5K run/walk will help Cody in battle with cancer

Organizers for the Holiday 5K Run/Walk for Cody Dingee are encouraging more Ridgefielders to register before the Dec. 6 event.

“We have 105 registered runners,” event organizer Martin Kenney said. “We’re hoping to get 200 to 300.”

Twelve-year-old Cody Dingee has been battling a rare form of cancer called Ewing’s sarcoma. He was diagnosed last June and has since gone through several rounds of chemotherapy and recently had his left femur removed, where a large tumor had grown.

The community has rallied around Cody and his family, said his mother, Carolyn Dingee, co-owner of the Village Deli.