Category: CRF News
Celebrity Chef and Cristian Rivera Foundation Committee Member Ricardo Cardona Caters Delicious Home-Cooked Meal for “Moms for Mikey” Auction Winners
The Cristian Rivera Foundation, along with Committee Member and Celebrity Chef Ricardo Cardona, donated an event package that was auctioned at the Mikey Czech Foundation’s annual fundraiser gala, “Moms for Mikey,” on Saturday November 19, 2011 at The Woodway Country Club, Darien, CT. Robert and Dana MacNaughton bid a winning $7,500 for Chef Cardona to […]
The Cristian Rivera Foundation mourns the loss of Samuel Tyler Kidd
Monday January, 9 2012 was a sad day for the entire DIPG community as Heaven gained another DIPG Angel. Eleven-year-old Samuel Tyler Kidd lost his battle with DIPG at 9:30 that morning. His parents, Mark and Mindy, will always remember him as vibrant, fun-loving, caring little boy. He had a huge heart of pure gold […]
A Special Thanks to Cristian Rivera Foundation Committee Member Solange Osorio
As founder of the Cristian Rivera Foundation, I would like to take a moment to express my sincerest gratitude to one of our most active and dedicated committee members, Solange Osorio. Solange has been a committee member basically since the foundation began and even though she has never had or lost a child to DIPG, […]
Remembering Javier “Buji” Villamil
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 marked two years since DIPG took the life of an amazing young boy named Javier “Buji” Villamil. During his short life, Buji was a great athlete who loved sports, George Lopez, iCarly and Scooby Snacks fruit snacks. He earned his wings a few months shy of his 12th birthday and will […]
Cristian Rivera Foundation December 2011 Newsletter
Happy Holidays from the Cristian Rivera Foundation
We at the Cristian Rivera Foundation extend the warmest of holiday greetings to our friends, family and supporters. Thank you for the generosity and care you’ve shown throughout the year, whether it be through making donations, attending our events, or even just wearing our wristband every day and educating your loved ones about our […]
Foundation Battles To Fight Brain Tumor In Paintball Tourney
A group of paintballers came together in Queens on Saturday with a mission to remember a little boy who lost his life to a rare illness. Cristian Rivera died in 2009 from pontine glioma, a brain stem tumor which strikes up to 300 children per year in North America and has no cure. The […]
The Cristian Rivera Foundation Hosts Successful First Annual Paintball Tournament
The Cristian Rivera Foundation gathered supporters, Committee Members and paintball lovers alike for the foundation’s First Annual Paintball Tournament. Teams competed from 8am to 12 noon at NYC Paintball in Long Island City on Saturday December 3. It was a morning filled with high-energy but good-spirited competition. The main goal was not to win—though victory […]
The Cristian Rivera Foundation Helps Raise Over $7500.00 for DIPG Research
The Cristian Rivera Foundation and Committee Member and Celebrity Chef Ricardo Cardona helped raise over $7500 at the 4th Annual “Moms for Mikey” event, held at The Woodway Country Club in Darien, CT in memory of DIPG Angel Mikey Czech. The Cristian Rivera Foundation donated an event package with Chef Cardona that was auctioned […]