Meet Ben … Last Year's Recipient

The 2009 Hogs for the Cause recipient was Ben Sarrat, Jr. Little Ben is battling a rare form of brain cancer and all money raised in 2009 went to his family to help cover some of the costs associated with his treatment.

Little Ben is six years old and his favorite color is green. Ben is an active blogger and an avid joke teller. You can check out his latest jokes and follows his progress on his blog.

Learn more about DIPG, the type of brain tumor Ben has, here.

Help Ben and all of the brave children fighting brain tumors by adding your support to passing The National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network Act of 2009. Specific instruction on how you can help get this bill passed can be found here.

Ben's Top Tens

Ben's top 10 things he loves about school

• 1. MISS JESSICA
• 2. My Friends
• 3. Watching Movies
• 4. Breakfast
• 5. Ham & Cheese sandwiches
• 6. Playing inside at school
• 7. SNACK
• 8. Reading with Ms. Rita
• 9. Playing in the backyard
• 10. Class work

Ben's top 10 things he loves about Disney World

• 1. JUNGLE CRUISE - yes mommy could actually narrate the cruise now!
• 2. All the fun people who came to share my trip with me
• 3. Anything pirate at the stores - or should I say EVERYTHING pirate
• 4. Getting character autographs
• 5. Character meals
• 6. Pirates of the Carribean
• 7. Safari Ride at Animal Kingdom
• 8. Soaring at Epcot
• 9. The monorail
• 10. Riding the boat to Magic Kingdom from the resort