Carter’s Story
Carter was a Kindergarten student at Providence Christian Academy when he was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, a childhood bone cancer. Throughout the next 20 months, Carter endured pain, radiation, shots, hospital stays, blood, platelets, more pain, physical therapy, fevers, nausea and vomiting, a leg amputation, and of course chemo, chemo, chemo. After having started his 2nd grade year, on September 12, 2004, he lost his battle with cancer.
Carter was a Kindergarten student at Providence Christian Academy when he was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, a childhood bone cancer. Throughout the next 20 months, Carter endured pain, radiation, shots, hospital stays, blood, platelets, more pain, physical therapy, fevers, nausea and vomiting, a leg amputation, and of course chemo, chemo, chemo. After having started his 2nd grade year, on September 12, 2004, he lost his battle with cancer.
You could say that Carter Martin seized the day. He
faced cancer with determination and a smile---not
once did he ever complain. Carter loved God,
Georgia Tech, Providence Christian Academy, his dog
Comet, and his family & friends tremendously.
He was loved by all who knew him, and even those
who didn’t. He galvanized his little friends, and
adults were drawn to his spirit.
Carter excelled in art, sports and especially academics. His intelligence was equaled by his enthusiasm for life. He thrived on competition, and won (almost) every fight. When this young warrior met his match in cancer, he even indulged his competitor with the coins from his own piggy bank -- he told his mom to "give them to the AFLAC Cancer Center to help find a cure."
Carter excelled in art, sports and especially academics. His intelligence was equaled by his enthusiasm for life. He thrived on competition, and won (almost) every fight. When this young warrior met his match in cancer, he even indulged his competitor with the coins from his own piggy bank -- he told his mom to "give them to the AFLAC Cancer Center to help find a cure."
Carter's family, Scott, Leigh Ann and Candler
(current PCA 7th grader), set up a fund at the
AFLAC Cancer Center to raise money for Carter's
dream to come true - the Carter Samuel Martin
Experimental Therapy Research Fund.
Providence has come alongside this family to do all
we can to fight childhood cancer. The Carter
Martin Classic takes place here in our home gym on
the PCA home-opening basketball game of the season
and has become a community-wide effort. The first
annual Carter Martin Classic was held in December
2004 and raised over $40,000.00. The 2nd
year's Classic totaled more than $43,000.00. The
next year, the 3rd Annual Carter Martin Classic
raised a record-breaking $122,700.00. Last year, in
2007, the Carter Martin Classic raised an
unbelievable $162,646.00 and each year promises to
be bigger and better.
Carter had the desire, and found a way to succeed in all things. There was one thing that held him back -- a disease called cancer that has plagued children for as long as we know. Carter envisioned a cure. He wasn't able to make it happen personally, but with the support of the Carter Samuel Martin Experimental Therapy Research Fund, physicians of the AFLAC Cancer Center are committed to finding a cure for future children with cancer. You can help make Carter’s vision a reality....
Carter had the desire, and found a way to succeed in all things. There was one thing that held him back -- a disease called cancer that has plagued children for as long as we know. Carter envisioned a cure. He wasn't able to make it happen personally, but with the support of the Carter Samuel Martin Experimental Therapy Research Fund, physicians of the AFLAC Cancer Center are committed to finding a cure for future children with cancer. You can help make Carter’s vision a reality....
