Aaah, love is in the air this time of year and depending where you live, so is snow, sleet and rain as this winter continues to pound us with precipitation. In any case, whether you look forward to Valentine’s Day or count the minutes until February 15 – we encourage you to do something meaningful this year to show your love not only for your loved ones, but also for kids with cancer.
We love this creative gift that put lots of smiles on the faces of some of our childhood cancer heroes recently…baseball players, Clint Robinson of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Danny Otero of the Oakland Athletics, donated credit they had with New Balance to treat some of our childhood cancer heroes with new sneakers! Some photos of our heroes with their new "kicks" are below:
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| Alexander Nobles, in treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma, showing off his new blue sneaks. |
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| Brielle Barber, in treatment for anaplastic glioma astrocytoma, giving the thumbs up on her new pink and gray sneakers. |
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| Haylee Hanes, a brain tumor survivor, after wearing her new sneakers to softball practice. |
For the rest of us non-professional athletes - we’ve included a few ideas below to spread the love this year:
- Procrastinators, we’ve got you covered! Instead of spending $100 on flowers destined to wilt or dinner at a crowded restaurant, make a tax-deductible online donation to ALSF in your sweetheart’s name. A donation of $100 funds two hours of important childhood cancer research.
- How about a brand new, 2015 Volvo XC60? Just $25 buys you (or your loved one) the chance to win a new Volvo that we’re raffling off. Only 3,000 tickets are being sold (great odds) and all ticket proceeds benefit ALSF. The winning ticket will be drawn at Alex’s “Original” Lemonade Stand on June 7, but you don’t need to be at the event to win. Learn more.
- The couple that runs together, stays together! Sign up to join Team Lemon during “The Love Run”in Philadelphia on March 30. Get your heart pumping and be a part of this inaugural event in the City of Brotherly Love.
- Consider holding a Valentine’s Day themed lemonade stand. Serve pink lemonade or even hot chocolate if it’s chilly where you live. Or, pledge to show your love by signing up to hold a stand another time of the year, like National Lemonade Days (June 6-8).
February 13, 2014
