Puerto Rican actress Roselyn Sanchez on Thursday visited a group of children suffering from cancer at the San Jorge Hospital in San Juan and symbolically gave them a medal for participating in an upcoming triathlon to raise money to fight the disease.

Sanchez is the sponsor of the San Jorge Foundation, which organizes the annual Triathlon for Life.

“Here we’re winners because I’m seeing them once more, meeting new patients and listening to their stories. It’s difficult to speak with the parents of the kids, but you have to move forward,” Sanchez told Efe.