grateful for talk for allowing him to
18:58
have all those continued opportunities.
19:00
I mean, he had there was a picture there
19:01
from Carter Blues that he had a whole
19:03
ska um concert in his honor um as a
19:07
fundraiser so for talk. So,
19:10
um
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it's
19:12
we're just
19:13
just so grateful for
19:16
CHOC, the the nurses, the staff, the
19:18
child life who were there for us in the
19:20
time that was the hardest part of our
19:23
time.
19:24
And now living without him has become
19:27
the hardest part of our life.
19:34
Also, you see little sister Tay, who was
19:36
2 years old at the time. Um,
19:38
they welcomed her in right there. Hey,
19:40
baby sis here. They take her around,
19:41
make sure she got toys, bringing her
19:43
toys over to the radio station. Um, you
19:46
see him holding up bingo cards. Carter
19:49
wanted to see um the list of events that
19:51
was happening at CHOC. It's where it was
19:53
like, um,
19:54
you know, if the angels were coming um
19:57
or if there was an art activity or
20:01
uh you know, people from Legoland were
20:02
coming. It was it's just
20:05
if if I were we always say, if I was
20:07
sick, I would want to go to CHOC. Um,
20:10
he had to get a phone call to find out
20:12
if he made counts and would have to go
20:14
be able to um be inpatient. And um
20:18
he could hear me on the phone talking
20:20
and he'd be like, "Yeah, we get to go to
20:21
the hospital." And the girl on the line
20:24
was like, "Is he cheering?" And I was
20:26
like, "Well, [laughter]
20:27
if I had had a chance um
20:29
if when you're
20:31
undergoing um chemotherapy, your immune
20:35
system is suppressed. And you know, when
20:37
we're home, you we couldn't see people.
20:40
We couldn't [clears throat] we had to be
20:41
isolated. We had to quarantine before
20:43
the whole country and world was doing
20:45
that. So, he liked it at CHOC. He got to
20:48
see a lot more people. He's real social.
20:50
Uh he'd jump up and give you a high
20:52
five, um
20:53
a humongous hug. Um, to know Carter is
20:57
to love Carter. And so, I'm so happy to
21:00
be able to share um about him so you
21:02
guys get to know him and love him as we
21:04
do.
21:06
Something Carter wanted to do was cure
21:08
He wanted to work at CHOC. So, since he
21:10
didn't get that opportunity, we take
21:12
that on as our responsibility to do
21:14
that. Um we do that by talking
21:17
endlessly, endlessly, and endlessly
21:19
about him and probably oversharing as I
21:21
do. Um
21:23
advocating and giving back to causes
21:26
that are meaningful to us and
21:28
and to our family. So, we advocate and
21:30
give back to CHOC and to cancer
21:33
research. As I mentioned, we're so
21:35
excited for the future partnering with
21:38
Rady Children's Health and all those
21:39
opportunities that are going to be
21:41
available to
21:42
to children undergoing cancer
21:45
treatments.
21:48
Something that I was told on the first
21:50
day of his diagnosis was my world was
21:54
collapsing and I remember like how do I
21:56
do this? How How are we going to survive
21:58
this? How do we do this? And someone
22:01
told me, "You find little victories. You
22:02
find those little victories and you
22:03
cling to them every day."
22:05
So, since that day I uh
22:08
from day one I created a private
22:10
Facebook group group and I
22:13
gave a little update every day and I'd
22:14
always end with five little victories
22:16
that got us through each day.
22:18
Um
22:20
and today we get to celebrate a big
22:22
little victory by being formally
22:23
announced as the 2026 uh CHOC Walk
22:26
Ambassador family.
22:31
>> [applause]
22:33
>> CARTER'S SONG WAS FIGHT SONG. UM
22:36
and
22:37
like a small boat in the ocean sending
22:39
big waves into motion, everything that
22:41
you guys are doing here, every share,
22:43
every dollar, every donation, every
22:46
participant in the CHOC Walk is sending
22:49
big waves into motion.
22:51
No donation is too small. Those little
22:54
donations add up to big waves that send
22:57
huge waves into motion. So, just the
22:59
partnering with Rady Children's is just
23:01
the beginning. I just can't wait to see
23:04
uh where this wave is going to go.
