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- Two, one, woo!

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- [Jason Payne] Today was our Laps For Lymphoma event

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for Von Kleiv who is a second grade

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student here at Welch Elementary, who

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currently is battling lymphoma.

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^So, we just had a school-wide fundraiser

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^to try and raise money for the St. Baldrick's Foundation

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^which does research for pediatric cancer.

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^- The 500 days of treatment has been

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^draining, but watching him and his resiliency

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getting through that has been absolutely amazing.

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He's got some really rough days, he's

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had some really rough weeks, but his

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ability to bounce back, the support that we

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get from not just our family but Welch

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and the Dover community helps him,

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and us, get through this whole thing,

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the 500 days of treatment that he's gone through.

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- [Von's Mom] It is just pure pride, he has overcome

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^so many obstacles, like a year ago

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^he could barely make it around the track.

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^And today, he was sprinting to the finish line, you know.

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And then, out there doing his karate,

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breaking his first boards, he has

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reached every single goal he has set for himself.

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And so, his goal is to kick lymphoma's butt,

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and I couldn't be happier about his goal.

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- [Von's Dad] He liked ninjas, and he made the

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comment, "I'm gonna kick lymphoma's butt."

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And it turned into Von Ninja is gonna

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be kicking lymphoma's butt, and he's doing that.

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He set that goal for himself, and he's

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knocking it out of the park.