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OLYMPIA HEIGHTS — The legacy of Bella Rodriguez Torres life on — 11 a long time immediately after her struggle with childhood most cancers, the little female is nevertheless inspiring other people to help.
About 1,600 people — a lot of of them survivors of childhood cancer — ran in Saturday’s “Stay Like Bella Superhero 5K” at Tropical Park.
“A lovely minor lady named Bella lost her lifestyle to cancer and all people in this article is battling for a remedy,” stated Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
Bella died at just 10 decades aged right after battling childhood most cancers. In her youthful lifetime, she motivated her family to assistance other youngsters like her.
“The Are living Like Bella Basis right now is concentrated on remaining advocates for childhood cancer analysis, for supplying cure support to family members whose youngsters are undergoing most cancers and to enable families go over fees of memorial expert services if, God forbid, their little one passes of cancer,” claimed Nicole de Lara Puente, the foundation’s CEO.
Bella’s dad Raymond explained to CBS Information Miami Dwell Like Bella has lifted extra than $35 million to assist families in 37 nations and throughout the U.S. And because of his very little woman, they are producing a genuine difference in the struggle against childhood cancer.
“Of the a lot of essential trials, 85 of them that Dwell Like Bella has been ready to finance, there is one particular that is going to be printed in the subsequent few months and that is displaying incredible promise and it occurs to be proper in this article in our neighborhood,” he reported.
The yearly celebration also brings jointly family members to honor young children who have battled, survived or missing their lives to most cancers.
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