Almost all of the 7.6 billion people living on this planet are living healthy, active lives. Yet, this is not true for the over 14.5 million adults and children that are living with cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, cancer is a disease in which part of the cells in the body divide without stopping, and they spread throughout the cancer victim. There are many varieties of cancer, and they can affect all ages, including children. While cancer is treatable, there isn’t a specific “cure” yet.

As a preschooler, Ellee Large, a young girl from Abingdon, Virginia, loved riding her trike. Ellee rode one hundred laps during the St. Jude Trike-A-Thon - a fundraiser for St. Jude. However, when Ellee was six years old, she was diagnosed