Love for Tito Teets

Michael Rutushin is organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Daniel Martino.

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If you know our man Tito Teets, aka Daniel Martino, then you know the man is a jokester, a mensch, an artist, a father, a friend, and an avid Cleveland Browns fan. But most importantly, he’s a fighter.

Tito is in the middle of his battle against a very rare form of spinal cancer called Sporadic Burkitt Lymphoma. Since spring 2020, he's undergone several surgeries and chemo treatments through summer, including a second round of chemo over Christmas. Now, Tito finds himself undergoing an unexpected third of chemotherapy plus a bone marrow transplant now at the James. While most of us were struggling to grasp onto some semblance of normalcy in 2020, Tito was not only dealing with the circumstances generated by the pandemic, but was also in and out of the hospital for most of the year, traveling from Athens to Columbus and back again.

Since that time, his intense treatments and rigorous chemo schedule have left him unable to work. His brother and family have worked hard to provide a safe healing environment for him--it’s our turn to raise some cash and help them out. So, sports fans, that means we're looking to get our man's living expenses covered into AT LEAST the preseason. We're setting our goal at $10,000. Funds raised will go towards helping Tito and his family offset the cost of some bills, gas for his appointments, living expenses, and any other monetary support they may need throughout the coming months during treatment and recovery.

Though there is much uncertainty, Tito is in high spirits and fighting this as only he could, and we are here behind him every step of the way to best ensure that he wins. This Gofundme campaign stands alone as the source to donate directly to Tito in the name of Math and Science, but there will be at least one other fundraiser happening in Athens, including a plethora of r a f f l e gift baskets from many wonderful donors, so keep an eye on social media. (You should also stay tuned for episodes of TITO TV, which feature humorous bits of friends and family mixed about music videos of some of our favorite people.)

Finally, if you haven’t already, GET SWABBED to see if you’re a bone marrow match for any of the millions of people like Tito. All you need to do is click the link, order a swab kit, swab your cheeks and send in your sample. Click here to order a swab kit:

For Tito.

For Science and Math.

For Math and Science.