What began as a normal summer vacation for 12 year-old Mark Staehely turned out to be the beginning of an extraordinary journey, leading Mark to accomplish more in the final six years of his life than most of us aspire to in an entire lifetime.

On June 16, 2000 Mark was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Over the next six years he endured three surgeries, stem cell replacement, and endless rounds of chemo and radiation therapy, as well as countless blood and platelet transfusions, but spent every day making the most of the time he had, with his positive attitude being the driving force in his survival.