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Notre Dame Junior Irish Reporter program, born from the partnership between University of Notre Dame Athletics and Beacon Health Foundation, gives Beacon Children’s Hospital patients the opportunity to meet and interview Notre Dame athletes. Meet these special kids, learn their stories and see them in action.
Get to know these amazing kids and find their full story and video below.
When 5-year-old Theo was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in February 2025, his family’s world turned upside down. Since then, he’s endured chemotherapy, transfusions, hospital stays, and countless challenges. Yet through it all, Theo has shown remarkable resilience and even selflessness, once reminding his mom, “There must be other kids that need help more than me.”
Beacon Children’s Hospital has given Theo and his family expert care close to home, making an otherwise overwhelming journey more manageable.
Recently, Theo got to live out a dream as a Junior Irish Reporter with Notre Dame Athletics. For a sports-loving kid, it was the ultimate bright spot, a chance to feel like any other 5-year-old.
Your support makes moments like this possible. By giving to Beacon Children’s Hospital, you help kids like Theo receive lifesaving treatment while still getting to dream, play, and thrive.
