September – Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!
Update from Oct 14, 2017: Thanks to the help from our awesome supporters, our team raised around $5000 for the Light the Night event! Huge shout out to each one of you for helping save lives!!!
September is the month of Childhood Cancer awareness. Most people are unaware of some of the shocking facts about childhood cancer (e.g., did you know that one in every 5 children do not make it? And that only 4% of federal government cancer research funding goes to children? See the post below for more facts).
We invite everyone to join us in bringing light to the darkness of cancer by donating towards our fundraising efforts in support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Light The Night” walk.
Our life changed in an instant when our five year old daughter was diagnosed with B-cell Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The following months were a nightmare with intensive chemotherapy, including a series of hospitalizations, numerous chemo shots, lumbar punctures and blood transfusions (you can read about it here). Her sixth birthday was in the above setting. Today, thanks to the help from doctors, friends and family, our kid is feeling better, just started going to school, and is gearing up for her seventh birthday. 🙂
To celebrate her birthday, and those of several other children that are fighting, or fought against cancer, we invite you to join our team in LLS’s annual fundraising event, Light the Night Walk.
You can help in any way — by registering to walk or by donating here.
Your participation in the Light The Night Walk will help save lives. Please act today!
Thank you for bringing us all closer to living in a world without cancers!