A Shot for Life

“It was so difficult for my mom and me to deal with her brain tumor—I couldn’t imagine being a little kid going through that experience. I want to help researchers put an end to this disease.”

Mike Slonina is crazy about basketball. He’s also fond of his mother, Betsy Cullen. His mother’s illness and subsequent recovery led him to combine an old passion with a new one, creating a hoop marathon fundraiser called A Shot for Life. In 2011, while still in high school, he organized the first event, and added Boston Children's as a beneficiary two years later. The event attracts the state’s top high school basketball shooters while raising essential funds to support brain tumor research. Having recently graduated from college, Mike’s devoting himself full-time to growing his non-profit regionally and nationally, and adding star college players. A Shot for Life is giving brain tumor research a boost and bringing new hope to patients.

Last spring, Mike received our Rising Star Award, given to the community fundraiser who has shown the greatest percentage increase in the past year. A Shot for Life 2014 raised $10,000 for the hospital, up from $4,100 in 2013.

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