The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
by Trish Adkins
Dealing with a childhood cancer diagnosis can be one of the most devastating and frightening experiences for a family to face. Every day, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation strives to raise awareness and funds for much-needed research for better treatments and more cures for all childhood cancers.
While September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, childhood cancer is an everyday reality for thousands of families around the world. We’ve compiled 10 facts you need to know (and can share!) about childhood cancer:... Read More
by Trish Adkins
Every year, over 250,000 new cases of cancer affect children around the world. Every day, 250 of these children will die from cancer. Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children in the United States. Despite these facts, childhood cancer research is consistently and vastly underfunded. There are dozens of types and hundreds of subtypes of childhood cancer—and many of these types have no known cures. ... Read More
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Hero Families, SuperSibs, supporters and amazing network of friends.
We are thankful each year for the hero families—the Hero, the SuperSibs and the parents of a child battling cancer. These families go the distance each year for their own children, for each other and for their larger childhood cancer community. Our founder, Alex, inspired all of us to be thankful each day and of course, to turn all of our lemons into lemonade!
Members of Hero Families are each affected differently by a childhood cancer diagnosis and SuperSibs... Read More
Pages
