When Dave Cantin was told of his diagnosis, he was in shock, but also in a state of confusion when his doctor described it as "hitting the lotto". What his doctor had meant was that his form of cancer (CML) was treatable by cancer pills and he wouldn't even have to miss more than a month of work. Cantin was back to work at his car dealership in a week, and ran the Boston Marathon a few weeks after that.

Cantin felt he'd been given a second chance, and decided he should do something with it. Already a member of Hyundai Hope on Wheels - a pediatric cancer research foundation - Cantin decided to take it a few steps further. He joined the boards of two more foundations, Columbia University Medical Center's Hope & Heroes, and New Jersey-based Project Ladybug. 

Though he still takes chemotherapy pills twice a day, he's thankful every day for the five years he's still been able to give.

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