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Golf Outing – meet our kiddo!

Ethan Villanueva, a 16-year-old boy from Elwood, is a true fighter. For over a year, Ethan lived with constant pain, but doctors kept telling his family it was just a simple infection. Even after a scan in early 2025, they were told everything was "clear."
The truth came out on October 10, 2025. Ethan was rushed to the ER in unbearable pain, and doctors found a large tumor. Because it was missed for so long, the cancer had already spread to his bones and lungs. What could have been caught early at Stage 1 was now Stage 4.
Instead of celebrating his 16th birthday with friends, Ethan spent it in a hospital room, starting his first round of chemotherapy. Since that day, he has faced four different types of chemo and weeks of radiation. Even when the medicine stops working and the news is bad, Ethan refuses to back down. He told his family, “I’m too young to die. I’m going to fight until I can’t anymore.”
As a single mom of four, Kamry stays by Ethan’s side through every hospital stay, often traveling hours away for his care. Your support at Joey’s Journey helps this family keep going and gives Ethan the chance to keep fighting for the future he deserves.
Fighting for Finn

Update on Joey’s Journey Foundation!

Our August outing was the most successful to date!  We are so humbled by everyone’s generosity and support around this event. Our foundation and all of the families couldn’t do it without you! Finn is still doing fabulous and had finished his treatment in Cincinnati and is home snug as a bug with his family. …

Finn

Meet Finn!

Finn is the fighter we are supporting with this year’s outing.  Finn is an awesomely cool 10-year-old that cancer tried to hold back at 10 years old.  Well, sorry cancer, Finn walked out on you this month! Finn was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia at 10 years old in December of 2022.  For those following…

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