On June 5th, the Children’s Museum of Richmond became the first children’s museum in the country to open a second location. The new location, called the Children’s Museum of Richmond-Short Pump is located in a 15,500 square foot space in West Broad Village across from Whole Foods Market.

“By opening a second location, the Children’s Museum of Richmond will be able to generate additional revenue that will aid in serving more children throughout Central Virginia, especially those from communities with limited economic resources,” explained Museum Board of Trustees Chairman Brian Pitney.

For most people, everyday life can take many different forms. Some days it’s exciting; others terrifying, dull, hectic, depressing, or sublimely gratifying. One thing nearly everyone can agree on is that life, whatever mood it seems to be taking with us, is rarely fair; and few among us are as qualified to speak to that as Connor Goodwin.

Some of you may remember reading about Connor back in the September/October 2006 issue of this magazine. In 2003, at the tender age of 22 months—an extremely formative age in any child’s development—Connor was diagnosed with leukemia. His mother, Lisa, looked to the news as a “death sentence.” That’s not an unreasonable reaction, considering the mortality rate of children diagnosed with the disease is 20%. No parent likes those odds. But what the world didn’t know then was that Connor, a toddler at the time, would eventually accomplish something millions of people every year are unable to do. He would beat cancer, first in his own body, and then he’d help others do the same. But to do that, he was going to need more than help. He’d need heroes.