KidWorks

KidWorks Men Wear Pink Cancer Fundraiser

KidWorks mom Beth Glassman died at age 40 from brain cancer

We’re asking for your help supporting a cause that’s very personal to us. Back when we opened the original KidWorks on NW 53rd Avenue in the late 1990’s, we enrolled a young family, the Glassmans. Dan Glassman is a local attorney and his wife Beth was a news anchor at the local ABC affiliate, TV20. Dan and Beth were young first-time parents and we were first-time preschool owners, and we quickly became close personal friends as our children began to grow up together.

Then, when her children were 7 and 4, an MRI revealed Beth was diagnosed with a glioblastoma, an aggressive, virtually incurable brain cancer with less than 5% five-year survival rate. Most patients die within 18 months of diagnosis. We cannot begin to tell you the terror, horror, chaos and cruelty that enveloped and upended this perfect, beautiful little family. Determined to fight, for themselves and for the sake of their children, Dan and Beth found an experimental treatment program at Duke, and she was accepted to the program. But on a follow-up visit they got devastating test results. The tumor had grown exponentially. They were told there was nothing more that could be done. They were advised to get their affairs in order. She died eight months later, right after her 40th birthday. Shanna and Ben were only 8 and 5 when they lost their mom.

Since that horrible chapter, Dan and the kids have dedicated themselves to working toward a future where no family is ever told that there’s nothing more that can be done, by working tirelessly to support cancer research. Promising new cancer treatments, even for a disease like glioblastoma that were untreatable when Beth was diagnosed, are emerging. One charity the Glassman family champions is Men Wear Pink, which supports vital breast cancer research. I’m honored to have been asked to serve as an Ambassador this year.
On behalf of Dan, Beth, Shanna and Ben, and ourselves, please consider a contribution in any amount you can. Our goal is $2,500.

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Thanks!
Cathy & Mike