Make a Difference

Support Alex’s Mission of Raising funds for the Many Incredible Patients at Lurie Children’s!

To everyone who has donated and supported my mission to raise funds for Lurie Children’s - thank you. On my path to completing the Explorer’s Grand Slam, friends, family, and generous supporters helped me raise almost $500,000 for pediatric brain tumor research at Lurie’s.

In 2023. while climbing Ama Dablam, a challenging climb in the Himalayan range, I became extremely hypoxic and struggled with the altitude. Several months later I was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and learned my body had been unable to make the red bloods cells necessary to acclimate at altitude. CML is a lifelong cancer and after almost two years of receiving treatment to manage it - I am going to be attempting to climb Makalu, the 5th highest mountain the world and raise $27,838 (the height if Makalu in feet) for Lurie Children’s pediatric blood cancer program. It’s going to be a huge challenge for me - climbing at altitude is plenty hard without a chronic ailment - but I look forward to rising to the challenge.

Thank you for your support. I know it motivates me, but most importantly, it makes a huge difference the patients, families, and caregivers at one of the best Children’s Hospitals in the world.

-Alex

If you would like to sponsor or partner with Alex, please contact Nina Laski: laski.nina@gmail.com