Toga party? No way, dude, it’s a food fight!

Children's Healing Art Project honors a wish by Cage, a cancer fighter

By Kelsey Thalhofer

The Portland Tribune, Jul 20, 2010, Updated Jul 23, 2010 (2 Reader comments)

Christopher Onstott / Portland Tribune

Ranen Petryszak, center, and his sister Blake throws handfuls of spaghetti and green Jell-O Thursday afternoon in the Pearl District along side other supporters of Gage, a Portland-area 9-year-old battling cancer.

For just a couple hours Thursday afternoon, Portland’s Pearl District was a P-I-G pig.

That’s what happens when a bunch of friends get together and throw food around.

The Children’s Healing Art Project of Portland hosted “Gage’s Food Fight and Fight for Food and Battle Against Cancer” Thursday in the Pearl District.

It was a chance to get messy for a good cause. Gage (whose last name was withheld by CHAP organizers), a Portland-area 9-year-old battling cancer, lead the charge. Portlanders flung cooked spaghetti and green Jell-O from 2 to 4 p.m. across the corner of Northwest 11th Avenue and Overton Street.

‘Wise beyond his years’

The food fight is the culmination of what began as a silly conversation between Gage and Children’s Project staff a few months ago. Children’s Project, which offers art workshops for local hospitalized children and their families, has worked with Gage and his family throughout his battle with cancer.

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