The SkinnerStrong Foundation’s mission is to support research in the area of childhood leukemia; the treatment and care of children with leukemia; and Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando, Fla.

Joe Skinner, a passionate baseball player and inspirational young man passed away less than five months after being diagnosed with hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of 17. His illness brought together a community that will forever be SkinnerStrong.