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from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
Aaah, love is in the air this time of year and depending where you live, so is snow, sleet and rain as this winter continues to pound us with precipitation. In any case, whether you look forward to Valentine’s Day or count the minutes until February 15 – we encourage you to do something meaningful this year to show your love not only for your loved ones, but also for kids with cancer.We love this creative gift that put lots of smiles on the faces of some of our childhood cancer heroes recently…baseball players, Clint Robinson of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Danny Otero of the Oakland... Read More
Couldn't make it to our 8th Annual Lemon Ball on January 11? Watch our new video giving a recap of the night and you'll feel like you were there!Although the video speaks for itself, highlights of the night included:
- An amazing Fund a Cure portion of the evening where the inspiring words of childhood cancer hero Brooke Mulford with help from fellow hero Charlotte McAuliffe and... Read More
Matt Schechter and Max Levine.In April 2008, at the age of 17, Max passed away at home, surrounded by family and his beloved kitties.In Max’s memory, we created the Max Levine Fund for Neuroblastoma Research through ALSF. Who better than ALSF to help us find the most cutting edge research into treatments and cures for the disease that took Max, and Alex Scott from us. When his best friend Matt Schechter passed away from leukemia in March 2010, we expanded the mission of the fund to include all high-risk pediatric cancers, and renamed it the M&M Fund. Please join us in this fight.... Read More