Aaron Rodgers Visits Brookfield Cancer Survivor, School Rallies Around Cause

Students at Brookfield Elementary School will each donate an hour of their time on Wednesday as part of a day-long event that will raise money for the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc.

"We have a child at school who has benefitted through the MACC Fund who was, at one point, fighting cancer and now she's cancer free — so it really hits home for all of the students," Physical Education Teacher Michelle Bond said.

Fifth-grader Maggie Conlon was born with a tumor the size of a golf ball when she was just six weeks old; through treatment and surgeries she survived and is now cancer free, according to ItsAaron.com. ItsAaron.com was created by Aaron Rodgers and David Gruber; Rodgers visits children who have benefitted from the program to share their stories and raise awareness about MACC.

Rodgers visited Conlon in November. Students will participate in a ribbon race on Wednesday, with different grade levels walking or running around a track for hour blocks at a time. Each student will receive a ribbon for every lap completed.

"It's an all school walk to promote the awareness of cancer and also to walk in favor of those people who do have cancer," Bond said. "Families have the option to collect money to donate the money to the MACC fund."

The MACC Fund was founded in 1976 and has contributed $41 million dollars to childhood cancer and related blood disorder research, according to its website.