Callum was treated for lymphoma at the Cancer Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). In 2013, CHOP chose Callum to be a Childhood Cancer Awareness Month spokesperson and an ambassador for its largest annual fundraiser, the Four Seasons Parkway Run & Walk, because of he doesn't let cancer wipe the smile off his face.
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Callum, 14, Lymphoma
Director: Callum, mark.
Photographer: Turn your head a little bit to the right. Good.
Callum: I'm Callum Harding, and I'm 14 years old. One kid looked at me and said, "Wow, your neck looks huge." And it turned out that it was actually lymphoma.
Callum's Mother: When we were here at CHOP as patients and family, we were given everything, every kind of support we could need. They're absolutely there to hold you, absolutely.
Interviewer: So how are you feeling today?
Callum: Excellent, actually. My counts are coming back up. I'm getting a lot healthier, playing sports, doing stuff like that, being like a normal kid.
Callum's Mother: Now I don't want to stop giving back, not just to CHOP but all the children that will keep coming through these doors. I want them to keep having all the faith and hope that Callum received from here.
Callum: I care for CHOP and I want to give back to CHOP because they were such a great hospital to me, and they just saved my life.
Callum's Mother: One in 300 children will be diagnosed with cancer by the time they're 20.
Callum: I was 14 years old when I was diagnosed.
Callum's Mother: We need money for research.
Topics Covered: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children, Hodgkin Lymphoma
Related Centers and Programs: Cancer Center, Leukemia and Lymphoma Program