23:07
You never know what impact that $1 will
23:11
have, that sharing that story with that
23:13
one person, who you're inspiring, that
23:16
that I you know, having Taylor be
23:18
involved with fundraising from since she
23:21
was 2 years old. You don't know if that
23:23
child is going to be the one who is
23:26
motivated to be a scientist that has the
23:28
idea that's going to cure the cure
23:31
cancer. Which businessman is going to be
23:33
um inspired to donate that dollar or
23:36
that idea and that um
23:39
that that
23:42
that story will be what it is that
23:45
creates that cancer-free world that we
23:48
just hope for and wish for all the time.
23:51
So, I just really hope that you
23:55
understand that no matter how small
23:56
donation, um it can have a big impact.
24:00
Just look at
24:02
Sometimes the biggest inspiration comes
24:03
in the smallest packages like
24:05
the little 6-year-old boy.
24:10
This will be our 10th year walking um at
24:13
CHOC. The first 2 years we walked as
24:15
Carter Strong and this will be our 8th
24:17
year walking as Carter Strong Forever.
24:19
So, it's so momentous and exciting and
24:21
we're we are just so grateful for this
24:24
opportunity um to share.
24:26
And just because his life ended, his
24:29
story doesn't have to. So, we're
24:32
selfishly again so grateful for this
24:34
opportunity to talk to Disneyland, to
24:36
Rady Children's um to continue that
24:38
story. So, we will see you on August 2nd
24:42
for the CHOC Walk in the Park bright and
24:44
early up before the sun as Carter used
24:46
to say. It's Tim's birthday on that day,
24:48
too, so extra celebration all day.
24:52
So, I hope to see you there. I hope to
24:54
make it a really big impactful event.
24:56
It'll be such a big victory for us. So,
24:58
thank you all so much.
25:02
>> [applause]
25:07
>> Now, that's a hard thing to do. They
25:09
they stood in front of, I don't know,
25:11
100, 200 people and and shared a very
25:14
vulnerable and painful story that
25:17
clearly
25:18
has great weight for them today.
25:21
And and I think that that deserves to be
25:24
given some gratitude. Thank you for
25:26
that.
25:27
And and really
25:28
I would encourage you to think about
25:30
that. And and as I sit here thinking
25:33
about this story and and I've known them
25:36
for many years. They came to the first
25:37
Rock for Chuck years ago. And
25:41
I just think it's amazing
25:43
how they've used this this ridiculously
25:47
painful thing in their lives to do so
25:50
much good. And I think about the the
25:53
stories they tell of, you know, the
25:55
Chuck staff using
25:57
Captain America and creative play to
25:59
make this a fun place for him so that
26:02
he'd want to go and it would turn a
26:05
potentially terrifying hospital stay
26:07
into an adventure that's so much fun.
26:10
And and I love that. Uh I love the
26:14
I love the whole power of perspective
26:17
that comes out of this, too. At at 5
26:19
years old, Carter is
26:22
ecstatic about that jog-a-thon. You
26:25
know, he said he waited his whole life
26:27
for this day and it's finally there. And
26:29
and he had that appreciation for it in a
26:31
way that I I think
26:34
it's an ordinary school day.
26:36
Absolutely incredible. And perhaps most
26:39
importantly was what Jamie had to say
26:41
about the
26:43
the wave effect, about no no donations
26:46
too small, no effort is too small. Um
26:50
Um, it really is a ripple effect that,
26:54
you know, maybe it's a dollar, maybe
26:55
it's $10, maybe it's $50, maybe it's
26:58
something more.
26:59
But that is the start of a ripple that
27:01
can build to a wave. And and really that
27:03
can be a wave of change for good. I
27:05
think the same could be said for a
27:07
share, for a comment, for
27:09
um, even just reaching out and saying,
27:11
"Hey, you know what? Good job." Or I
27:13
really liked what you you said, what you
27:15
wrote, the story you told, whatever that
27:17
happens to be. Is I think these
27:21
seemingly small gestures
27:24
really can build up to be something
27:26
much, much bigger. Um, I was listening
27:29
to a uh, a story the other day from one
27:33
of the former Walt Disney World
27:35
ambassadors named Rayvon. And uh, he was
27:38
talking about focusing on the little
27:41
wins cuz it was a rough time, it sounded
27:44
like, you know, like a
27:45
overwhelmed, maybe, I don't know.
