# @nchcgolf on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOvxM9Ajm4y
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36085723-nchcgolf-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c921bfec67.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-18T14:08:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nationwide Children's Champ. (@nchcgolf) — https://gondola.cc/nchcgolf

## Caption

Such a beautiful morning to watch #PatientChampion Natalie take the ceremonious First Shot to Fight Cancer to officially open the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. 🦋

In 2021, thirteen-year-old Natalie’s life changed forever. Once a vibrant and active teenager, she began experiencing stress fractures, headaches, and neck pain. At first, she chalked it up to an active lifestyle, but the pain worsened and new symptoms appeared. One day, her condition grew so concerning that her family rushed her to the Emergency Department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. An MRI revealed the unthinkable — an inoperable, cancerous brain tumor. Within hours, Natalie was admitted, and doctors performed two complex brain surgeries and placed a permanent shunt to manage her condition. Since then, Natalie has endured chemotherapy, physical challenges, and emotional trials. Yet through it all, she has remained determined to turn her experience into purpose. After learning pediatric brain tumors are among the least-funded areas of cancer research, she founded The Natalie Gray Foundation. Today, Natalie continues her brave fight while working to help other children and families facing pediatric brain tumors. Her foundation has raised nearly $400,000 for pediatric brain cancer research, and her dream is to one day become a pediatric nurse at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the place where her journey began.

This morning, Nationwide presented Natalie with a $10,000 college scholarship to support her education in nursing. Thank you, Natalie, for inspiring all of us! 💙

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nationwide Children's Champ. | @nchcgolf | https://gondola.cc/nchcgolf | Professional Golf Tournament |
| Kate Haugh | @klhaugh | https://gondola.cc/klhaugh | Social Media Manager |

## Tags

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