Tiger Fuel Donates $20,000 to Fight Pediatric Cancer
The contribution honors a local youth fighting brain cancer.
Dec 17, 2020 | 1 min read
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—The Tiger Fuel Company, based in Charlottesville, Virginia, has donated $20,000 to The St. Baldrick’s Foundation With Walker Hero Fund, reports NBC29.com.
The donation was made in the name of Walker Beery, a young boy who was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumor found in children, in August 2019. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research grants and in the past 15 years, has awarded more than $300 million in grants.
Tiger Mart’s donation was made in lieu of holiday gifts, such as wreaths and gift baskets, that are typically sent to customers this time of year.
“We made a small contribution in honor of Walker,” said Gordon Sutton, president, Tiger Fuel. “We knew that our Tiger Fuel customers would be honored to be able to help us do that and were happy to give up a wreath and maybe a fruit basket in honor of supporting a young man like Walker.”
Sutton said that pediatric cancer research receives only about 4% of the national funding for all cancer research.
