The 3rd Annual RunTough for Team Tommy event on Saturday, Sept. 28, raised more than $30,000 for The ChadTough Foundation, funding Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma and pediatric brain cancer research. Combined with the funds raised at the 6th Annual RunTough for ChadTough honoring Chad Carr and the ColtStrong Fun Run honoring Colt DelVerne, we raised … Read More
It’s been nearly three years since Tommy Ruddy passed away from diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, but mom, Amanda, says these past two weeks have been two of the most difficult. “It’s a culmination of all the things normal life throws our way on top of the horrific reality we come home to every day,” she … Read More
A little wink. That’s what parents hope to receive from their children who have left them too soon. It’s an indication that their child is okay. That they are still with them. And, most important, that they will see them again. Amanda Ruddy gets those winks from her son, Tommy, who passed away after a … Read More
Dale Buist admits he had never heard of The ChadTough Foundation when one of his long-time employees at Countryside Greenhouse approached him about the 100-acre farm Allendale hosting the second annual RunTough For Team Tommy. But considering who was asking, Buist knew he couldn’t say no. Kurt Kruizenga‘s four children attend the same school that … Read More
August 12, 2017. One year to the day after Amanda and Tom Ruddy‘s son, Tommy, was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and 11 weeks before it would take his life. “I’m not sure which day was worse,” Amanda wrote. “Diagnosis or death. There was barely time to breathe between the two dates regardless.” … Read More
