While most kids her age were out playing or sitting in bustling pre-K classrooms, Alexandra "Alex" Scott waited, for days, in an isolated, lead-lined hospital room in Philadelphia.
Alex took her first steps toward that room three years earlier, on January 16, 1997, when doctors diagnosed her with neuroblastoma, a cancer that develops from immature nerve cells. She was just shy of her first birthday.
In an effort to raise visibility for the National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is going the distance fighting childhood cancer this September by launching Alex’s Million Mile Run Walk and Ride.
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The 14-year-old Fosters actress has teamed up with the organization to raise more money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding cures for all kids with cancer.
Need some extra incentive to work off those excess summer pounds? In September, you'll have a great one. Runners, walkers and bikers can take part in Alex’s Million Mile – Run. Walk. Ride to raise the profile of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The goal is to collectively move one million miles to help children beat the deadly disease.
To the group of local kids who recently hosted an Alex's Lemonade Stand. The kids set up the stand in front of Leo's Pizza in the Town of Wappinger.
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for childhood cancer research. Participants can raise money by holding their own lemonade stand, among other activities.
Erin is a pre-veterinary student and a cancer survivor. When she was 2 years old she underwent difficult treatment for neuroblastoma, and lives with many health complications. But she's a star, shining light on childhood cancer by sharing her own story.
