JONATHAN

LEN FORKAS IS DEDICATING HIS 19TH MOUNT EVEREST STOP TO HOPECAM CHILD JONATHAN.

Jonathan is a fun-loving, easy going soon to be 14 year old(May 30th) from Ewing Virginia.  He loves his two cats, playing playstation with his friends, watching his favorite television show The Office, Elvis, and being silly with his siblings (he is the baby of four).  Jonathan also enjoys running cross country, playing basketball and baseball. He was an active member of his school FFA program and the school media group which produced a weekly newscast for which he gave the sports report.

Jonathan was diagnosed with Medullablastoma on December 6 after a tumor was removed from the base of his brain at Le Bonheur Hospital.  He has undergone both brain and spinal radiation therapy and is now undergoing chemotherapy at St. Judes in Memphis.  This process will keep him in Memphis through approximately September of this year.  Jonathan has been a trooper and takes each day as it comes and remains strong and never misses a chance to laugh.

Len’s Message to Hopecam Kid Jonathan