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Ethan Zohn: Giving Back While Fighting Cancer
by Mark Dagostino
January 06 |
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Ethan Zohn already proved himself to be a survivor: Without an ounce of backstabbing or betrayal, the curly haired soccer player took home the million-dollar prize on reality TV's Survivor: Africa back in 2002.
He also proved himself a philanthropist, funneling the bulk of his million-dollar prize into founding Grassroot Soccer—a charity dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa. But these days, Zohn has evolved into a philanthropic survivor in ways he never imagined.
Diagnosed with a rare form of Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in the spring of 2009, Zohn has been battling for his life with intense chemotherapy and radiation treatments for the past eight months. But cancer has hardly slowed him down when it comes to raising money and awareness for the causes close to his heart.
Whether traveling to Boston's Fenway Park last fall to raise money for The Jimmy Fund or partnering with Nike to raise money for Grassroot Soccer through the sale of (Red) shoelaces, Zohn has continued to make the time and put in the effort to give back.
Now, as he sits in a hospital bed in Manhattan, spending 30 days in isolation while undergoing a complete stem-cell transplant that his doctors hope will rid his body of cancer for good, Zohn is ramping up to participate in Cycle For Survival — an indoor team cycling fundraiser in support of research on rare cancers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
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