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from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, with the help of founding sponsor Volvo and with support from Summit Entertainment, is giving one lucky Twilight fan, and 49 of their closest friends, the opportunity to see New Moon before it hits theaters. Starting today, Friday, November 13, 2009, Twilight fans will have the opportunity to enter a fundraising challenge at AlexsLemonade.org to win a pre-screening of the new Twilight movie... Read More
As you probably know by now, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for all childhood cancers. While on the surface, this statement seems to allude to medical research (which of course is true and vitally important), there is so much more that goes into the everyday lives of children and their families fighting the disease. In 2007, in an ongoing effort to improve the lives and care of kids with cancer, we introduced a Nurse Researcher Grant Program.These grants are given to nurses to help them find better ways to care for children undergoing cancer treatment. If you... Read More
As we approach the fall, and we look back at our recent activities, including our children’s first day of school, it is hard not to think about how very different the lives of children with cancer and their families are. Whether it is nursery school, kindergarten or even senior year of high school, we send our children off to prepare for the future dreams that await them every September. But what if they didn’t have the chance to partake in such a normal activity? For over 12,000 families whose children are diagnosed with cancer every year in this country, this isn’t merely a question - it is... Read More
