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Statement of the Director

All of us respond to stories in a different way. I believe it's most often related to where we are in life at the time we experience that moment and I believe it's as true of documentaries as it is of life.

I always think of the day that Kevin and Chelsey met. I was there. I met her, too. What happens that two people meet the same 15 year old girl that causes one to start running marathons and the other to barely remember meeting her? I guess I just wasn't in the right place yet.

In a hotel bar in Houston, Texas in December 2008 a dialog started between me and Kevin Kline, a morning radio host I had known for a couple of years. Kevin simply said, "Did you hear I’m training to run across Texas?" When those words were spoken, the film Dear Chelsey began its life. Now, I was in the right place.

During that exchange, Kevin would explain exactly why he had made the decision to take on such a physical feat – to honor Chelsey Campbell – a 15 year-old high school sophomore that he had met at a broadcast at Texas Children’s Cancer Center.

Dear Chelsey is a running film that is not really about running. The physical feat of running 482 miles in 13 days is one that probably less than one percent of the population of the world even dare to attempt so it is unique in that respect - but there are others who have accomplished even greater feats of running. The real story is how Kevin got to this place and why he does what he does. How does any of us get to where we are at this moment? That's what makes us who we are. The destination isn't the story - the story how we got here.

Making this film was a real challenge. I have a wife and two kids and they gave up a lot to let me do this. I am deeply grateful to them for that. I produced this myself- shooting, interviews, editing, audio - everything because I wanted to see if I could.

Hopefully, the result is a story that will be really hard to forget.

- Everett Marshall

DEAR CHELSEY is the story of how a young girl battling cancer helped a selfish and materialistic man see beyond himself and inspired him to commit his life to running marathons to remember, honor, and join the fight to help kids who stare down the biggest challenge of their lives.

About Dear Chelsey

DEAR CHELSEY is the story of how a young girl battling cancer helped a selfish and materialistic man see beyond himself and inspired him to commit his life to running marathons to remember, honor, and join the fight to help kids who stare down the biggest challenge of their lives.

Proceeds from the sale of the DVD will support the work that Snowdrop Foundation does to fund pediatric cancer research at Texas Children's Cancer Center, as well as provide scholarships for college-bound pediatric cancer patients and survivors.

About Dear Chelsey

DEAR CHELSEY is the story of how a young girl battling cancer helped a selfish and materialistic man see beyond himself and inspired him to commit his life to running marathons to remember, honor, and join the fight to help kids who stare down the biggest challenge of their lives. Proceeds from the sale of the DVD will support the work that Snowdrop Foundation does to fund pediatric cancer research at Texas Children's Cancer Center, as well as provide scholarships for college-bound pediatric cancer patients and survivors.

Texas Children’s Cancer Center

TCCC is an internationally recognized center of excellence for pediatric hematology/oncology care.

It is the largest pediatric cancer and hematology program in the U.S.

100% of the Center’s clinical faculty are board certified in pediatric hematology/oncology.

It is located within Texas Children’s Hospital, a facility totally dedicated, equipped and staffed to care for children and adolescents.

It provides comprehensive services for children and adolescents with all forms of pediatric blood disorders and cancer.

Its patients have access to the newest and most advanced therapies for blood disorders or cancer.

They come from throughout Texas and 34 other states and 26 countries. More than 50% are on medical assistance.

80% of cancer patients are enrolled in clinical trials.

Nearly 25,000 children will be seen in the Center’s outpatient clinic this year.

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