Life is anything but normal for four-year-old Aspen Peterson-Armengol, diagnosed with Embryonal RMS, an aggressive form of childhood cancer.
Being immunocompromised, Aspen isn’t able to play on public playgrounds, something that Eric Newman, the CEO of the Roc Solid Foundation and a childhood cancer survivor himself, is all too familiar with.“Play is a gift to the imagination. Play is something that no child should ever miss out on,” Newman told Action News Jax. “You and I choose to lose out on play. But kids diagnosed with cancer, they don’t have that choice.
“That moment when the family comes around and they see the playset for the first time, guess what they’re not thinking about? Cancer. So we win every single time,” added Newman. The Roc Solid Foundation plans to keep the initiative going, surprising 30 families in across America with their own playsets, helping those suffering from childhood cancer one smile at a time.
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