CONTINUED BEST WISHES TO OUR PREVIOUS WINNERS: SHANNON MC DOWELL, GREGORY GUTIERREZ, GLORY HOM and PHILIP TAMULIS, New Jersey MATIS MILLER, QUINCY SHEDRICK, RYAN WELLS,  PATRICK TUTHILL, ROBIN BURGER and KAITLYN SUAREZ,  New York ADAM DI GIOVANNI, DANIEL MATTHEWS, MICKEY RUGGERI, PATRICK O'NEIL, HEATHER EMERY and MICHAEL HOLDERMAN, Georgia CHAD DONNELL and JUAN MALDONADO, JR., Texas KIMBERLY BEESLEY and KATIE KAPLAN, Colorado JACOB RUIZ, RAY RODRIGUEZ, ZOE BURNS, KEVIN HO,  JARED BALK and LAUREN HOLBROOK, Illinois AMBER BAKER, HANNAH SCALISE and CASSIE HINES, Michigan         TYSON CAZIER, Vermont ASHLEY LOVE, KENNETH HEMPILL, JESSICA GLAGO, AARON NATHE, DEREK STRATA , JESSICA STAYER, ANGELA SAYERS and SARAH STARNER, Ohio BRIAN ANDERSON, Kansas         JANE LINGWALL and KEVIN LIVINGSTON, Utah JAMES TALBERT, KATHRYN ZAWADZKI, DREW CHEATWOOD, NETA VAN ZWAREN, KENNETH PERNSELY JR. and LAURA LITCHFIELD, North Carolina  ADAM WEAVER, MARK A. GOOD and CHRISTOPHER WILSON, West Virginia ETHAN HELM, Arkansas        BRAD ATCHELY, Tennessee  BENJAMIN BREAULT, SAMANTHA TETREAULT, JESSICA ALLARD, PAIGE KALIKA and HUNTER DURFEE,  New Hampshire APRIL OWINGS and T.J. HUTCHINGS, Oklahoma ANDY SEIPEL, DE ANDRE JONES,VINCENT J. GOODWIN, ELIZABETH STAUFFER, NICK KLOSKA and KERRI HOLBROOK,  Pennsylvania BARRY WILLIAMS JR., Maryland        JOEL MCKAY, Louisiana        JAMES FOWKES, Oregon KYLE COUGHLIN, REBECCA QUINONES, GEORGE KAPLAN and ANNAMARIA WILLIAMS, Florida BRIAN DOMBROWSKI, CHRISTINE BUFFONE, ANDREW DORNER, ANNI KACYNSKI, BRITTANY MABIS and ZACH REZK, Wisconsin BASIR SYED, ADRIENNE B., CASSIE NGUYEN, CALEB DOMINGUEZ, SIMON JOHN WILLIAMS, MATTHEW SASAKI and BROOKS PAUL,  California JOEL SOUKUP, TORREY LINE and NATHAN WALZ, Minnesota CASEY REIS, Mississippi          DYLAN McDANIEL, Nevada               JORDON PERRY, Arizona BEN LUKING, Kentucky           JOSEPH CUSICK, Maine ANDREW McCUSKER, DANIEL WARILA and KEEGAN MITCHELL,  Massachusetts HALEY CHAPLIN, South Carolina       JOSEPH DAIGLE, Rhode Island TIFFANY ANNE ANDREWS, CRYSTAL BIALAS and TIMOTHY JARVIS, Virginia JOHN ROBERT HICKS, DAVID BROOK MIDDLETON and KENZIE DERR, Alabama STEVE PAYNE, EMMA C., RYAN SCHLOSSER and AMY E. HAYES, Indiana JAMIE LYNN FARLEY, Idaho    BRENT SCHILPEROORT and TAYLOR BETHARDS, Washington BRIDGET FROSINA, Connecticut        KELSEY LEE, Iowa

RANDLE JACKSON II from Madison, Alabama, is a determined young man who was diagnosed with Stage 4B Hodgkins Disease at age 13.  After six months of chemotherapy and six weeks of radiation, Randle thought the worst was over and enjoyed a very brief remission.  However, less than five months later, the cancer relapsed and Randle was back on treatment, including more chemotherapy, radiation and a bone marrow transplant.  At the time, Randle was in Ninth Grade and trying hard not only to keep up with his school work but to enjoy the beginning of his high school years.  But only five months after enduring a grueling transplant, Randle was given the terrible news that the cancer had recurred.  It's hard to imagine what this must have felt like, but Randle is a Cancer Warrior and as all of our Warriors do, he prepared to fight hard once again.  In the midst of all of this turmoil, Randle organized several bone marrow drives, including the largest ever held in the state of Alabama.  Finally locating a match, he now had to travel far from home to receive a second transplant.  Several months later, Randle was able to return to Alabama and began the long road to recovery.  In September 2011, he was finally able to return to school after a prolonged absence.  With the help of family and friends, he graduated and began college at the University of Alabama Huntsville this fall, majoring in computer engineering.  Through his determination and generosity in organizing bone marrow drives, Randle undoubtedly saved other lives in addition to his own.  His courage is truly remarkable.  We wish him all the best -- a future devoid of hospitals, pills and treatment -- and much success in his chosen field. CONGRATULATIONS, RANDLE!  ______________________________________________________________________________ PATRICK DONAHOE from Pennsylvania can proudly call himself a freshman at Moravian College after struggling with Hodgkins Disease since he was 12 years old.  His journey began with chemotherapy which caused his vocal cords to become paralyzed, followed by radiation, and an unfortunately very short remission.  Less than a year after completing therapy, Patrick had to undergo additional high dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant.  At a time when most teens are making new friends and having new experiences, Patrick was faced with many months of isolation due to immunosuppression.  However, Patrick fought back and discovered that a good "side effect" of his experience was a new found appreciation of life's beauty, more patience than he had before, and a determination to live life to the fullest.  He is majoring in psychology at Moravian and plans to use his personal experiences and his degree to help others to cope with life's challenges.  In our opinion, there is no one better suited for this task. CONGRATULATIONS, PATRICK! ____________________________________________________________________________________ TEVIN PATBY has to be one of the most resilient young men ever.  He was just 14 and a freshman in high school when he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease of the bone and bone marrow.  Tevin endured a year of chemotherapy and radiation, and had just begun his sophomore year when he sustained a relapse.  At that point he underwent a stem cell transplant after high dose chemotherapy, and still more radiation.  The treatment lasted throughout the school year, but Tevin kept on fighting and hoping.  Things were better during his junior year, but during follow up testing in his senior year, pulmonary lesions were found; a biopsy proved negative for disease, thankfully.  Tevin graduated high school in June 2012 and began his studies at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania in the fall.  Unfortunately, he has relapsed and has had to take a temporary leave from school while he and his physicians develop a game plan for beating this once again.  Tevin is the epitome of courage, dignity and determination.  He will NOT be defeated.  We know this, and now you do, too! CONGRATULATIONS, TEVIN!