Photo goes viral

Jamie Gilmore gets Facebook support after bringing fight against cancer toTexans game

While the Houston Texans were losing to the Green Bay Packers on the turf last weekend, some fans were experiencing a more personal battle in the stands.

Jamie Gilmore, a 30-year-old pediatric cancer survivor holding an eye-catching sign, had her photo snapped by KHOU at Monday's game. That picture later went viral, accruing tens of thousands of likes, plus hundreds of comments and shares, since its posting.

Gilmore is currently fighting her fourth round against cancer, this time an extremely rare form of the disease called acinic cell carcinoma. Her experience has led her to create Jamie's Hope, a nonprofit aimed at raising money for targeted therapy to fight rare cancers.

The organization hosted its inaugural Masquerade for a Cure, benefitting the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Saturday night at the River Oaks Country Club. Find more information here, and watch KHOU's full story on Gilmore below:

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Favorite Montrose brunch restaurant's major setback leads week's top stories

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Editor's note: It's time to recap the top stories on CultureMap from this past week.

1. Favorite Montrose brunch restaurant's highly anticipated return hits setback. The restaurant's reopening has been pushed back to 2024.

2. Houston's newest soup dumpling house sets opening date in familiar Midtown space. We're looking forward to future dumpling crawls to decide on our favorite.

3. Houston pizza maestro retools his wildly successful new Heights restaurant after overwhelming response. The chef says he'd be a "supervillain" if he figured out how to meet so much demand in such a short amount of time.

4. New York Times names 2 must-try Houston eateries to coveted 50 most exciting restaurants list. A new Southern restaurant and a classic Mexican establishment made the list.

5. Ken Hoffman applauds new Texas law that fines service animal impersonators $1K. "As much as I love my dog, I don’t impose her on others," our columnist writes.

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