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Over a decade ago, Chris Hegardt was treated for cancer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Now he’s a college soccer standout, and through the Names Family Foundation his family is giving more kids a
This is a story about Kalea and Noah—two siblings who are also best friends. Best, best friends. “Oh my gosh, they are completely best friends,” says their mom, Nohea. “From the beginning, their
An experienced runner who’d traveled around the globe to race, Randy Pentis was used to seeing courses lined with gawking onlookers. But this? This was something else entirely. He was chugging along