Fighting childhood cancer, one cup at a time.
What does it take to cure childhood cancer? For the 24 new Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Young Investigator grantees, the answer lies in pursuing innovative approaches to the pressing questions that could unlock new possibilities for kids with cancer.
This year, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) is supporting these early-career researchers as they pursue bold ideas that could lead to new ways of understanding, diagnosing, and treating... Read More
Childhood cancer took my best friend and brother, Josh, away from me way too soon. He was full of joy and life and always put others before himself, even on his hardest days. Josh was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at only 8 years old and went through countless rounds of chemotherapy and radiation. Both of our childhoods were spent in the hospital, but we were still able to make memories and find moments of happiness amongst all the pain.
Josh went into remission a couple of years after his initial... Read More
Before I heard the words “Josie has cancer,” childhood cancer was such a distant thing to me. I thought it was so rare that I didn’t give it much thought. Then, on February 18, my life changed forever when my daughter Josie was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML).
I now understand why childhood cancer awareness is critical. These sweet kids get such a disproportionately small portion of funding, and... Read More
