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6:00. A FORMER PATIENT AT NORTON CHILDREN’S CANCER INSTITUTE IS USING HIS NONPROFIT TO SUPPORT OTHER FAMILIES. MEGAN MATTHEWS SAT DOWN WITH SETH SQUAD TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR MISSION TO HELP. EVERY TWO WEEKS, THE PANTRY AT NORTON CHILDREN’S CANCER INSTITUTE IS RESTOCKED, BUT NOT BY WHO YOU MAY THINK ONE PREVIOUS PATIENT IS GIVING BACK THROUGH HIS NONPROFIT. TO THOSE WHO GAVE SO MUCH TO HIM,. SETH WALSH WAS DIAGNOSED WITH B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA WHEN HE WAS JUST FOUR YEARS OLD. IT’S AN AGGRESSIVE, FAST GROWING CANCER OF IMMATURE WHITE BLOOD CELLS. WHEN WE WERE ON THE UNIT, IT WAS VERY SPORADIC FOR DONATIONS. AND SO YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE HERE. SINCE THEN, TEN YEAR OLD SETH HAS RELAPSED FOUR TIMES, BUT HIS NEED TO HELP OTHERS HAS STAYED. CONSTANT. I LIKE DOING THIS BECAUSE, LIKE AS A PURPOSE TO IT. STARTING IN JUNE, SETH AND HIS MOM, MICHELLE HAVE USED HIS NONPROFIT SETH SQUAD TO KEEP THE PANTRY STOCKED WITH FOOD AND ESSENTIALS FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS AND FAMILIES. WE’VE SUPPLIED OVER 6000 SERVINGS OF SNACKS. MICROWAVABLE MEALS AND DRINKS, SO 6000 SERVINGS IN TEN WEEKS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND WHEN ASKED WHY, THE ANSWER WAS SIMPLE. IT JUST FEELS NICE TO LIKE, GIVE THE KINDNESS BACK. IT’S BASICALLY TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED, AND THEN THAT WILL ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOU. FROM DRINKS TO SNACKS AND DINNERTIME MEALS, IT’S BECOME A SPACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN RELAX AND SPEND TIME WITH THEIR CHILDREN WITHOUT LEAVING THE HOSPITAL. IT’S HELPING OUR FAMILIES AND IT’S MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO THESE KIDS, AND IT’S GIVING SOMETHING FOR THEM TO LOOK FORWARD