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April 2025 Update

Since starting D-Feet Cancer over three years ago, Jen and I have learned a lot. With help from our dedicated Board and other volunteers, we’ve run golf tournaments, 5K, dodgeball tournaments, a gala, and even jumped out of a perfectly good plane – twice. As D-Feet Cancer approaches half a million dollars of research funded, we want to continue to learn and improve. One of the areas we would like to improve upon is our communication with our supporters. Our “quarterly” email hasn’t exactly been published quarterly consistently. So, I’ve committed to updating the blog post here on DFeetCancer.org monthly. I’ll use the blog post to comment on events, funding opportunities, upcoming fundraisers, and the general state of D-Feet Cancer. Since Dalton’s favorite number is eight, I’ll update the blog on or around the 8th of each month. In true Will style, I’m already a day late but I’ll try to do better in the month’s to come.

Gala:

2025 began with a bang as we held the first ever D-Feet Cancer gala at the Granby Theater in Norfolk, VA. As the doors opened at 6, Jen nudged me and said “I can’t believe we are holding a gala.” To say the night was fantastic is an understatement. Around 200 supporters joined us and raised over $70,000 that will directly fund pediatric cancer research. The gala was the most profitable D-Feet Cancer event to date. Jen and I were both excited and amazed at the generosity of our guests. As a bonus, we both took time to enjoy the evening and all the great people united behind a worthy cause. On the heels of such a fabulous evening, there will be a D-Feet Cancer gala in early 2026. When we finalize the date and location, I’ll add it to the calendar here on DFeetCancer.org, publicize it on social media, and of course blog about it in subsequent posts.

Dodgeball & Splash:

Cape Henry Collegiate was kind enough to host our fourth annual dodgeball tournament in March. We had around twenty teams competing and helping us celebrate Dalton’s 16th birthday. The original dodgeball tournament was held on February 20th, a day after Dalton’s actual birthday, but the event is now held in March due to venue availability. A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped keep the tournament running smoothly and to all the teams who helped us raise money for our Tenacious Tribe program. Tenacious Tribe aims to help cancer kid siblings feel appreciated and loved while their brother or sister goes through treatment. March was also D-Feet Cancer month at our local carwash, Splash2o. By entering code “8888” and selecting the “Protect Wash” as Splash, our supporters and community helped raise over $1,800 for pediatric cancer research. A huge shout out to Splash2o for their continued support of D-Feet Cancer and many other worthy causes in the Virginia Beach area. If your car is yellow from all the pollen, please go visit our friends at Splash2o.

Dalton’s Dash:

Our next big event is the 4th Annual Dalton’s Dash 5K. Come join us, either in person or virtually, for a fun neighborhood walk/run. We will have The Bagel Baker food truck, DJ Steve, a raffle table, and D-Feet Merchandise, and other fun activities. You can read more about Dalton, the race, and register here: https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/VirginiaBeach/DaltonsDash5k Prices rise on May 1st, so we encourage you to register register before the end of April.

Wasserhund:

Soon after Dalton’s Dash, we’ll have a fundraiser at Wasserhund Brewing Company on Laskin Rd. in Virginia Beach. Join us for 5-10 PM on Tuesday May 27th. Dalton was a huge fan of Marvel movies so we are planning a Marvel trivia contest that night in D’s honor. Personally, anytime I can drink a cold adult beverage while raising money for a great cause, I’m all in.

Skydiving & Golf:

More details to follow but we will be holding our third annual D-Feet Cancer skydiving event on Sunday August 3rd at Skydive Suffolk. Our goal this year is to register 60 jumpers and close down Skydive Suffolk for the day, I’ll be emailing previous jumpers soon and posting registration information to the “Events” tab here at DFeetCancer.org in the next couple of weeks. Also, our fourth annual golf tournament will be held at Red Wing Lake Golf Course on Friday October 10th this year featuring the return of the Freedom Outdoors golf ball launcher gun. Registration details for the golf tournament will also be added to the Events tab soon.

In Closing:

Thanks for reading and for all of your support. in the next blog post, I’ll be able to announce details of another $150,000 of pediatric cancer research funded by D-Feet Cancer thank to all of you. It’s a bit nerve wracking, but quite an honor, to write such large checks. Jen and I make sure we add eight cents onto the end of any donation in honor of our boy and all the kids like him who have fought, are fighting, or who will fight this horrible disease. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for all your support and generosity.

