For NFL legend Randy Moss, it's called “Chasing 10.” 

It’s the pursuit of that unforgettable catch. The story you’ll tell for years. The moment that keeps you coming back to the water. 

But on a day spent fishing in northern Minnesota, Randy was chasing something bigger. 

“We’re not just chasing 10,” he said. “We’re chasing a cure.” 

As part of his Chasing10 YouTube series, Randy joined Children’s Cancer Research Fund Chief Development Officer Kenna Dooley in support of the Chasing a Cure campaign. 

The setting held a special significance. 

Long before Randy cast a line on Leech Lake, it was the place where Katie Hageboeck spent her summers swimming, fishing and making memories with her family at a cabin that had been in her family for generations. 

After Katie died from leukemia in 1979 at age 13, her family transformed those memories into a legacy of hope, founding what would become Children’s Cancer Research Fund. 

That legacy continues through Katie’s Clinic and The Porch at the University of Minnesota, spaces established by CCRF to honor Katie’s story and reflect the North Woods she loved. 

“Chemotherapy beat me up so bad,” Randy shared. “It was more mental than it was physical.” 

Kenna explained the promise behind CCRF-funded research – including immunotherapy, which harnesses the body’s own immune system and could one day help children avoid chemotherapy and radiation altogether. 

“If we can get rid of radiation and chemotherapy – that’s a win-win for everybody,” Kenna said. 

That vision has been at the heart of Children’s Cancer Research Fund: creating a future where children with cancer can spend less time facing the hardest parts of treatment and more time being kids. 

For Katie, being a kid meant summers on Leech Lake – swimming, fishing and spending time with the people she loved. Children’s Cancer Research Fund continues chasing a future where every child has the chance to experience moments like these. 

Watch Randy and Kenna’s Chasing10 episode to hear Katie’s story, learn more about the future of childhood cancer research and see why this day on Leech Lake became about so much more than fishing.