A Wyomissing company recently presented an $84,000 check to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit that raises money and awareness for pediatric cancer.
Triose Inc., a health care logistics management firm based in Wyomissing, has begun a partnership with the foundation and plans to keep on donating.
The $84,000 represents a portion of its clients' collective savings generated from Triose programs. Triose matches that figure and gives the funds to the foundation.
Carrying on a tradition that was started 11 years ago by second-grade teacher Marla Ruh, the second-grade teachers and students at Birches Elementary School hosted their Third Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand Fundraiser in the school playground area.
Decatur youth will have a chance to see three musical acts in September when First Free Will Baptist Church hosts a youth rally at the Decatur Civic Center.
Sitting at a reserved table at Parx Racing in Bensalem, waiting for the beef brisket lunch special and a couple of races in which he had horses running, Chuck Zacney swiped his phone a few times, and the 2005 Preakness Stakes appeared, horses in the gate.
"I probably still watch five or six times a year," Zacney said as the race unfolded on his phone.
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors.
That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell published Thursday that showed how activity in the cerebral cortex affected high-grade gliomas, which represent about 80 percent of all malignant brain tumors in people.
Over the past three years, my identical twin, Leah, and I have shared our experiences on our blog, "Twins Run in Our Family". Much to our surprise, we've gained quite a following of runners, twins and/or parents of twins. We're often recognized at races when we wear our shirt that has our logo on the front and our tagline on the back: "If you're passing me, I'm Malinda. If I'm passing you, I'm Leah."
Koa was an amazing little boy who could make anyone laugh. After he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, he fought through many life-threatening complications for five months. Sadly, Koa passed away. He's the strongest person his family knows.
