Your Real Champion® – “Tennis: Racket Science… not Rocket Science!” Stocky Morris doesn’t waste time complaining. He never felt limited by Type I Diabetes that was discovered when he was 20 months old. Despite multiple fingers sticks each day and frequent visits to the hospital, Stocky learned to take the “hand he was […]
Your Real Champion® – “Marathon Man” Pat Finley was a college athlete and graduated from University of Virginia in the early days of the pandemic lockdown. He developed a new interest in running and set his sites on the Marine Corp Marathon in the following year, 2021. A month before […]
Your Real Champion® – “Giving is Receiving” Our former Real Champion, Christie Pileggi Neeld, finds joy in service. Her Kindness Projects are countless – providing gift bags to veterans, teens in foster care, isolated seniors, patients getting chemotherapy and people experiencing homelessness. Now she faces her own challenge, colorectal cancer, and continues to […]
Your Real Champion® – “The Warriors in the BLUE LIGHTS CAMPAIGN®” For 10 years, the BLUE LIGHTS CAMPAIGN® has organized the lighting of multiple buildings and iconic landmarks in BLUE during March for Colorectal Cancer Awareness. You too can join the Campaign. Put a strand of BLUE lights on the front […]
Your Real Champion®, this week is – “Ode to a Mentor”
Your Real Champion®, this week is – “Keep Calm and Love a Tow Truck Driver”
Your Real Champion®, this week is – “Marching to the Beat of a Different Mummer”
Your Real Champion®, this week is – “Uplifting Athletes”
Your Real Champion®, this week is – “Cheers! Here’s to Dry January Every Month of the Year!”
Marianne T. Ritchie, MD was one of the first female gastroenterologists practicing in the Philadelphia area. An advocate for over 30 years, Dr. Ritchie developed the PINK PLUS triple cancer screening program, and the BLUE LIGHTS CAMPAIGN for Colon Cancer Awareness.
