P-G: Technology provided '4 Kids with Cancer'

For the Conover family of Mt. Lebanon, the heartbreak of losing a child to cancer has been eased slightly by an idea born during their son's illness, accomplished after his death and that is today helping children cope with illness while still being what they are -- children.

Along with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation, the family will mark the 10th "birthday" of "Matt's Media 4 Kids with Cancer" and its partner Ansys, Inc. of Cecil at 11 a.m. July 26 on the ninth floor of the hospital.

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Lebo Family Still Fights Cancer In Memory Of Young Son

Planting a tree or donating a park bench is a special way to memorialize a loved one, but when Mt. Lebanon's Conover family first began to channel its grief, none of that seemed quite right. "Being a teenage boy, the Matt Conover Garden of Whatever wasn't him," said his mother, Noelle.

In the six years since Matt's death from non-Hodgkins lymphoma, the family has helped raise more than $150,000 for cancer research in honor of their son. It helped build a playground in Mexico. There is a Matt Conover scholarship at Mt. Lebanon High School. A project called Wrapped in Love sold hand-knitted scarves.

Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/08192/895945-55.stm