September Again

Please see our most recent newsletter below.

We’ve got our 3rd annual golf tournament coming up on Saturday October 12th. Check out https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/DFeetCancer2024GolfTournament for more information and to register or sponsor D-Feet Cancer.

Also, coming this January 25th – the first ever D-Feet Cancer Gala. Click here for more information and to register. https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/DFeetCancerGala

Thanks for helping D-Feet Cancer. If you have any questions or would like to reach us, please send an email to info@DFeetCancer.org.

Will & Jen Fox

D-Feet Cancer Summer Update

D-Feet Cancer kicked off our summer events with the 3rd Annual Dalton’s Dash 5k on a rainy May morning. Despite the weather, hundreds of people braved the rain and walked/ran 3.1 miles to help fund pediatric cancer research. We’ll have pictures and stories in our upcoming newsletter.

Our local swim team, the Club Brittany Blue Tide, held a swim-a-thon fundraiser for D-Feet Cancer on July 16th. This event, entirely organized by swimmers, raised almost $2,500 which will directly fund pediatric cancer researchers. Thank you Blue Tide for not only remembering your former teammate Dalton but also actively working to help kids like him.

Finally, the second D-Feet Cancer Skydiving event was held on Sunday July 28th. 37 jumpers exited a perfectly good plane at 13,500 feet to fund research. Many more details to come in our next newsletter but we had a great event, the weather was perfect, and plans are already underway to make the event bigger and better for next year. If you would like to join us for skydiving in 2025, please send us a message.

We are working on the next newsletter but feel free to take a look at the April 2024 edition here: http://5pg.150.mytemp.website/wp-content/uploads/D-Feet-Cancer-April-2024-Newsletter.pdf

Upcoming Events:

September 25th: YNOT D-Feet Cancer – more details to come

October 11th: 3rd Annual D-Feet Cancer Golf Tournament https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/DFeetCancer2024GolfTournament

January 25, 2025: Save the Date for the Inaugural D-Feet Cancer Gala in Downtown Norfolk

Winter 2024 Update

Welcome to 2024. D-Feet Cancer had a great 2023 and we are currently gearing up to help even more kids fight cancer in 2024. More details to come in our upcoming newsletter, but here is a summary of all things D-Feet Cancer.

Giving: D-Feet Cancer just agreed to fund another $100,000 of Ewing Sarcoma research being conducted at the University of Pittsburgh. We also expect to fund another $50K – $75K of research in the next month. These details and still being finalized but D-Feet Cancer expects to surpass $300,000 in funded research before Spring arrives. $300,000 granted to help find better treatments for Ewing Sarcoma and other pediatric cancers in two years thanks to our generous donors and sponsors. Thank you!

League of Larry: We have a new initiative here at D-Feet Cancer. We call it the League of Larry. By pledging a monthly recurring donation of $25/month or more, you too can join the League of Larry. Upon joining, you’ll get a D-Feet Cancer T-shirt and a D-Feet Cancer car magnet as well as our gratitude. Check out monthly giving here: League of Larry

Upcoming Events: We’ve updated the events tab on the website. Back this year are Dodgeball (March 23), Dalton’s Dash 5K (May 18), Skydiving (July 28), and Golf (October 11). Dodgeball registration is currently open and we expect to add registrations for the other events in the coming weeks. D-Feet Cancer is also planning our first ever gala tentatively scheduled for January 25, 2025. Stay tuned for additional details.

Gratitude: Will, Jen, Rachel, and the wonderful D-Feet Board thank you for supporting D-Feet Cancer since our inception a little over two years ago. $300,000 of pediatric cancer research funding is quite an achievement for a group of people who had no experience in forming and running a non-profit. We hope to continue to grow and fund even more research. If you would like to help us grow, please let us know. If you might be interested in helping with an event, fundraising, sponsorship, social media, administration, or just about anything else, please reach out via info@DFeetCancer.org or use the contact form of www.DFeetCancer.org. We’d love to hear from you and thank you for helping us D-Feet Cancer.

