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Celia Dressler

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$2,864

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Welcome to my fundraising page!

My name is Celia Dressler. I am participating in the Badger Challenge in honor of my papa. I was only 8 when my papa died but the memory is vivid of coming home and my mom sitting on the couch with my Omi, Tia Lisa, and Wally. I had just gotten back from a friend’s house, but I knew something was wrong. I could sense it in the air. I knew I was going to hear something that I didn't want to, but I brushed it off as nerves. 


Papa was everything to me and I am doing the Badger Challenge because it’s a way to honor him even if he is not here anymore. 


100% of the money raised goes to cancer research so that no one else will ever have to go through what I did…hopefully. 


Because cancer takes people we love, I want to fight it. We have to do something or it’s maybe only going to get worse. People die every day from cancer. I want to do something to end it, and if not end it, prolong the lives of those living with cancer.


My papa died from glioblastoma. It was the worst thing that happened to me and my little eight year old brain did not handle it well. I was destroyed. I couldn’t think clearly. The fog in my mind was unbearable. Whenever someone asked me a question, I just stared into the abyss not even hearing their words. People at school were giving me candy, saving me a spot at lunch, and trying to help in any way they could. But I just couldn’t accept it.


Now I am 11 years old and in sixth grade. I still have the fog but I found a flashlight. If the fog won’t go away, I’ll let it live here, but I won’t let it affect me and my life. 


Join Team Dressler! This is my fundraising page.

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$2,864 Raised By 47 Donors

$314 in honor of Dressler
$100 on behalf of Aunt Peg & Uncle Robert
$100 on behalf of Cece and Wally’s Papa
$100 on behalf of Celia, Opa, and Grandms Jo
$100 on behalf of Eldon Ulrich
$100 on behalf of Eric Kafka
$100 on behalf of Megan Westrum
$100 on behalf of Mike & Tara Call
$100 in support of My 4K Friend Cece
$100 on behalf of Neil Rattan
$100 on behalf of Nelson & Katy Williams
$100 in memory of One Great Dad!!
$100 on behalf of Timothy James
$50 on behalf of allison dietrich
$50 in memory of Auntie Anne
$50 in memory of Carolyn Dressler
$50 on behalf of Deb Lease
$50 in memory of Dressler
$50 in honor of Dressler
$50 in memory of Dressler
$50 on behalf of Kathleen Layton
$50 in memory of Kim and Lindsay Lawrence
$50 on behalf of Kris Dressler
$50 in memory of Kris Dressler
$50 in memory of Kris Dressler
$50 on behalf of Laura Steinhandler
$50 on behalf of Merritt Singleton
$50 on behalf of Owen Rice
$50 in honor of Sheila Hamblen
$50 on behalf of Thomas Sheppleman
$50 on behalf of Thompson Godfrey
$50 on behalf of To Cece on behalf of her papa, from Barb
$50 in memory of Your Papa, our dear friend.
$30 on behalf of Jim Rogers
$25 on behalf of charles stollenwerk
$25 on behalf of Chris Quandt
$25 on behalf of Katrine Rajski
$25 on behalf of Kelly Lawler
$25 on behalf of Kim Huff
$25 on behalf of Kris Dressler
$25 on behalf of Kris Dressler
$25 in memory of Kris Dressler
$25 on behalf of My son and Cece's dad, Kristofer Dressler
$25 on behalf of Steve and Rachel Todd
$25 from Anonymous
$25 on behalf of Walsh Olsen Family
$20 in support of CeCe

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