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2010-2011 State Charity

Your 2010 NJASC State Officers have selected the Spread The Magic Foundation as the 2010-2011 NJASC State Charity. This worthy cause is the latest in a long list of special organizations with whom the NJASC has worked over the past three decades as part of our annual State Charity program.

In the 2010-2011 school year, we encourage the student leaders of New Jersey to help us meet our State Charity Fundraising Goal, which your 2010 NJASC State Officers proudly announced during the Spring Awards Program at Six Flags Great Adventure...

 

Spread The Magic Foundation

WEBSITE: www.spreadthemagic.org

About Our Mission

Our mission is to spread hope and inspiration to children battling cancer through the power of magic. Spread The Magic Foundation was founded by Chad Juros, whose story is presented below:

About Our Founder

In 1991, at the age of three, Chad was diagnosed with leukemia. In 1995, at the age of seven, he relapsed. For 17 months Chad lived as an inpatient in the cancer ward of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There, he fought the good fight, which included having to learn how to walk and talk again because of the devastating side effects of the drugs that were intended to cure him. Tubes were attached to him so he could breathe and eat. Through the ordeal, he experienced cardiac arrest and coma, and underwent numerous surgeries and multiple blood transfusions.

While he was bravely fighting the battle, his father would use magic to distract Chad from the fear and pain he was enduring. While receiving his treatments, Chad would lie in his hospital bed and practice making magic for hours a day. Each week, his dad would teach him new tricks to master. In 1998, at long last, Chad was released from the hospital. That same year, Chad's dad collapsed and was subsequently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and died on January 17, 2000, leaving behind Penny, his wife, and his children, Faith and Chad.

In January 2003, Chad began experiencing severe headaches. Doctors determined that Chad was bleeding from the brain.and he underwent emergency brain surgery. When Chad awoke from his surgery deficit free he decided to make his father's dying wish his living wish. That wish was for "Chad to be considered cured and continue to spread the magic". Therefore this nonprofit charitable 501(c)(3) foundation was formed and is being dedicated to the memory and wishes of Chad's dad, Dr. Donald Juros (1958-2000).

Contact Information

For information and/or to book appearances please contact:

Spread the Magic Foundation
c/o Penny Juros
322 McClellan Rd.
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
spreadthemagic@aol.com

We look forward to working with Spread The Magic Foundation in 2010-2011 to help this worthy organization meet its goals.