About Our Founder/ Chad Juros (visit Chad's web site)

Chad's Story
In 1991, at the age of three, Chad was diagnosed with leukemia. In 1995, at the age of seven, he relapsed. For 17 months Chad lived as an inpatient in the cancer ward of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There, he fought the good fight, which included having to learn how to walk and talk again because of the devastating side effects of the drugs that were intended to cure him. Tubes were attached to him so he could breathe and eat. Through the ordeal, he experienced cardiac arrest and coma, and underwent numerous surgeries and multiple blood transfusions.

While he was bravely fighting the battle, his father would use magic to distract Chad from the fear and pain he was enduring. While receiving his treatments, Chad would lie in his hospital bed and practice making magic for hours a day. Each week, his dad would teach him new tricks to master. In 1998, at long last, Chad was released from the hospital. That same year, Chad's dad collapsed and was subsequently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and died on January 17, 2000, leaving behind Penny, his wife, and his children, Faith and Chad.

In January 2003, Chad began experiencing severe headaches. Doctors determined that Chad was bleeding from the brain.and he underwent emergency brain surgery. When Chad awoke from his surgery deficit free he decided to make his father's dying wish his living wish. That wish was for "Chad to be considered cured and continue to spread the magic". Therefore this nonprofit charitable 501(c)(3) foundation was formed and is being dedicated to the memory and wishes of Chad's dad, Dr. Donald Juros (1958-2000).

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