I’m skating in the 11 Day Power Play to raise money for cancer research — a cause that means so much to me. My grandfather died from cancer before I was born, and even though I never got to meet him, people in my family tell me stories about how he was a fun person and how much I would have liked him. That pushes me to do it for him. Cancer has taken too many lives, and I’ve seen how deeply it affects families. I care so much about helping others who are going through it now, and I want to be part of the fight for a cure. Every donation really helps to get to my goal of 500 dollars to be able to skate on the ice to represent my pop pop.