Fighting childhood cancer, one cup at a time.
It's back to school time! The school year is a great time to support Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. We have lots of amazing programs that your classroom (and school!) can participate in to raise funds for childhood cancer research. Not only will your kids help other kids, but they will learn some valuable life lessons.
Here are five great ways to get involved and help find a cure for... Read More
In addition to the medical research ALSF funds, ALSF also supports and funds research projects investigating quality of life issues. High quality care is a powerful tool against childhood cancer. The Quality of Life and Care grants empower those best positioned to make effective discoveries: the caregivers themselves. In our Nursing Grant awards, our grantees include nurse practitioners who are leading the field in pediatric oncology nursing practice, as well as those who will become future leaders. In our Psychosocial Grants, recipients are researchers and practitioners investigating... Read More
by Liz Scott, Alex's Mom
It is hard to believe that it has been 12 years since our beautiful daughter Alex left us – August 1, 2004. It is even harder to believe that my little girl would be 20 years old.
Sometimes, I try to imagine her as a young woman; I try to conjure up an image of what she might look like and more importantly, what she would be like. It is hard to admit this, but no matter what I do, for several years now, I can’t bring myself to picture her as anything but an 8 year old. Maybe it is because it is just too hard to “go there." Imagining her as a 20 year... Read More
