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 * Hi - I made some tweaks to the page, mainly fixing the infobox. On a side note, I have two major concerns. The first is that the article is written in a fairly non-neutral point of view. Avoid phrases like "face of hope", as these are seen as inherently non-neutral. The sentence under legacy also needs to be re-written for the same reasons. The second is that I'm not sure if Cosgrove is notable enough to pass the notability guidelines for people. (Here is a PDF overview of writing biography articles that will definitely be helpful.) With this you'll need a depth of coverage. Newspaper coverage of his death can help, but won't show a depth of coverage since it'll be around the same time. Also be cautious of local coverage - this tends to be depreciated on Wikipedia since local papers are more likely to cover local people. The coverage will need to cover him in specific - sourcing where he's quoted in relation to something or where he's presenting something are seen are trivial mentions. Another thing to be careful of is that notability is not inherited - for example, working with a notable organization doesn't make a person notable, although it can increase the chances of coverage.
 * I hope that this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:21, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

= Team Casey =

Vincent Casey Cosgrove was born in Burlington Ontario in 1966 where he was raised. Vincent attended Bateman High School in Burlington, formerly known as Lord Elgin High School, where he was known to friends and family as Casey. After high school Casey attended the University of Guelph, where he then became a professor later in life. Casey has three children; Evan, Jack and Kate, along with his wife Bryna Cosgrove.

Early Life with Cancer
Casey was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 42-years-old. His fight began in 2010 when he was diagnosed with stage-4 inoperable lung cancer. Casey beat the odds of his 20 month prognosis, living longer than 70 months. Of which he was a part of several clinical trials for lung cancer patients. Despite his cancer, he continued to follow his passions of coaching multiple sports teams, as well as joining Lung Cancer Canada as Vice President. Almost eight years after his diagnosis, lung cancer took Casey's life on August 31st of 2017.

Team Casey
Team Casey was created by close friends and family who over the years joined him in his fight against lung cancer in strength and hope to not let the cancer change him. Over the years as more and more friends and family joined him, he dubbed them Team Casey. Team Casey will live on in his legacy to continue fight he fought with hopes to change the quality of life for those fighting the same, or similar battles.

Fundraising
Casey was an active individual within the Burlington and Greater Toronto Area (GTA) community.

A Go-Fund-Me page was created in Casey's honour to raise money and awareness for cancer patients. Over 164 people over the length of Casey's fight helped support his admirations and goals and with many generous donations they achieved and exceeded their starting fundraising goal.

Legacy
Casey's legacy will live on due to Team Casey as they will continue to fight for those who can not fight for themselves.

Lung Cancer Canada
Casey became an influential person for many individuals as he became the Vice President for Lung Cancer Canada. Lung Cancer Canada saw Casey as a symbol of 'life is possible' as Casey received clinical trial after clinical trial.

Terry Fox
Casey met Terry Fox when he was 14 years old when his mother took him to see Terry pass through Burlington during the Marathon of Hope. He was inspired by Terry to spread greatness and energy despite what he was going through. Since then, Casey has participated in the Terry Fox Run every year in Burlington Ontario, bringing Team Casey along with him. Casey has brought out over 200 people to participate with him in the Terry Fox run. As of 2017, Team Casey has donated all of the funds raised on Go Fund Me; a total of $27,690 to cancer research. In 2016, Casey revealed the Terry Fox monument in at Spencer Smith Park in Burlington which marks Terry's 3582km mark during the Marathon of Hope 37 years ago. Last year on Sunday September 17 of 2017 Team Casey took on the Terry Fox run for the first time without Casey. Moving forward the team will continue to support and raise awareness in Casey's honour.

YouTube
Casey talks about his journey with Cancer over 6 years in a video posted on YouTube. The video has now received over 1,500 views along with tremendous amounts of love and support.

Golf Tournament
A Team Casey Memorial Golf Tournament has been organized by many of Casey's closest friends and family. The tournament will take place in July of 2018 at Hidden Lake Golf Club in Burlington.