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Camden Hall receives his award from the San Diego Chapter of The Association of Fundraising Professionals with parents Scott and Tracey and grandparents Donna and Peter Hall. (Curebound)<\/p>\nCarmel Valley teenager and cancer survivor Camden Hall was recently honored by the San Diego Chapter of The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) for his work supporting Curebound, in memory of friend and Torrey Pines High School alum Nick Herrmann. At the \u201cSuper Bowl of Philanthropy\u201d on Nov. 21, Camden received the Outstanding Student Volunteer Award from AFP at the Gaylord Pacific Resort Convention Center in Chula Vista in recognition of his participation in the Curebound Cancer Challenge, an annual fundraising bike-riding event.<\/p>\n
Camden and his father Scott\u2019s team, Herrmann\u2019s Hoopers, have raised over $130,000 for Curebound, the philanthropic organization that invests in innovative cancer research at six major San Diego research institutions, including UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, Salk Institute, Sanford Burnham Prebys, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, Rady Children\u2019s Health and Scripps Research.<\/p>\n
Camden was nominated for the award by Curebound and it came as a complete surprise to learn he had won.<\/p>\n
Camden Hall receives his award from the San Diego Chapter of The Association of Fundraising Professionals with parents Scott and Tracey and grandparents Donna and Peter Hall. (Curebound)<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mom and dad got a call and they thought it was a gag, they didn\u2019t believe it,\u201d said Camden,17. There were about a thousand people in attendance at AFP\u2019s National Philanthropy Day gala to witness Camden accept his award: \u201cIt was a really cool experience, I had celebrity status there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCamden\u2019s work with Curebound exemplifies the power, of even just one person, to bring together our communities towards a world without cancer,\u201d said Anne Marbarger, CEO at Curebound. \u201cEvery dollar raised can help drive innovative research for important treatments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Camden and Scott have been participating in the Curebound Cancer Challenge for 11 years, shortly after Camden completed his own cancer treatment.<\/p>\n
Camden was only seven years old when he was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, in his sacrum.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very young\u2026I didn\u2019t realize the weight of it then. Now I realize how grateful I am for those people,\u201d he said of his care at Rady Children\u2019s Hospital, where he underwent a difficult and aggressive treatment plan that included chemotherapy and radiation with multiple hospital stays. \u201cI guess you could say (the Curebound Cancer Challenge) was a way to give back to the community that helped save me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott first got involved with Curebound while Camden was still in the hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe kind of felt just lost and we wanted to try and figure out something to do to give purpose to what he was going through,\u201d he said. \u201cWe came across this cancer fundraising bike ride happening in a couple months\u2026It was a no-brainer to sign up and do it in Camden\u2019s honor and feel like we had some control in the midst of his treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over the event\u2019s evolution since its founding in 2013 (it was formerly called Padres Pedal the Cause) Scott has done two-day rides, a one-day 100-mile ride, and the 25-mile ride with Camden once he graduated from the kids\u2019 ride three years ago. Scott was never a cyclist before and only became one because of his son. Neither of them really trains in advance for the ride: \u201cLet\u2019s just jump on a bike and power through it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott and Camden rode independently before forming Herrmann\u2019s Hoopers two years ago, more seriously recruiting and fundraising in memory of Nick, his cancer fight and the positive, lasting impact he left on Camden.<\/p>\n
Nick was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, in his left leg in 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had six inches of his fibula removed and spent over 70 days in the hospital throughout his lengthy treatment,\u201d Camden wrote on the Herrmann\u2019s Hoopers fundraising website. \u201cNick eventually was diagnosed cancer-free and was determined to play basketball again. He displayed incredible determination, work ethic and belief to get back on the court for his senior high school year.\u201d<\/p>\n
That 2020-21 season, Torrey Pines went undefeated and made it all the way to the CIF San Diego Section Championship. In the championship game, Nick scored 30 points and sunk a deep three at the buzzer for the win, a Hollywood ending that gained national attention.<\/p>\n
Camden met Nick shortly after he hit his historic shot in the summer of 2021, through doctors they shared at Rady\u2019s. They developed a unique bond because of what they had both been through\u2014while Camden finished treatment in 2016, he spent a few years physically recovering.<\/p>\n
As Nick and Camden also shared a love of basketball, they shot hoops together.<\/p>\n
Nick was attending Cal State Northridge on a scholarship and planning to play college basketball, but, sadly, his cancer came back. He passed away on Aug. 6, 2022 at the age of 20.<\/p>\n
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Scott and Camden Hall lead Herrmann\u2019s Hoopers team in the Curebound Cancer Challenge. (Courtesy the Hall family)<\/p>\n
\u201cHis impact on the San Diego community and his extremely determined attitude will forever be remembered and live on through all people who were blessed enough to meet him,\u201d Camden wrote.<\/p>\n
At Torrey Pines, where Camden is part of the basketball program, Nick remains the center of everything they do. Because of their unique bond, he founded Herrmann\u2019s Hoopers as his own way to give back and keep his friend\u2019s memory alive.<\/p>\n
In the last two years, they have topped $130,000 and grown to 113 members. The Hoopers are sponsored by Rady Children\u2019s Hospital and Deuce, a local basketball apparel company that creates custom jerseys and shorts for the members. The team is diverse as the Curebound Challenge has multiple ways for people to participate with cycling route options of 25, 55, and 75 miles, as well as options to walk, run or even spin on a stationary bike on event day. For next year\u2019s Aug. 1, 2026 Challenge, the Halls are aiming for over 150 members on Herrmann\u2019s Hoopers and to beat their $100,000 fundraising goal.<\/p>\n
Camden feels blessed that so many of his friends and teammates are willing to support him and care so much about a cause he cares about.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy experience has kind of opened my eyes, I realized I was lucky enough to survive but not everyone has that luxury,\u201d Camden said. \u201cI want to secure futures for everyone and find a cure for this disease.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott said his son\u2019s journey has been amazing to watch\u2014Camden was so young during his cancer treatment and his wife Tracey and daughter Avery had a different ability to process what he was going through, the darkness and the light.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes us proud to see how Camden has matured and developed his own desire to give back. He\u2019s gained a lot of perspective on life and the benefit of giving back to the community and the blessings he\u2019s had in his life,\u201d Scott said. \u201cHe\u2019s a true caring young man and it makes us very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n
To support Herrmann\u2019s Hoopers, visit cancerchallenge.donordrive.com\/participants\/Camden-Hall<\/a> For more about Curebound, visit curebound.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carmel Valley teenager and cancer survivor Camden Hall was recently honored by the San Diego Chapter of The…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":435917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,7350,7807,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-435916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-del-mar-times","12":"tag-del-mar-times-news","13":"tag-san-diego","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115690455756535696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}