About
Shane’s Future Days is a 501(c)(3) volunteer non-profit foundation whose mission is to raise awareness, research funds and assist families currently battling alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma and other high risk childhood cancers. EIN: 47-2556395
What is Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma?
Click below to learn more about this rare childhood cancer and what we can do to fight it.
What does your donation goes towards?
Rhabdomyosarcoma is currently non-curable pediatric cancer and your donation goes directly to the research to help fight it.
Today is a day to recognize those children who lost their battle and are currently fighting rare childhood cancers. Today, is our second annual Celebration of Life event at VE soccer club in Warminster, PA.
We began acquiring donations as early as December 2015. The generous Park Hopper passes granted to us by the Walt Disney Company set the tone for what an amazing event this will be. Thank you to all the companies, businesses and sports teams who kindly and generously donated to our event.
- Southwest Airlines, Dyson, Whole Foods Philadelphia, Hilton at Penn’s Landing, Sunset World, Elite Island Resorts, Mario Lemieux Foundation, Bounce U Horsham & Langhorne, Rebounderz, Sky Zone, Flyers Skate Zone, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Union, Philadelphia 76ers, Upper Dublin Golf Club, Abington Club, JC Melrose Country Club, Planet Fitness, Bibou BYOB, Sbraga, Molly Malloy’s, Walnut Street Theatre, Adventure Aquarium, The Philadelphia Zoo, Longwood Gardens, Philadelphia Art Museum, Riverhorse Brewing Co., Victory Brewing Company, Panera Bread, AMC, Kaleen Wolfe designs, Heather Milano Photography, In the Mix events, Jules Thin Crust Pizza, Painting with a Twist Jenkintown, Club Tabby, Chase’s Hop Shop, Jenkintown Hot Yoga, Burholme Golf James Minerva Hair Salon and independent consultant donations from Plexus, Arbonne, Usborne, LuLaRoe, Norwex and Origami Owl.
Events like this enable Shane’s Future Days to provide research funds to assist with purchasing of laboratory equipment, as well as funding pediatric preclinical cancer trials. It also helps us support the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Palliative Care Team who provide the world’s best care to patients with currently incurable childhood cancers. Additionally and most importantly, it permits us to expand our footprint, enabling us to provide for families affected by rare childhood cancers with support that they need along their journey.
So, today we celebrate and remember our amazing little man who taught us all to live life to the fullest. Shane, we miss you.
FAMILY FUN DAY HONORING
SHANE’S FUTURE DAYS
MAY 21, 2016
9am-12pm
The Max Challenge of Cherry Hill
2240 Marlton Pike W,
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
856-267-0533
Registration
Adults $25
Children 5-12 $15
Kids under 5 FREE
Join us for a morning of fun as we raise money for Shane’s Future Days. There will be face painting, glitter tattoos, family fitness classes and a Tricky Tray Auction with prizes from different vendors including Panera, WaWa, Chipotle, Spa Services, 50/50 raffle, 10 Week Max Challenge, 2-4 hr Nutrition Consultation and more!!!
*GRAND PRIZE AUCTION – 1 YEAR FREE MAX CHALLENGE MEMBERSHIP – worth $1000*
Itinerary
9am – Check in and Registration
9:30am – 10:15am Fitness Class
10:30am – 11:00am – Family Fitness Game Workout (kids welcomed:-)
11:15am – 12:00pm – Tricky Tray
12:00pm – Closing Comments
Registration includes $20 worth of raffle tickets and light snacks.
Additional raffle tickets will be available for purchase until Tricky Tray begins.
100% of all proceeds will be donated to Shane’s Future Days.
Checks should be made out to Shane’s Future Days
Thank you for your patience as we tallied up the funds raised from the tailgate.
It was a perfect day.
The tailgate, the people, and an epic concert. These were our first shows since losing Shane. It was way more emotional then either of us expected.
While “Ten” songs are played in most shows, it’s an entirely different energy created when it happens as a complete album.
A reflection on life…the past, present (tense) and future.
A special thank you to the Phan Cave! We are so fortunate to have met you. Your events are amazing and we are thrilled with the results. Thank you to our generous food and beer donors: Victory Brewing Company , The Capital Grille Philadelphia, Chase’s Hop Shop, Pastificio Homemade Pasta Co., Rieker’s Prime Meats, and Giant Food Stores. Thank you also to the Holiday Inn Philadelphia Stadium for allowing us to host our event on site.
We had 65 people in attendance and were able to raise $1,000.00. These funds will be donated to rare pediatric cancer research in memory of Shane. Thank you for all your support!
We truly felt our 😇.
Most days, my grief is apart of me. I carry it with me deep inside and may not always react to it. Then, there are days like Mother’s Day, where I can’t control those emotions. My mind will take a dip into that pool of grief.
I think about the handprint projects that will never be, the pictures of Shane as he grows older and most of all, the hugs I will never receive. What pulls me out of that dip are my two older children, Chase and Ella.
I am so incredibly thankful to be their mom. They have been through so much in their lifetime and I am proud to see that they have continued on with smiles, laughter and most of all their memories of Shane. They speak of him daily, talk about seeing signs from him and our favorite is when we talk about “what would Shane say about that?”
As a mother, I’ve had to teach my children how to cope with their own grief of losing their brother. This is not something I ever thought I would have to do. Loss is difficult to grasp and for me growing up, it was something we didn’t talk about.
To me, the most important thing I can teach them about this experience is that while their loss is tragic, they need to continue on in their lives and be happy. Paul and I have explained to them, that bad things happen to good people, but it doesn’t have to define you. They can not be bitter, but thankful for all the time they had with Shane. The time we had with him was a blessing.
When they (or us) are going through a difficult period, we always remind them (and ourselves) that Shane went through so much in his short life and he did so with a smile. He spread positivity and happiness to everyone around him. We have to do the same. It’s what Shane would have wanted. 
