ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – In his message to guests at Ballyhack Golf Club on Friday night, Kelly Woolwine put it simply: the battle against pediatric cancer never truly ends.

Kelly and his wife Jess started the Life Ring Foundation after their daughter, Charlotte, was diagnosed with liver cancer at three and a half years old.

Their goal now is to raise $10 million over the next five years to fund a pediatric cancer center alongside Carilion Clinic.

“Pediatric cancer is still, unfortunately, a little bit invisible out there,” said Woolwine. “It’s unlike a lot of other things that we deal with in health. The kids don’t have a voice. So goal number one is to share some stories, let everybody meet our ambassadors and understand a few days in the life of that world. The other goal is to raise money. We want to be able to help our healthcare system partner hire more people, get more machines, more tools, more resources in the region to help kids win the fight.”

For the second year in a row, the Charlotte’s Play Yellow benefit golf outing drew support both locally and from a number of celebrity guests with the goal of raising $1.2 million over the weekend.

“I think to show that we’re supporting it, that so many are supporting it, we’re raising awareness to the cause,” said Virginia Tech head football coach Brent Pry. “That all is significant and each year, it’s going to grow. It’s going to be bigger and better, and we’re going to get there.”

Source: Celebs, locals team up to support pediatric cancer care in Roanoke

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