Please check out the attached July 2023 D-Feet Cancer newsletter.

Read about the 2nd annual Dalton’s Dash 5K, a research update, Chris Taylor’s bat, and how to “Swim Like a Fox.”

We’ve got some exciting D-Feet Cancer events coming up this Fall. Our golf tournament will be held at Redwing Lake Golf Course in Virginia Beach on Friday October 13th. A month later, we will have an oyster roast, also in Virginia Beach on Saturday November 11th. Jen, I, and the entire D-Feet Cancer team would love to see you at one or both events. Check out the links below for more information and registration details.

Golf Tournament Oct. 13th: https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/DFeetCancer2023GolfTournament

Oyster Roast Nov. 11th: https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/DFeetCancer2023OysterRoast

Thank you so much for your support of D-Feet Cancer.

Will & Jen Fox

D-Feet Cancer The Dalton Fox Foundation

2023 Q1 Update

Please check out the attached March 2023 D-Feet Cancer newsletter.

Among other topics of interest, read about our recent $100,000.08 grant that is currently funding Ewing Sarcoma research. Can you guess Dalton’s favorite number?

We have also attached a summary of the research D-Feet Cancer is funding,  written for non-medical researchers like us.

Finally, we are holding our second Dalton’s Dash 5K on Saturday May 20th with both in-person and virtual options. Please take a look at the attached flyer or click on the link below to learn more. We would love to have you run with Team Dalton.

https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/VirginiaBeach/DaltonsDash5k

Thank you so much for your support of D-Feet Cancer.

Will & Jen Fox

D-Feet Cancer The Dalton Fox Foundation

Golf Tournament

The first ever D-Feet Cancer Golf Tournament is Friday October 14th at Red Wing Golf Course in Virginia Beach.

Get there around 11 to hit some range balls and grab some lunch before teeing off around noon.

There will be lunch, snacks, beer for sale, games, raffles, and even a challenge involving some crutches.

We are looking forward to seeing you on the course, having fun, and raising money for pediatric cancer research. For more information, check out our registration link:

https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/DFeetCancerGolfTournament

SplasH2O Fundraiser

Swing by SplasH20 Saturday July 30th and/or Sunday July 31st to support D-Feet Cancer The Dalton Fox Foundation while getting your car cleaned. If you purchase a “Protect Wash” and punch in the code “8888” at check-in, SplasH20 will donate $5 to D-Feet Cancer where 100% of donations go to fund pediatric cancer research.

D-Feet Cancer and Jessy’s Taqueria food truck will also be at SplasH20 on Saturday along with giveaways and raffles. Come say hello, get your car washed, and help raise money to help kids like Dalton.

5K Thank You and Golf Tournament

Jen, Rachel, I, and the whole D-Feet Cancer board want to thank everyone who participated in the first ever Dalton’s Dash 5K. Thanks to you, we raised over $21,000 that will go directly to Ewing Sarcoma research. You can see our fundraising progress on the “Sponsorship” Thank you for supporting the silent auction, our various raffles, and for buying D-Feet cancer merchandise. We are even working on an online store so we can sell D-Feet Cancer t-shirts, sweatshirts, long sleeves, stickers, wristbands, and hats through the website.  A big thank you to our amazing volunteers who pulled off a great event despite none of us having any experience in running a 5K. In short, thank you for helping us D-Feet Cancer.

We have some more stuff in the works and we’ll let you know about them in the weeks and months ahead. Our next event is the first ever D-Feet Cancer Golf Tournament on Friday October 14th. After we figured out how to organize a 5K, we figured we would take a shot at running a golf tournament. The event will be held at Red Wing Lake Golf Course in Virginia Beach and start at noon. It’s a best-ball shot gun start and registration is now officially open. You can read more about it, register, and/or sign up for a sponsorship via this link:

https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/DFeetCancerGolfTournament

Please share the link with family and friends. As always, every dime of our proceeds will go to Ewing Sarcoma research.

Thank you to our annual sponsors, One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning, ShoreBreak, Hot Tuna, Veterans United Foundation, Adler Therapy, and McCormick Law & Consulting and to our 5K sponsor The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium for believing in our mission and helping us find better treatments and a cure for Ewing Sarcoma.

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