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'Rosie's Adventures' spreads messages of love and resilience to children battling cancer

'Rosie's Adventures' spreads messages of love and resilience to children battling cancer
JOY TO CHILDREN WITH CANCER AS A WAY TO HONOR THEIR LOVED ONE. THIS WEEK鈥橲 WESH TWO COMMUNITY CHAMPION IS ROSIE鈥橲 ADVENTURES ON THE ROSIE WAS SUCH A SWEET AND FUN CHILD. SHE WAS BORN NOT 40 WEEKS, NO MEDICAL ISSUES AT ALL UNTIL SHE TURNED AROUND THREE. THAT鈥橲 WHEN ROSIE鈥橲 HEALTH TOOK A TURN. SHE STARTED GETTING SICK A LOT AND HER PEDIATRICIAN JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WHERE WE WERE TAKING HER BECAUSE WE WERE TAKING HER TO THE THEME PARKS. AND LIKE A LOT OF KID PLACES, AND IT TOOK ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN 2018, THE RAMIREZ FAMILY鈥橲 WORLD WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. JOSE AND NIKKI COULDN鈥橳 BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE BEING TOLD. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE IN SHOCK. WE HEARD WHAT THE DOCTORS WERE SAYING, BUT WE DIDN鈥橳. IT DIDN鈥橳 REALLY PROCESS. ROSIE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR NEUROBLASTOMA, SO ROSIE HAD A THREE AND A HALF YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE HAD JUST TURNED SEVEN, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER SHE TURNED SEVEN IS WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER. IT鈥橲 THE MOST TRAUMATIC THING THAT鈥橲 EVER HAPPENED TO ME. IT鈥橲 SOMETHING THAT I鈥橪L NEVER GET OVER, BUT I CAN TRY TO TURN IT INTO A POSITIVE, LIKE THE WAY SHE LIVED HER LIFE, TO TRYING TO LIVE MY LIFE THE WAY SHE DID. THE RAMIREZ FAMILY IS MAKING SURE ROSIE鈥橲 SPIRIT LIVES ON THROUGH ROSIE鈥橲 ADVENTURES. A CHARITY THE FAMILY FOUNDED TO BRING JOY TO CHILDREN BATTLING CANCER. THE HOSPITAL STAYS ARE REALLY BORING FOR THE KIDS AND NOT FUN, SO WE ARE ALL ABOUT TOYS AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. ROSIE鈥橲 LITTLE BROTHER JOHN LUKE HELPED STOCK THE SUPPLIES. WHAT IS THIS MOMMY? WE DELIVER LARGE CARE PACKAGES TO THE KIDS WHEN THEY鈥橰E ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL, AND IT鈥橲 FULL OF TOYS THAT THEY鈥橰E INTERESTED IN. WE ALWAYS CHECK WITH THEIR PARENTS TO FIND OUT THE LATEST TOYS THEY LIKE AND THE CHARACTERS THEY THINK ARE FUN. THESE DELIVERIES HAVE A MUCH GREATER IMPACT. IT BRINGS MY SOUL SO MUCH PEACE. IT REALLY DOES TO KNOW THAT I鈥橫 MAKING THESE KIDS A LITTLE HAPPIER ON THEIR JOURNEY. THEY ALSO ORGANIZE EVENTS TO CREATE LASTING MEMORIES FOR FAMILIES. WE鈥橰E DOING A PRIVATE SCREENING OF THE NEW DESPICABLE ME FOUR MOVIE FOR THE KIDS AT THE THEATER, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO WATCH THE MOVIE AND HAVE FUN. AND PEOPLE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE BACKING THE MISSION. AS A MOM WHO WATCHED HER DAUGHTER BATTLE CANCER AND LOST HER DAUGHTER TO CANCER, IT BRINGS MY HEART SO MUCH WARMTH TO SEE THE COMMUNITY STEP UP AND RALLY AROUND US AND HELP SUPPORT US AND SUPPORT THOSE KIDS THAT ARE BATTLING CANCER BECAUSE IT鈥橲 REALLY HARD WHEN YOUR CHILD IS DIAGNOSED, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU鈥橰E ON YOUR OWN LITTLE ISLAND. THAT DEDICATION TO BRINGING JOY TO CHILDREN BATTLING CANCER AS A TRIBUTE TO ROSIE IS WHY WE CALL ROSIE鈥橲 ADVENTURES A WESH 2 COMMUNITY CHAMPION. IT鈥橲 SUCH AN HONOR. I鈥橫 DOING THIS JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO HELP OTHER KIDS, BECAUSE I WAS ON THAT JOURNEY, BUT IT鈥橲 SUCH AN HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED AND TO HAVE NOT ONLY THE SPOTLIGHT ON WHAT WE鈥橰E DOING, BUT ON PEDIATRIC CANCER. JUST BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THEIR WORK. AND JOINING US NOW IS JOHN BUSKER, WHO鈥橲 PUT TOGETHER AN EVENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR ROSIE鈥橲 ADVENTURES. GOOD MORNING, JOHN. HEY JASON, HOW ARE YOU? IT鈥橲 GREAT TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YEAH. WELCOME BACK TO WESH 2. THANK YOU. I USED TO WORK HERE. IT鈥橲 BEEN A WHILE, THOUGH. YEAH. AND NOW YOU鈥橰E WORKING ON THIS GREAT CHARITY EVENT TO SUPPORT ROSIE鈥橲 ADVENTURES. