Toga party? No way, dude, it’s a food fight!
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Toga party? No way, dude, it’s a food fight!
Children's Healing Art Project honors a wish by Cage, a cancer fighter
By Kelsey Thalhofer
The Portland Tribune, Jul 20, 2010, Updated 23.8 hours ago
Gage, a 9-year-old battling Ewing’s Sarcoma and Acute Myeloid Leukemia, is behind Thursday’s food fight to support the Oregon Food Bank and Children’s Healing Art Project.
Courtesy of CHAP
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Portland, you’re invited to a food fight.
The Children’s Healing Art Project of Portland is hosting “Gage’s Food Fight and Fight for Food and Battle Against Cancer” Thursday afternoon in the Pearl District.
It’s a chance to get messy for a good cause. Gage (whose last name was withheld by CHAP organizers), a Portland-area 9-year-old battling cancer, will lead the charge. Portlanders can fling cooked spaghetti and green Jell-O from 2 to 4 p.m. across the corner of Northwest 11th Avenue and Overton Street.
In addition to cooked spaghetti, Jell-O cubes and loaded squirt guns, participants are asked to bring a green T-shirt, at least one can of food for the Oregon Food Bank and $5 to support Children’s Healing Art Project.
The green shirts are for “Gage’s Army” and could be a place for the boy’s artwork. Gage’s latest creation is “Heaven Warriors,” a set of hand-drawn characters that will be available for silk screening onto any green T-shirt. Gage’s warriors are a combination of guardian angels and characters from the “Bionicles” and “Star Wars” series.
‘Wise beyond his years’
The food fight is the culmination of what began as a silly conversation between Gage and Children’s Project staff a few months ago. Children’s Project, which offers art workshops for local hospitalized children and their families, has worked with Gage and his family throughout his battle with cancer.
Gage’s hand-drawn “Heaven Warriors” will be available for silk screening onto green T-shirts at Thursday’s food fight. Children’s Healing Art Project encourages creativity in all children, and its Art Factory, 1030 N.W. Marshall St., is open to the public.
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