Pajamas for a cause: Eighth annual Live Like Cameron Pajama 5K benefits childhood cancer families

The event featured an untimed 5K walk/run, a Best Dressed Pajama Contest and a pajama and blanket drive for young oncology patients.

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Many of the participants in the Live Like Cameron Pajama 5K — Dreaming of a Cure event wore their pajamas to walk or run the seven laps around Central Park at Town Center on Saturday, Sept. 27. The members of the Phuncoast Parrothead Club of Flagler County wore their, well, parrot heads.

“We’re joined together by Jimmy Buffett music and doing charitable work in the community. Our motto is Party with a Purpose.” said Parrotheads Communications Director Moya Thompson.

The club donated over $1,500 in new blankets and pajamas to Live Like Cameron, a local nonprofit created by Melisa and Dan Fulling in memory of their son, Cameron, who died of brain cancer in 2017 just 12 days short of his 10th birthday. Live Like Cameron provides financial assistance, bags of hope, hospital support and comfort items to childhood cancer families.

The eighth annual Live Like Cameron Pajama 5K drew 145 registrants plus the families with children battling cancer who participated for free. The 5K was not electronically timed. The course consisted of seven laps around the park. The runners and walkers received a gold Childhood Cancer Awareness bracelet each time they completed a lap. The event featured a raffle, a Best Dressed Pajama Contest and a blanket and pajama drive benefiting pediatric oncology patients.

One of the many “Flagler warriors” at the event was Allen Roberson, who was diagnosed with a mixed germ cell brain tumor in 2018 and underwent six brain surgeries and six rounds of chemotherapy. Roberson, who is now cancer free, ran the 5K course.

Among the volunteers at the event were the Flagler Palm Coast High School band, which entertained and played the national anthem, and the Matanzas High School color guard.

For more information on Live Like Cameron, including on how to donate, visit https://livelikecameron.org/

 

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