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Philadelphia Eagles & Miami Dolphins Hosted 13-Year Old Cancer Patient at Training Camp
Harrison Willing was Surprised with this Experience to Help Brighten his Day During a Dark Time
The Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins started their season off by bringing light and hope to a local cancer patient, Harrison Willing, with the surprise and opportunity of a lifetime to attend training camp with both teams on August 22nd at the Nova Care Complex in Philadelphia.
Harrison’s surprise is a part of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) larger national movement: Random Acts of Light. To foster awareness around its annual fall fundraising campaign “Light The Night,” LLS launched Random Acts of Light in the summer of 2016 to bring light to the darkness of cancer, by surprising blood cancer patients and survivors with unique and thoughtful moments, including some with favorite athletes and celebrities.
Harrison was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in January 2016. The 13-year-old is undergoing chemotherapy, and is scheduled to have a bone marrow transplant this September. This memorable moment was made possible when, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society surprised him with a special video message from a Philadelphia Eagles player, Chris Maragos, inviting him to training camp at the Nova Care Complex.
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At training camp, Harrison spent the day watching both teams have a friendly practice against each other in preparation for their exhibition game and getting to meet some of his favorite players including Jarvis Landry, Rodney McLeod and Cameron Wake. When Harrison met the players, he was surprised to find that they were wearing the bracelets that he designed for ‘Team Harrison’ through the LLS Light the Night initiative.
Visit www.LightTheNight.org/epa to learn more about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night.
