As you all know I recently completed my very first half-marathon this past weekend at Walt Disney World! I not only was able to achieve my number one goal of completion but I ran for a cause! I raised money on my own for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation in order to fight childhood cancer.
In his continuing efforts to raise funds and awareness for the fight against childhood cancer, P.J. Bartos, of Peoria, will host an Alex's Lemonade Stand Monday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Trilogy Golf Club at Vistancia. This will mark P.J.'s 7th annual Alex's Lemonade Stand, with each bringing a continued growth.
A little over a week ago, 10-year-old Maya Rigler learned that her cancer had relapsed after eight years in remission.
Her response? She launched a fundraiser for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises money to research cures for childhood cancers, for which she has volunteered ever since her initial bout with the disease.
He runs for research. He runs for awareness. He runs for hope.
Tasca is a High Point University senior and Newport, Rhode Island native. He discovered a passion for running while studying abroad in Australia during his junior year, and he soon started training for the Taniwha marathon in Tokoroa, New Zealand.
Thumbs up to the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, the children's-cancer-fighting charity that began in 2000 with a small neighborhood lemonade stand in West Hartford. The original Alex, Alexandra Scott, died in 2004 at age 8, but the organization just passed the $100 million level. The foundation's stunning success shows that mighty oaks from little acorns grow. Little lemonade stands, too.
The bedroom where the memories of CJ Banaszek speak loudest has become an office of hope for children nationwide who are battling the cancer that took CJ’s life as 13-year-old last July.
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.
