The Childhood Cancer Blog
Welcome to The Childhood Cancer Blog
from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
Every family affected by childhood cancer has a story to tell. Each time a family tells their story, it opens people’s eyes and hearts to the importance of curing childhood cancer. This is the impetus behind Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation's Hero Ambassador Program. Hero ambassadors are often family members of childhood cancer heroes, but our brave heroes also take on the role of ambassadors. Meet Hero Ambassador Jonathan Nagrant. Jonathan was diagnosed with... Read More
Alex and her mom, Liz Scott. May is here, which means an all important holiday is right around the corner. Yes, National Lemonade Days (June 6-8) is just about a month away, but we’re actually talking about Mother’s Day, which is Sunday, May 11. Need some ideas to show Mom that she’s the best that also help contribute to the fight against childhood... Read More
We jump at the chance to meet our grantees in person and were thrilled to catch up with several of them at the recent AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) meeting in San Diego (April 5-9). We know, medical research conferences may not seem too interesting, but for us – they’re the perfect chance to get in front of all of the scientists studying cancer to let them know what we’re doing here at ALSF, the progress that our... Read More