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THEIR MISSION, YOU SEE THE WORK THAT THEY DO. I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE AN EASY, EASY THING TO GET BEHIND. BUT WHY DID WHY DID YOU GUYS WANT TO SUPPORT THIS CHARITY? SO YEAH, I WORK AT THE JUST COMEAU AND THE DEWITT LAW FIRM AND MO DEWITT, THE ATTORNEY AT THE LAW FIRM. HE KNOWS NIKKI. THEY USED TO WORK TOGETHER. HE WAS A PUBLIC DEFENDER. SHE WORKED IN THE STATE ATTORNEY鈥橲 OFFICE. THIS WAS YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. HE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS A PROSECUTOR. SO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, UP AGAINST EACH OTHER, BATTLING. THEY WERE. BUT THEY鈥橵E KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME. AND SO WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS AT OUR LAW FIRM. WE DO A COMEDY JAM. WE鈥橰E DOING THIS BOWLING EVENT. AND SO WE ALWAYS DO SOMETHING FOR CHARITY. AND SO BECAUSE THEY KNEW EACH OTHER AND BECAUSE MO WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR A LOCAL CHARITY, IT JUST SORT OF FIT. IT FIT PERFECTLY. AND SO WE WE CHOSE THIS ONE BECAUSE IT鈥橲 SUCH A GREAT CAUSE. YEAH. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO HEAR ROSIE鈥橲 MOM, NIKKI, TALK TO ME ABOUT IT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, MO, THEY BUILT THIS FRIENDSHIP EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE COMPETITORS IN A COURTROOM. AND WHEN ROSIE BEGAN HER BATTLE, AND THEN WHEN ROSIE PASSED, NIKKI SAID MORRIS WAS LIKE, HOW CAN I HELP? WHAT CAN WE DO? AND SO HERE WE ARE WITH THE JUST COMO CELEBRITY BOWL-A-RAMA. WHAT A NAME! THEY CAME UP WITH. YEAH, NO, WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FUN. AND SO THIS IS AT THE OVIEDO BOWLING CENTER, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY OUT IN OVIEDO. YEAH. AND JULY 13TH, SATURDAY, IT鈥橲 AN AFTERNOON EVENT AND WE HAVE 24 CELEBRITIES ON 24 LANES. YEAH. WE GOT TO SAY YOU鈥橰E GOING TO SEE SOME FACES THAT YOU WATCH RIGHT HERE ON WESH TWO NEWS. WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? JASON GUY WAYNE. NO I DIDN鈥橳 KNOW. I鈥橫 GONNA GO MICHELLE IMPERATO STEWART MOORE. ALL THREE OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE THERE. I鈥橫 NOT A BOWL. I鈥橫 NOT. I鈥橫 GOING TO BE TOO BUSY DOING STUFF, I THINK. I DON鈥橳 KNOW IF I鈥橫 A CELEBRITY EITHER. AND OUR VERY LOCAL APP FEATURES A GUY YOU KNOW, BRENDAN O鈥機ONNOR. HE鈥橲 GOING TO BE OUT THERE. HE鈥橪L BE OUT THERE AS WELL. YEAH, I鈥橫 NOT SURE. BETWEEN YOU MICHELLE AND STEWART, WHO鈥橲 GOING TO BE THE BEST BOWLER? OH, I鈥橫 NOT SURE. JOHN BROUGHT SOME TROPHIES. AND THESE ARE THINGS LIKE. JOHN, LET鈥橲 TALK ABOUT THIS IN THIS BIG TROPHY. IS THIS THE WINNER? YEAH. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE WINNING TROPHY. BEST TEAM. SO THERE鈥橲 A TROPHY ON THE GROUND THAT鈥橲 SO SMALL YOU CAN鈥橳 EVEN SEE IT. THIS ONE. WHAT IS THIS ONE. THE OH NEEDS MOST IMPROVEMENT. