2025 Pot of Gold Fundraiser Benefitting Josh Mellon

The Colorado Eagles are excited to announce the team’s annual “Pot of Gold” fundraiser, in which the Eagles will be raising funds for 9-year-old Josh Mellon of Timnath. The event will take place during the Eagles game against the Tucson Roadrunners on Saturday, March 22nd at Blue Arena.

Since its inception in 2012, the Pot of Gold Fundraiser has raised over $700,000 for families suffering financial hardship due to the medical condition of a child. “Josh’s story was brought to us this year through the hockey community by a hockey mom and local educator aware of his struggles, it only seemed fitting to make Josh our 12th Pot of Gold Recipient,” said Eagles President Ryan Bach.

Josh is battling a rare childhood onset dystonia, a neurological movement disorder with no cure. It leads to total loss of daily life functions and his treatment requires deep brain stimulation, which is a two-step surgical process that implants electrodes into the brain and connects to a battery in his chest. Dystonia affects the muscles in the body contracting, twisting, and convulsing painfully and out of control. Dystonia is often described as a charley horse that doesn’t go away and generally moves up the body over time eventually leading to difficulty and trouble swallowing and eating. The current medications that are prescribed are similar to the medications prescribed for Parkinson’s but have proven to lead to other disorders as well.

Josh began showing signs of Dystonia at age 5 and at age 7 it began affecting his lower limbs, turning his feet inwards to the point where he was unable to walk. Josh has been diagnosed with KMT2-B related Dystonia and is 1 of 39 known cases in the United States.

Josh had brain surgery in Texas to implant a device for his Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) treatments, these treatments are to try to help his brain to keep control of his own body when the muscles begin to twist. Currently, there is no specialist in the state of Colorado to help with Joshua’s condition and all of his healthcare treatments will require out-of-state travel. Currently the Mellon Family travels to Texas a minimum of 4-6 times a year for continued treatment, which will be indefinite.