Rawlings left behind many close friends at Atmos when he lost his battle with signet ring adenocarcinoma in 2007, according to a company press release.

“I worked with Mike for nearly 20 years,” says employee Ernie Napier. “He was smart, dedicated and a huge fan of motorcycles!”

"We found ourselves between insurance found I was diagnosed with cancer," said Chris Fontaine.

Chris Fontaine is with Williams Fine Violins, and over the years, he's worked on the instruments of Nashville's best musicians. But Chris was recently diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer.

"There are hard times and hard days, but there is never a day without hope, said Charity Fontaine, Chris's wife who is expecting their fourth child in August.

The 51-year-old Hamilton, who won the 1984 Olympic gold medal and is a four-time world champion, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1997 and with a noncancerous brain tumor in 2004.

For the last nine years, Hamilton has staged "An Evening with Scott Hamilton and Friends," and on Nov. 7 he will skate in the event at the Quicken Loan Arena. Hamilton's show has raised $10 million for Hamilton's CARES Initiative at the Clinic's Taussig Cancer Institute.

The story was first reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Representing Tennessee South Central Region of Hyundai, Bill Powers, general manager of the Import Division of Wyatt-Johnson Automotive Group, presented a donation of $40,000 to Dr. Michael Engel of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.

"As we celebrate eleven years of giving hope, we recognize that same commitment in Dr. Engel and the entire community of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital," said Powers. "I am proud to present Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital this donation in the amount of $40,000 on behalf of the 2009 Hyundai Hope on Wheels Tour and the South Central Region dealers."

Tom, who works at Nashville Gas and lives in Murfreesboro, had gotten off work early that day and figured since he had some free time in Music City and no one to play golf with, he would have a problem on his leg checked.

"I said, 'Well I'll just go by and see my doctor to get something to take care of this rash,'" Tom remembers.

But the rash turned out to be a symptom of something far worse than Tom could have imagined: acute myeloid leukemia.

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None of his family members were a match, but a person he could identify at the time only as a "45-year-old female" because of privacy laws did match. On Saturday, Tom, now 55, and his family met the woman who saved his life for the first time at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville.

"It's been very emotional," said Kathy Walker, a 46-year-old school teacher from Nacogdoches, Texas, whose family traveled with her for the meeting. "They told him without a match, he would only live two weeks. He and his family are absolutely awesome people and overwhelmingly appreciative."

Kathy was able to be matched with Tom because she participated in a bone marrow drive a few years ago. The drive was created when a boy from a neighboring Texas town couldn't find a match for a bone marrow transplant