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE ONE I鈥橫 TAKING HOME. YEAH, THAT鈥橲 THE NICE WAY TO SAY WORST BOWLER. BUT IT鈥橲 NEED. NEEDS MOST IMPROVEMENT. YEAH. UM, AND THEN IF YOU, YOU DON鈥橳 BOWL OR YOU DIDN鈥橳 BUY YOUR TICKETS, NOW THE BOWLING PART鈥橲 SOLD OUT. SOLD OUT WITHIN LIKE THREE DAYS. IT鈥橲 SOLD OUT. STILL OTHER STUFF FOR US. SO, JOHN. SO BECAUSE IT鈥橲 AT THE PINBALL LOUNGE WHERE YOU CAN PLAY ALL THE PINBALL YOU WANT, WE HAVE PINBALL TICKETS. SO FOR 15 BUCKS, YOU CAN COME OUT, WATCH YOU AND MICHELLE AND STEWART BOWL, UH, AND CHEER YOU ON. BUT ALSO YOU CAN PLAY PINBALL, HANG OUT. IT鈥橪L BE A TON OF FUN. YEAH, IT鈥橲 GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME. AND OBVIOUSLY, JOHN, WE鈥橵E GOT INFO TO THE EVENT ONLINE. TELL US THE WEBSITE AND THEN WE鈥橪L POST IT ON WESH.COM TOO. YOU JUST GOT TO GO TO JUST CALL ME. GO.COM/BOWLING AND YOU CAN GET TICKETS. YEAH. AND ON OUR WEBSITE WE ALSO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH ROSIE鈥橲 ADVENTURES. JOHN GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. OH WAIT, I GOT MY SHIRT. I GOT YOUR SHIRT TOO. HERE. THANK YOU. HERE WE GO. YES, YOU鈥橪L BE READY FOR THE BOWL O RAMA. WE鈥橪L SEE YOU THERE. AND YOU CAN NOMINATE THOSE AT THE TRACK RECORD OF GIVING BACK IN CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR A WESH TWO COMMUNITY CHAMPION SPOTLIGHT. EMAIL US YOUR DETAILS ABOUT YOUR NOMINEE TO COMMUNITY CHAMPION AT WESH
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'Rosie's Adventures' spreads messages of love and resilience to children battling cancer
A Central Florida family's love and resilience shine through in their charity called "Rosie鈥檚 Adventures."Rosie was a sweet and fun child, her mom Nikki Ramirez said. However, Rosie's health took a turn after her third birthday."She started getting sick a lot. And her pediatrician just thought it was where we were taking her because we were taking her to the theme parks and like a lot of kid places. And it took about six months to be diagnosed with cancer," Ramirez said.In 2018, the Ramirez family's world was turned upside down. Nikki and Jose couldn't believe what they were being told."My husband and I were in shock. We heard what the doctors were saying, but we didn't, it didn't really process," Ramirez said.Rosie was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma. She had a three-and-a-half-year battle with cancer and passed away about a month after she turned 7."It's the most traumatic thing that's ever happened to me. It's something that I'll never get over," Ramirez said. "But, I can try to turn it into a positive, like the way she lived her life, to try and to live my life the way she did."The Ramirez family is making sure Rosie's spirit lives on through "Rosie's Adventures," a charity the family founded to bring joy to children battling cancer."Hospital stays are really boring for the kids and not fun," Nikki explains. "So we're all about toys and having a good time."Rosie's little brother, John Luke, helps stock the supplies."We deliver large care packages to the kids when they're admitted to the hospital. And it's full of toys that they're interested in. We always check with their parents to find out the latest toys they like and the characters they think are fun," Ramirez said.These deliveries have a much greater impact, as they bring Ramirez鈥檚 soul peace."It really does, to know that I'm making these kids a little happier on their journey," Ramirez said.The charity also organizes events to create lasting memories for families, including things like private movie screenings where children can have a safe environment to watch the movie and have fun. It's more than just charity work for Nikki."I feel like Rosie's legacy is living on through what we're doing here. Her love for toys, for adventures, for just living her life to the fullest is continuing on in these other kids that we're helping, because they're getting a chance to do some of the things she did when she was battling cancer because she was very lucky with the opportunities presented to her. And she really lived her life to the fullest," Ramirez said.

