The Childhood Cancer Blog
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from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
Some may call me stubborn or pigheaded, but I like to think I'm committed and determined. Determination is just stubbornness channeled in a positive way, right? I have channeled some of this determination into running marathons so when Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast last week, it put my plans for doing back-to-back marathons in jeopardy. You see, earlier this year I had hatched a plan to run the New York Marathon on November 4 and then two weeks later run the Philadelphia Marathon as part of Team Lemon... Read More
Ty Campbell (October 4, 2007 - October 17, 2012)In light of today being Halloween and the numerous superhero costumes you are likely to see tonight on your doorstep, we wanted to dedicate today's blog to a true superhero, Ty Campbell, one of our childhood cancer heroes who recently passed away, less than two weeks after his fifth... Read More
Recognize the voice in the commercial above? Another National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month has come and gone, and as we look back, we can't help but ponder -- is the country more aware of the importance of fighting childhood cancer than they were before September came to pass? As we have each year since inception, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation spent the month spreading the word about staggering statistics (childhood cancer is the number one disease killer of children under the age of 15 in the United States... Read More
