The Emilio Nares Foundation helps families navigate through their child’s journey with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
A father running across the West Coast made stop a Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Tuesday, part of a 1,700-mile effort to raise money for a non-profit he founded for his son. Richard Nares says his Heart & Sole Run started in Seattle and will continue down the coast to San Diego, California. He expects the run (read more)
When Richard Nares lost his son to cancer, he turned to running as a way to heal. Now, he's using running to help heal others. He's hoping to raise $250,000 as he runs from Seattle to San Diego. The money will be given to the Emilio Nares Foundation, the non-profit Richard founded in honor of (read more)
Not many of us can run a marathon. Earlier this month, Richard Nares began a run he says will cover 1,700 miles -- the equivalent of 65 marathons. It began in Seattle, will end in San Diego, and along the way, Nares will pause long enough to celebrate his 65th birthday. For Nares, a 2013 (read more)
The Emilio Nares Foundation, located in San Diego, CA, helps children and their families navigate through a cancer diagnosis with valuable services, from a cost-saving transportation program to modified shirts with easy access to chemotherapy ports. For one family in San Diego, CA, getting their 4-year-old son to radiation treatment for a brain tumor meant (read more)
When Richard Nares and his wife Diane lost their only child, Emilio, just shy of his 6th birthday, they were devastated. After marrying later in life, Emilio had been their joy. During his treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, the San Diego-area couple was saddened watching other families struggle just to make it to the hospital, (read more)
Emilio Nares was just 5-years-old when he died following a two-year battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). His parents, Richard and Diane, collected the pain they felt over the loss of their only child and channeled it into building a foundation to help other sick children and honor their son’s memory. The Nares sat by (read more)
Read story and watch video online UNION TRIBUNE - December 22, 2016 - by Allison Sampite-Montecalvo Six-year-old Eliana Feliciano was diagnosed with cancer last year on Christmas Day. On Thursday, after finishing her year-long treatment, she was the first patient to ring the new survivor bell at Rady Children’s Hospital. The bell gives children (read more)
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July 13, 2015 - The Desert Review by Michelle Smith "This is more than a foundation. It’s more like a calling. A real passion.” – Richard Nares of The Emilio Nares Foundation San Diego resident Richard Nares believes he is walking in his life’s calling; and because of his dedication to this calling, the lives (read more)