A Central Florida family's love and resilience shine through in their charity called "Rosie鈥檚 Adventures."

Rosie was a sweet and fun child, her mom Nikki Ramirez said. However, Rosie's health took a turn after her third birthday.

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"She started getting sick a lot. And her pediatrician just thought it was where we were taking her because we were taking her to the theme parks and like a lot of kid places. And it took about six months to be diagnosed with cancer," Ramirez said.

In 2018, the Ramirez family's world was turned upside down. Nikki and Jose couldn't believe what they were being told.

"My husband and I were in shock. We heard what the doctors were saying, but we didn't, it didn't really process," Ramirez said.

Rosie was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma. She had a three-and-a-half-year battle with cancer and passed away about a month after she turned 7.

"It's the most traumatic thing that's ever happened to me. It's something that I'll never get over," Ramirez said. "But, I can try to turn it into a positive, like the way she lived her life, to try and to live my life the way she did."

The Ramirez family is making sure Rosie's spirit lives on through "Rosie's Adventures," a charity the family founded to bring joy to children battling cancer.

"Hospital stays are really boring for the kids and not fun," Nikki explains. "So we're all about toys and having a good time."

Rosie's little brother, John Luke, helps stock the supplies.

"We deliver large care packages to the kids when they're admitted to the hospital. And it's full of toys that they're interested in. We always check with their parents to find out the latest toys they like and the characters they think are fun," Ramirez said.

These deliveries have a much greater impact, as they bring Ramirez鈥檚 soul peace.

"It really does, to know that I'm making these kids a little happier on their journey," Ramirez said.

The charity also organizes events to create lasting memories for families, including things like private movie screenings where children can have a safe environment to watch the movie and have fun.

It's more than just charity work for Nikki.

"I feel like Rosie's legacy is living on through what we're doing here. Her love for toys, for adventures, for just living her life to the fullest is continuing on in these other kids that we're helping, because they're getting a chance to do some of the things she did when she was battling cancer because she was very lucky with the opportunities presented to her. And she really lived her life to the fullest," Ramirez said.