The Childhood Cancer Blog

The Childhood Cancer Blog

Welcome to The Childhood Cancer Blog
from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!

childhood cancer hero atlas

As the year comes to a close, now is a perfect time to help kids with cancer. 

This year is almost a wrap!  As the holiday season begins, it's a great time to channel that giving spirit and holiday cheer to help kids with cancer.    ALSF has several giving opportunities to help you maximize your impact, while also funding more research, safer treatments, family support services and cures. New this year: the ALSF Gift Catalog which allows purchasers to gift life changing support to... Read More

young investigator summit

ALSF awards grant funding for childhood cancer to 18 scientists 

Dr. Jesse Berry spends a lot of time in surgery and thinking about surgery. She works with children who have retinoblastoma, a cancer of the eye. You cannot biopsy the eye, and without the valuable information a biopsy provides, ocular oncologists are operating in the dark. 

“As a surgeon, it is frustrating that I cannot know which eye will do well and which will not, “ said Berry.  

But, Dr. Berry is aiming to channel that frustration into a solution. With her Reach Grant... Read More

Liz and Jay Scott with Ginny McLean (center) from the Swifty Foundation

For many charitable foundations who want to fund childhood cancer research, it’s often hard to know where to start. For newer childhood cancer foundations, especially, the passion is there but the infrastructure to support the review and vetting of research proposals can take a long time to build. Collaboration and partnership can help your charity reach its goals of funding research, while also ensuring your investment is being utilized in the best possible way. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation offers smaller charitable... Read More

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