Ellen is a 39-year-old colorectal cancer survivor. She was diagnosed in March 2004, and is the proud mother of a 10-year-old son.
Crawford Clay
Crawford, 46, was diagnosed with colon cancer when he was 43, the same week his father, who was 76, received the same diagnosis. He and his wife Andrea have been married for 19 years and have two daughters, ages 9 and 11.
Tom Clay
Tom, father of Crawford Clay, was diagnosed with colon cancer the same week that his son was also diagnosed in 2004. He was 76 at the time. A retired salesman, Tom and his wife of 53 years have four children and nine grandchildren.
Sandy White
Sandy, 51, was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 37. She works in human resources at Allstate and she has two children and a granddaughter.
Gordon Cole
Gordon, 57, was diagnosed at the age of 54 with stage 4 colon cancer. Gordon is a real estate appraiser, and also volunteers his time helping others with cancer. He and his wife of 37 years have two grown daughters.
Elizabeth Garvey
Elizabeth is a project manager in healthcare clinical information systems, and a 5-year survivor of rectal cancer. She is 57 years old.
Lissette Goddard
Lissette, 58, is a 2-year colon cancer survivor. She has three sons.
Nathaniel Barrell
Nathaniel, 31, was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 30. He is an analyst for the government of the State of California and the single father of an 8-year-old girl.
JoEllen DeLuca
JoEllen, 60, was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 54. She is a retired reading specialist and has a 26-year-old son, Johnny, who teaches in Thailand.
Katarina Kouzoukas
Katarina, 38, is the mother of 2-year-old twins and works in marketing for Morgan Stanley. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2006. She volunteers her time with the Colon Cancer Alliance hosting chats for other survivors with young children.
Rob Rosenberg
Rob, a 43-year-old freelance editor, was diagnosed with rectal cancer in December 2004.
Naomi Butts
Naomi, 39, is a 4-year colorectal cancer survivor and works as a client service associate for a financial firm. She is a wife and the mother of two children, ages 8 and 12.
Mary Beth Rendell
Mary Beth, left, turned 44 on March 13, 2007. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2004, and since then has traveled to promote both the "Relay for Life" and "Heroes of Hope" events.
Fred Thompson
Fred was first diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 28. He is now 32 years old and works as a civil litigation attorney.
Pati Lanning
Pati, 56, was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 47. She is the mother of two adult children and also serves as Chat Coordinator for the Colon Cancer Alliance.
Rob Michelson
Rob Michelson was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2004. He is Director of Regulatory Systems at the New York Stock Exchange and has three sons. Rob is 40 years old.
Patricia Phillips
Patricia, right, now 62, was diagnosed recently with colon cancer. After a successful surgery, she is currently undergoing treatment. Patricia is a nurse, an animal lover and avid horseback rider.
Cornelius Breaux, Sr.
Cornelius was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in December, 2006. He has two children and works as a freight car inspector. Cornelius is 59 years old.
Donna Safer
Donna, 53, was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 36. She was formerly an accountant employed by a division of The New York Times Company, and has one 12-year-old daughter, who is adopted due to her family's hereditary colon cancer condition.