About us: There Goes My Hero is a 501(c)-3 nonprofit with a mission to restore hope to blood cancer patients and their families by registering bone marrow donors, funding nutritious meals, and supporting blood cancer research. We are a small organization of dedicated professionals and volunteers that has a large impact on the blood cancer…

Thank you to everyone who helped make our 10th Annual Polo Match and Family Outing a huge success! Check out photos from our awesome event below.

There Goes My Hero Foundation Receives 24 Foundation Grant [Baltmore, MD] June 11, 2018 – Baltimore-based There Goes My Hero Foundation has received a $6,000 grant from the 24 Foundation to support the Feed a Hero Program. Each year, There Goes My Hero funds nutritious meals to blood cancer patients and the families in Baltimore…

I recently wrote an article for OZY about a new study that suggests acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) patients under the age of 40 have better survival outcomes when they are treated with pediatric regimens, and even when they are treated at pediatric cancer centers. As a young adult leukemia survivor, I know that many adolescent…

It’s Nurse Appreciation Week! At There Goes My Hero, we know that nurses are a vital part of the team when you’re going through treatment for any type of cancer. Many of our board members and staff have personal experiences with cancer, so we asked them for stories about why nurses are so special. Here are…

Part of There Goes My Hero’s mission is to provide nourishment to blood cancer patients and their families. During treatment, nutrition can play a vital part in staying strong and as healthy as possible during chemotherapy and radiation. Here are 4 foods (and drinks) that might help you deal with the side-effects of the the…

  Two years ago, one of Hero’s volunteers received a phone call that he was the match for a blood cancer patient who needed a stem cell transplant. Mike was the perfect match, and even though he knew almost nothing about the patient, he knew he wanted to save a life. In April 2016, Mike…

Dear supporters, On May 20, 2008, I was diagnosed with acute leukemia. A week later, my son was born. This May, Joey is celebrating his 10th birthday, and I am celebrating ten years of surviving cancer. A year after my transplant, I planned the first Polo Match and Family Outing to say “Thank You” to…

There Goes My Hero will be hosting the reviving the 5k Run/Walk and Family Crab Feast event, Heropalooza on October 29th, 2017 from 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. at UMBC on Erickson Field. Join hundreds of people in Catonsville, MD on Sunday, October 29th, 2017 at Heropalooza: A 5K run/walk & family crab feast. Registration for the…

The Atlanta offices of #1 commercial real estate data and analytics firm, CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), are partnering with the There Goes My Hero Foundation (TGMH)  in an effort to increase the amount of people registered to potentially become life saving bone marrow donors. In the U.S., every three minutes a person is diagnosed with blood…