Ahmad Butler Foundation founder and executive director Latanya Morrison and board member Keith Morrison are making a 179-mile journey to Washington, D.C. to demand that Congress not cut funding in 2026 for pediatric cancer research and treatment.
The Morrisons will be joined by Jordan Blount, ABF board president and director of the Blount Brothers Military Support Division of the Ahmad Butler Foundation, and his wife, Dajia Blount, residents of Baltimore. The Blounts lost both of their sons, Gavin (age 6) and Bryson (age 5), to pediatric cancer. Jordan and Dajia founded the Blount Brothers Military Support Division, a program within the Ahmad Butler Foundation created to ensure that no other active-duty military parent faces the same isolation and challenges the Blounts experienced while deployed at sea during their son’s illnesses.
A U.S. Navy Petty Officer, Jordan leads the division with a mission to provide military families, both domestic and abroad, with guidance, resources and emotional support when a child is diagnosed with cancer.
The walk also serves as a fundraiser to build the Ahmad Butler Foundation Family Support & Resource Center, a permanent home where families of children battling cancer will find care, comfort and community.
Donations to the 179 Miles for Kids With Cancer Campaign will help the Ahmad Butler Foundation expand its programs and lay the groundwork for the Ahmad Butler Foundation Family Support & Resource Center.
Donate at https://179milesforkids.raiselysite.com/
ABF was founded in 2020 with a mission to support families battling pediatric cancer and other life-threatening diseases while striving to improve their quality of life. Designed around a holistic approach to supporting the needs of the child and the entire family, ABF’s programs focus on filling the educational, social, emotional and financial gaps families experience after diagnosis. Before passing away at the age of 6, Ahmad Butler dreamed of being a police officer and “helping a lot of people.”
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