VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Community members in Virginia Beach gathered Sunday at the Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club for the tenth annual Crush Cancer Hampton Roads Rare Cancer Fund-raising Ride. The dual goals for participants were to get fit and to raise funds for cancer research.
This year, the event highlighted eight-year-old Emily Buck, who is undergoing treatment for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Emily was diagnosed in October 2023, and her mother, Carrie Buck, shared the challenges the family has faced, including intensive treatment that has affected Emily’s immune system.
“She has been through a lot for a little girl,” Carrie said. “They had to burn down her whole rain forest of an immune system to give it a hard reset.”…