Ride History
The Henry Schueler 41 & 9 Foundation was founded in 2008
to raise funds in support of research for a cure for Hypodiploid Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia or “HALL”, a subtype of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia,
the most common form of pediatric cancer, and to fight secondary infections
which immune compromised patients are susceptible to, including Zygomycosis,
the infection that ultimately claimed Henry’s life.
In 2010, the Chicago Fire Department’s Ignite the Spirit
Fund, which supports CFD families in need, reached out to the Henry Schueler 41
& 9 Foundation offering support in the form of a fundraising bike ride.
Three bike rides later, Ignite and 41 & 9 have raised over $150,000 that
has been used for medical research and support at St. Jude’s Children’s
Hospital, and for the worldwide publication of a scientific supplement on
Zygomycosis.
Hanks Story
Hank Schueler was an active eighth grader
with amazing dreams and a bright future ahead of him. As a student at St. Mary
of the Woods Elementary School in the Edgebrook neighborhood on Chicago’s
northwest side, Hank was a great son and brother, blessed with exceptional
academic skills and a great smile. Hank was also a standout, two-sport athlete,
playing football and baseball. He loved every minute of his life and was looking
forward to the fall of 2007 when he would start classes at St. Patrick’s High
School.
Hank’s hopes and dreams were put on hold
in November 2006 when he was diagnosed with a rare form of Acute Lymphoblastic
Leukemia the most common form of pediatric cancer called Hypodiploid Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia or “HALL”. This disease brought out the fighter in Hank
as he endured a bone marrow transplant and many rounds of chemotherapy, along
with a secondary infection, Zygomycosis, which eventually took his life on
December 14, 2007. Even in death, Hank has never stopped fighting through
others, to help others.
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