The Childhood Cancer Blog
Welcome to The Childhood Cancer Blog
from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
You hear us saying all the time how the funds you help us raise are supporting innovative research projects searching for a cure – and they truly are! Just in the last week we received notice that two projects that we funded have been published in prestigious medical journals demonstrating their significance not just to us – but to the medical community as a whole. Right up there with the clinical findings is the feedback we receive from the grantees about the impact that your support makes possible. Check it out…“Without ALSF's support we would not even be close to this discovery. Now... Read More
The Scott kids. (L to R) Alex, Eddie, Joey, Patrick.Spring has definitely sprung in our neck of the woods, or maybe even summer given recent temperatures hovering around 80 degrees, but we’re ready for it. It’s the most wonderful time of the year (feel free to sing this to the tune of Andy Williams’ Christmas tune or that clever Staples back-to-school commercial) here at ALSF as we gear up for an... Read More
During the second half of last year, we were fortunate to have Steve Pessagno from GlaxoSmithKline take up shop in the ALSF office as part of a program at GSK called PULSE - where employees volunteer at a nonprofit for a three or six month immersion experience. And immerse himself he did! In addition to an enormous amount of work he conducted for the Foundation, Steve also joined Team Lemon, attended the Lemon Ball and did just about anything else he could do to... Read More
