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Childhood Cancer Heroes

A message from Jay and Liz Scott, Alex's Parents:

Many of you think of Alex as a hero – the sweet and courageous lemonade girl who inspired others to help children with cancer. Although she did not get the chance to live a long life, she showed us what it means to live a full life. Her bravery, strength and love of life continue to inspire us every day. She is indeed our hero!

Since Alex was diagnosed in 1997, millions more children worldwide have suffered because of cancer. These kids all have hopes and dreams of long lives. They have parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents and cousins who cherish them. They all inspire those who know them with their bravery, strength, and love of life. They are all heroes.

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Siblings of childhood cancer heroes face their own challenges with incredible perseverance. Read more about these inspiring SuperSibs.

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Alexandra Scott
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Katana Gambino
Katana was a creative spirit, sharing stories and developing movies in her head with her action figures. Her imagination ran wild and her heart was big. While she passed away at just 3 from leukemia, her parents continue to raise awareness in her honor.
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Sawyer Knoblock
Sawyer is a young man with a big personality who always shows so much love for others. When he was diagnosed with germinoma, treatment had to be tailored specifically to him since he also has Down syndrome. Luckily, it worked and today Sawyer is NED!
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Waylon Wade
Waylon is a determined 5-year-old who can find joy in the little things. His treatment has been long and intense for medulloblastoma, but with help from ALSF's Travel for Care program, Waylon has reached important appointments and today he is stable!
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Meet Our Heroes!

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Isabella Petrino
Isabella (aka Bella) was born on Feb. 17, 2010 with Bladder Exstrophy. We knew she was going to be born with her bladder on the outside of her body.
Ashton Carley-Trent
Ashton is a feisty 5-year-old boy who is full of life, despite having endured a great deal of grief and pain in his young life.
Luca Paciente
Luca is 7, adores his family and loves swimming, animals and video games. He is a riot and loves to laugh and make other people laugh. He takes palpable joy in being alive and takes pictures of everything as if he is documenting life.
Cassie Jordan
Cassie is an energetic 2 year old who loves trains, planes, animals and babies.
Samantha Hill
Samantha is a happy 9 year old who loves to read and play soccer.
Gavin T. Morris
Gavin is smart and funny, loves superheroes and using his imagination...
Jacob Beard
A typical teenager now, when Jacob was 2 years old be began complaining of back pain that...
Christopher Sliker
Christopher was full of energy, mischief and love...
Austin Dunlap
Austin is funny, outgoing and enjoys life in the great outdoors. In the beautiful...
Beydn Swink
Beydn was the kid who flopped around on roller skates, wrestled with his...
Brielle Barber
Brielle is 4 years old and full of spunk, bravery, kindness and love...
Tacey Raye Raulerson
Tacey was diagnosed with bilateral Retinoblastoma when she was 7 months old...
Kyle Valla
Kyle is an easygoing, happy-go-lucky guy who likes relaxing and hates being rushed...
Hudson Marshall
Hudson’s first birthday is next month and he is just coming into his own personality...
Alyssa Ferguson
Alyssa is 12 and enjoys reading, playing piano, playing volleyball...
Lukas Wiliker
Alex's Lemonade has helped us out so much! My son Lukas was diagnosed with Stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma in June of 2010. His treatment has taken us from our home hospital in Oregon to New York and then Seattle.