The High Elevations Event in honor of Cole Fitzgerald will be on Sunday September 13th from 6:00-8:00pm!

We're asking for a minimum donation of $10 to attend the event.  Be sure to hit the "donate" button (not join the team).  Any donation is 100% tax deductible when paying through the site or writing a check payable to ALSF.

We hope to see you all jumping, kicking, flipping, and tricking at High Elevations!

Cole's Story:

Cole Patrick Fitzgerald was diagnosed on January 29, 2007 with Stage IV Neuroblastoma. Even before Cole was born on March 28, 2004, he has been faced with incredible challenges. Cole was a 30 week preemie twin born with lungs that were too small and bilateral dislocated hips from having no amniotic fluid in his sac for 7 weeks of our pregnancy. He was trached and on a ventilator for 2 years until April 2006 and continued to astound everyone with meeting all of his developmental milestones. Things took a tragic turn for Cole when he ran a sporadic low grade fever for 20 days beginning the day after Christmas 2006. He was taken to 2 pediatricians who thought it was pneumonia and then viral, until the 3rd pediatrician ran blood work and detected a touch of anemia. He was admitted to A.I. duPont for a complete workup and after 4 days of observation, he had an abdominal ultrasound which discovered an 8cm neuroblastoma tumor and the whirlwind of treatment to save his life began.
The cancer spread to his bone marrow and he began treatment at the end of January 2007. Between January 2007 and April 2008, Cole received 6 chemo treatments, several surgeries including tumor removal, a successful stem cell transplant at CHOP, and 12 sessions of localized radiation followed by 6 months of Accutane treatment. Later in 2008, he was diagnosed with high frequency hearing loss caused by one of the chemotherapy drugs he received during treatment. He wears hearing aids full time and uses an in-class transmitter to help with school work. Cole works very hard for every grade he receives and he has been a consistent honor roll student since the 3rd grade.
As of September 2015, Cole is 11 years old and attends 6th grade at Bunker Hill Middle School in Sewell, New Jersey. He has been in remission for 8 years and has annual checkups in survivor clinic. Cole has an incredible sense of humor, an infectious personality and enjoys life to the fullest. He is a born and bred across-the-board Philadelphia sports teams fan… Phillies, Eagles, Union, Flyers. He is a red belt in karate and will be working toward his black belt in 2016 at Best of the Best. He plays piano including composing original songs and also starred in the lead role as Willy Wonka in his 5th grade musical. Cole loves everything WWE, enjoys gaming on his iPad and plays Xbox and Wii video games. His true enjoyment and passion comes from his speaking and fundraising on behalf of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation year round with his twin sister Maeve and 13-year-old sister Maggie. He proves every day that his survival is nothing short of a miracle and he will never let his past cancer diagnosis determine his future.