St. Baldrick’s Foundation Invites Volunteers to Help Give Kids a Lifetime this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research grants, is asking you to help make a difference for kids with cancer by joining its community of supporters to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research. Nearly 25,000 of the world’s kids will be diagnosed with cancer in September alone. Since 2005, St. Baldrick’s has awarded more than $310 million in childhood cancer research grants — lifesaving research that has already helped change the 5-year survival rate for childhood…

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Hyundai Hope On Wheels To Award $13.2 Million New Pediatric Cancer Grants During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Hyundai Hope On Wheels® (HHOW), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, supported by Hyundai Motor America and its U.S. dealers, continues its fight against pediatric cancer and announces plans for Childhood Cancer Awareness month. For September, the non-profit organization has selected 52 new grant winners to receive a combined $13.2 million for pediatric cancer research. In addition to grants announced earlier this year, this brings the Hyundai Hope On Wheels donations to pediatric cancer research to just over $160 million in the United States, since 1998.  The September campaign theme for the 10th year…

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St. Baldrick’s is on a Mission to DFY Childhood Cancers

Throughout September, in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, St. Baldrick’s will launch its new campaign DFY (pronounced “defy”) Childhood Cancers and will share stories of kids affected by cancer, like Arianna Lewis. Arianna was a healthy baby until she began having chronic respiratory problems, which doctors initially dismissed as not serious. It wasn’t until her bright, happy and outgoing demeanor was replaced by crying, lethargy and a loss of appetite that her parents pressed for more tests. Shortly after Arianna’s first birthday, she was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia…

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LINE-X Kicks Off Second Annual Fundraiser For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month With St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®

LINE-X kicks off its second-annual partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, renewing the company’s commitment to “protecting what matters most” during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM). Through the month of September, LINE-X’s vast network of North American franchise locations, as well as its corporate headquarters in Huntsville, will make a $10.00 donation for every bedliner sold during the campaign with a minimum donation of $100,000 going straight to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. From August 27, 2018 through September 30, 2018, LINE-X and its participating franchisees will collectively donate…

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St. Baldrick’s Foundation launches month-long campaign for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

When a child is diagnosed with cancer, their family is presented with treatment options – often a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Radiation and chemotherapy have been used to treat kids’ cancers for more than 50 years and often come with long-term late effects including secondary cancers, heart damage and cognitive issues. Often a child’s best chance at survival is a clinical trial which offers them the newest treatment options available. In recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation will highlight the critical need to fund…

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