Since 1987, the Seattle Big Climb has raised over $26 million in funding for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
BySEATTLE — 1,300 people climbed up Columbia Center’s 69 stories on Sunday to raise money for cancer research.has raised over $26 million in funding for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
One of the participants in Sunday’s event was 14-year-old Julius Wolfe, who was diagnosed with acute leukemia two years ago. After two rounds of chemotherapy failed to improve his condition, he underwent a bone marrow transplant in July 2021 and has been in remission since.“We’re climbing today for all the children and for Julius. We want to make sure … they’re not on experimental drugs anymore.
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