Tammi Carr, Chad Tough --- Finding Purpose in the Pain
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Episode 366
Tammi Carr is the co-founder of the Chad Tough Foundation. She and her husband Jason met in college at the University of Michigan and have been together ever since. Jason played quarterback for the Wolverines football team. Tammi's father Tom Curtis, played football at Michigan and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Tammi's father in-law is Lloyd Carr, the legendary Michigan football coach from 1995-2007.
In 2015, Chad Carr, Tammi and Jason's son, died at the age of 5 years old. He lived 14 months after being diagnosed with an inoperable, malignant brain tumor: diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. It is a cancerous tumor located within the brain stem, which overwhelmingly targets children, and there are zero long-term survivors.
After his death, the Chad Tough Foundationwas formed in 2015. Tammi is on the board of directors of the foundation and her husband is president of the part-time staff and they have raised close to $10 million dollars for DIPG research.
On this episode of the podcast, we remember Chad Carr through the words of his mom Tammi, trusting in God as they walked with their son in his fight, starting the Chad Tough foundation, how Chad's death has brought others to come to faith in Christ and finding purpose in the pain.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.0 | This episode of Sports Spectrum is brought to you by Compassion International, the most trusted child development ministry in the world. |
| 0:28.3 | We're so thankful to have them as sponsors here with us at Sports Spectrum. |
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| 1:24.2 | Compassion.com slash sports spectrum and consider releasing a child from poverty today. |
| 1:31.3 | Today on the podcast, we learn the story of Chad Carr, Chad Tough. |
| 1:38.2 | Chad's mom, Tammy Carr, is our guest here on the podcast. |
| 1:44.0 | And we can't talk to Chad because Chad is no longer with us. |
| 1:49.4 | Chad was a precious, beautiful, fun-loving boy who on September 23rd, 2014 was diagnosed |
| 1:56.4 | with an inoperable brain tumor, D-G, diffuse, intrinsic, pontine glioma. |
| 2:04.8 | Three days later, he spent his fourth birthday in the coach car unit, |
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