Climbing the Hancock One Step at a Time to Help Battle Lung Cancer
Plainfield pediatrician Steve Kovar is participating in Sunday's Hustle Up the Hancock in tribute to a close friend who's battling the disease.
Editor's note: Steve Kovar has been chosen as the Huffington Post's Greatest Person of the Day," which puts a national spotlight on people who are confronting major issues and making a difference in their community. To check out the feature there and to read other inspiring stories, go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/greatest-person-of-the-day. This Sunday morning, at about the time most of us are grabbing our first cup of coffee, Steve Kovar will be at the foot of one of Chicago's tallest buildings and likely whispering a small prayer along the lines of “Feet don’t fail me now.” His goal will be to climb the John Hancock Center's 94 flights of stairs in less than a half hour and in the process raise more than $500 for Respiratory …
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John
2:07 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012
I just became acquainted with a kind woman in the hospital recently while visiting my ill grandmother. This kind woman was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. She began smoking in a time when no one really knew the correlations between smoking & lung cancer. By the time she knew, she had already acquired a life-long challenge and trap in cigarrettes & tabaco. I'm pleased to see Dr. Kovar taking … more ›