27:48
But he was talking about how he really
27:50
needed to focus on
27:52
the simple wins and the little wins
27:55
because when you start looking at all of
27:56
the little wins around, they really do
27:59
add up to a lot. And I think the same
28:01
comes to
28:02
um, the same can be applied to something
28:04
like Chalk Walk. When you think of, "Oh,
28:06
well, this is a dollar donation." Or
28:07
this is a $10 donation. Or this is just
28:10
me joining a team as opposed to 10
28:12
people joining a team. Or maybe I have a
28:14
small team or a large team.
28:15
But
28:17
in all of these cases,
28:19
one little thing adds to another little
28:21
thing adds to another little thing and
28:23
they build up to something much, much
28:25
bigger. And it builds up to the millions
28:27
of dollars and the thousands upon
28:30
thousands of families that have been
28:32
impact that have been impacted at Chalk
28:36
over the last, you know, 50 years.
28:39
And 60 years, I think, actually. And
28:43
you start thinking about that and then
28:45
you start realizing, "Well, I I can do
28:48
that. I can do $10, $1, $5. I can walk
28:52
for a couple hours on a Sunday morning
28:54
and see Disney characters and and see
28:58
Carter Strong or Team Carter Strong in
28:59
front of me um
29:01
really telling their story face-to-face
29:04
and and seeing and meeting and hearing
29:06
all these other stories because you will
29:08
as you walk through the park. And
29:11
getting to experience
29:14
the the power of Choc Walk as opposed to
29:17
just seeing it on a screen or hearing us
29:19
talk about it on a podcast like this or
29:22
on Geek's Corner or something.
29:24
But it really is something that matters.
29:26
And it really shows the power of good
29:30
people doing good things when it
29:32
matters. And it's it's that one little
29:35
step at a time. It's that one donation
29:37
at a time. That's one one registration
29:39
at a time.
29:41
And
29:42
when we all do those one little things
29:44
at a time and we all come together,
29:46
those one little efforts, donations,
29:49
whatever at a time,
29:51
that's when we can really make the world
29:53
a better place. And Our Choc is such a
29:56
great way to make the world a better
29:59
place. I can't think of many things
30:02
better than helping sick children and
30:05
their families in the world. I think of
30:07
how terrifying and heartbreaking it was
30:09
to see my mom on the floor of the
30:11
kitchen.
30:12
And
30:14
that was my mom. And I I have to feel
30:17
for how terrible that was.
30:19
Um let's reverse it if if it was me
30:22
looking at my daughter or something,
30:25
which I don't have. But like I can only
30:26
imagine that that would be even worse.
30:29
And
30:31
and so I think that's why it's important
30:33
for us to give some time to Choc Walk
30:36
and to
30:38
make that extra step, whether it's
30:41
literally or figuratively, to make sure
30:43
that CHOC Walk is a success every year.
30:46
To acknowledge the the efforts that go
30:49
into making it happen every year from
30:51
people like Carter's or team Carter's
30:53
strong, but also all the people at CHOC,
30:55
all the people at Disney that really go
30:58
the extra mile to make sure that
31:03
every dollar that is donated, that every
31:05
step that is walked, that every post
31:08
that is shared, that every person that
31:10
registers really is
31:13
getting the most bang out of that effort
31:15
to make the most impact for the children
31:19
of Orange County that end up being
31:23
patients at our CHOC. And so
31:25
as we wrap up this week's episode, I I
31:27
really encourage you to, you know, take
31:30
a moment and think about Carter's story
31:32
and his family's story. Uh take a moment
31:34
to think about
31:36
the good people, the did good things
31:38
that mattered in your life, and how much
31:41
that impacted you, how much that changed
31:43
you. Uh maybe, you know, I can't even
31:46
There's so many stories out there. I
31:47
can't even think of a good one to to use
31:49
as an analogy, but um
31:51
think about those things. And then if
31:53
you feel so compelled,
31:55
join a CHOC Walk team. We'd love to have
31:57
you on ours. We have a blast every year.
