Bump It Forward: Boy Who Fist-Bumped Bruins Looking to #BumpOutCancer

Photo: WHDH-TV Channel 7

Last year, a story and video posted by the Boston Globe quickly went viral of an adorable boy with Down Syndrome who fist-bumped the Bruins players as they skated off the rink into the locker room. It was shared on countless news outlets, and sports pages, and won the USA Today polls “favorite fan video.

Eight-year-old Liam Fitzgerald from Northborough became an internet sensation, and everyone learned his story. Not only does he have Down Syndrome, but the boy had beaten leukemia.

Now his parents have launched a campaign to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and he hopes he will be named the LLS “Man of the Year.”

The campaign, marked with the hashtag #BumpOutCancer, is a ten-week campaign that asks everyone who watched the Bruins fist-bump video to donate.

The video, posted by Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, can be seen here:

On Liam’s fundraising page, his mom writes, “No more dim or dark lights! Someday is TODAY! As we embark on this 10-Week campaign, we ask each of YOU to let your light shine bright for the future of a world without blood cancers! DONATE TODAY and pass it on! If the 5.5M people who originally viewed this video donated just $1 each, that would be millions of dollars for cancer research!”

In a “Five Fingers, Five People, $5” challenge, Cathy asks that people donate $5 and post a picture or video of themselves fist bumping someone and then challenging five others to do the same.