Our mission comes out of personal experience of caring, loving and traveling through a journey no parent ever asks to go with their child. Wylie Strotbeck is our inspiration. He entered our lives February 18, 1992. He was our joy. We called him Smiley Wylie. He was diagnosed with a type of brain tumor called a medulloblastoma in December of 2003 in the prime of his youth. This is the most common of all the childhood brain tumors, but not the easiest to cure.

Wylie loved every day of his 13 years. He was a joker. His wit and his humor was contagious. This was a person with a creative hand and great ideas. Wylie’s potential had no limits. When told of his predicament, Wylie donned his armor and was determined to fight for every day of his life. His courageous battle lasted 16 months and his bright spirit lives on with us today.

Through his struggle, we learned that thousands of children suffer through this diagnosis, harsh treatments and often loss of life, every year. It is not fair and it is the mission of the Wylie’s Day Foundation to fund cutting edge Pediatric Brain Tumor research towards the DAY when no child needs to suffer from this disease. The foundation also supports programs at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Oncology Child life department.