31:59
And every year I hear how much of an
32:02
impact it makes on somebody at least
32:04
somebody on the team. There's always
32:05
somebody that goes, "I had no idea how
32:07
powerful this morning would be." And I
32:09
really hope that you will consider being
32:12
one of those people. And maybe you're
32:13
that person that comes up and tells me
32:14
that at the end of the walk. But you can
32:16
do that by going to
32:17
chocwalk.org/dapsmagic
32:20
and and join our team. If you can't join
32:22
it, if you can't walk that morning, be a
32:24
sleeping bear. That basically means
32:26
you're part of the team, you register,
32:27
you do all that stuff, you you raise
32:29
funds for our CHOC, but you just sleep
32:32
in that morning. Maybe you're out of
32:33
town and you can't make it. That is
32:35
fine.
32:36
But you're still making a difference.
32:37
You're still supporting Art Chock, and
32:39
you're still really helping that ripple
32:42
become a wave. And
32:44
maybe maybe you can't do either. That's
32:46
fine.
32:48
Share this podcast.
32:49
Or maybe
32:51
donate to to Chock or to to Team Daps
32:54
Magic. Either is fine.
32:57
But I think the important thing is to do
32:59
something. You know, pick that good
33:01
thing that you're going to do. Maybe
33:02
it's related with Art Chock, maybe it's
33:04
not. I would encourage you to be related
33:06
to Art Chock just because,
33:08
you know, we're really trying to make a
33:09
difference. We really do want this thing
33:11
to be successful every year. We do want
33:13
to help more kids. We do want to help
33:15
their families. And we do want to be
33:17
able to see new things come to Art Chock
33:20
to make it a better hospital than it
33:23
already is. And in my humble opinion,
33:25
it's one of the best.
33:27
So,
33:29
think about it. August 2nd, bright and
33:31
early at Disneyland. We walk through
33:33
both parks and at Downtown Disney
33:35
generally. And it's a great way to start
33:37
the day. You can go into the park the
33:38
rest of the day if you want. You can go
33:39
take a nap and then go back to the park,
33:41
or you can just go home. It's it's all
33:42
great. But
33:44
consider joining Team Daps Magic.
33:46
Consider walking with us. We always wear
33:48
hats of some sort cuz it's kind of fun.
33:50
But um
33:52
just just take a moment to think about
33:54
it. And then I hope you'll join us, and
33:56
I hope if you won't be able to join us
33:58
that you'll you'll consider supporting
33:59
[music] us. And then one other thing I'd
34:01
encourage you to do
34:02
is
34:04
think about Jamie's ritual.
34:08
Maybe before going to sleep tonight,
34:10
write down or share or whatever it is,
34:12
maybe even post it on social media,
34:15
your five little victories from the day.
34:16
[music]
34:17
And
34:19
no matter how hard the day is, I would
34:22
tend to guess you can find five little
34:25
victories. [music]
34:26
Maybe one of them's brushing your teeth,
34:27
I don't know.
34:28
But think of those five little
34:29
victories.
34:31
And then maybe try making that a habit
34:33
just like she did.
34:34
>> [music]
34:34
>> And
34:36
see what happens.
34:38
But I would like to think
34:40
that it would be another ripple
34:42
will grow into a wave
34:44
and we'll see more [music] good things
34:46
from good people when they matter.
34:49
But that's what I got for you this week.
34:50
I hope [music] you've enjoyed this
34:52
slightly different styled, paced, all of
34:55
the above episode of Daps Magic Disney
34:57
[music] and positive stuff. I'd love if
34:59
you give us a rating. I'd love if you
35:01
subscribe. I'd also love to connect with
35:02
you over on Daps HQ, also on Geek's
35:04
Corner, or even the exclusive aftershow
35:08
on Daps HQ called Daps After Dark. But
35:11
we'd love to talk more with you. We'd
35:12
love to geek [music] out about Disney
35:14
and positive stuff more with you. But
35:17
that is all the time we have this week.
35:18
So, make it a great week everybody. Keep
35:21
kind and we'll see you in the parks.
35:33
>> [music]
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