LATHAM, N.Y. -- A father who lost his son after a battle with cancer is giving back to Noah Roman this weekend.
Tim Stowell says his late son Ben was Noah's best friend. Ben died at the age of 9 from pediatric cancer. Stowell says Noah spoke at his son's funeral.
This weekend Stowell was in the process of holding a bowling fundraiser in his son's honor to raise money for pediatric cancer research, but decided to give all of the proceeds to Noah Roman instead.
"I just think that it's important that if Noah sees or hears this that he knows there's a huge community that's reached out to him through this event and messages that we love him and have his back," said Stowell.
The fundraiser will take place at Spare Time bowling in Latham Sunday starting at 2 p.m. It will run until 4:30 p.m.