Every year, an estimated 263,000 new cases of cancer affect children under the age of 20 worldwide. That's 720 new kids affected every day. And yet, childhood cancer is vastly and consistently underfunded. Less than 5% of the federal government's total funding for cancer research is dedicated to childhood cancers each year.

Kids with cancer don't have time to wait. Your donation will go to research seeking lifesaving treatment. The money you give has the potential to make a huge difference for these kids and their families. 

Alex’s Lemonade Stand grants have been integral in funding pediatric brain tumor research in the Eberhart, Rodriguez, and Raabe lab where we work daily to find cures for some of pediatrics’ deadliest tumors.

Thank you for donating and we hope you join our team to raise awareness for pediatric cancer!

Why We Walk/Run/Ride

A laboratory based out of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock establishes and banks cell lines (tumor cells growing in the test tube) and patient-derived xenografts (tumors from patients grown in special mice) from childhood cancers.

These laboratory models of childhood cancer are invaluable to investigators for studying cancer biology and for testing new therapies in the laboratory.  

The repository provides cell lines and xenografts to researchers across the USA and the world (19 countries) and has become the de facto worldwide repository for such childhood cancer models.  This repository is supported by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which enables it to continue to receive samples from The Children's Oncology Group (COG),  to establish new laboratory models of childhood cancer, and to make those models available to investigators world-wide.

Last year our team logged 9,751 miles and raised $3,340!  We hope to surpass our totals from last year.

This year, our team is joined by TTUHSC medical students! As part of the medical student's TTUHSC Oncology Interest Group initiative, medical students will be participating and helping to fundraise for the Cancer Center lab. The medical students are excited and eager to take part in this effort and look forward to meeting the Cellbuster’s fundraising goal.

Thank you KCBD11for the story on childhood cancer research at TTUHSC.

To continue the discussion about our team, join the Cellbusters Facebook group or follow us on Twitter.

For more information about the repository, please visit: cogcell.org

Our Honored Hero - Brendan Whieldon

Brendan Whieldon was diagnosed with Stage 4, n-myc amplified Neuroblastoma at age 4. He was treated with chemotherapy for 8 years (ages 4 to 13).  He then went on to have two years of reconstructive leg surgery.  He has been off chemo and cancer free for 5 years.  At age 16 he was the youngest certified Personal Trainer in British Columbia.

Brendan is a healthy, active 18 year old who continues to do charity work, helping children less fortunate than himself, and works for Flaman Fitness, serving the community's fitness needs.  His motto: "Never give up."  In his spare time he can be found on the dirt bike trails or working out at Gold's Gym.

Watch Brendan's amazing story here:

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=399834&playlistId=1.1915763&binId=1.1184694&playlistPageNum=1

Columbia University's Hope & Heroes team is participating in Alex's Million Mile to help move us closer to finding a cure for all children with cancer! You can join us or donate to our page! Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) has been generously supporting research at Columbia University for over a decade.  Current grant receipients include Drs. Julia Glade Bender, Adolfo Ferrando and Darrell Yamashiro and support developmental therapeutics, precision medicine, and studies of leukemia and neuroblastoma biology.  Every dollar raised for ALSF supports kids across the nation, and in our home town of New York City. Thanks for your support of ALSF and Columbia's Hope & Heroes!!

Alexandra "Alex" Scott, a young cancer patient, was only 4 years old when she decided to hold a lemonade stand to raise money for "her hospital," so doctors could help other kids like they'd helped her. Alex held her first stand in 2000 and continued to hold lemonade stands each year, inspiring support from her community and across the nation. Although sadly Alex passed away at the age of 8, she knew she had reached the ambitious goal of raising $1 million for childhood cancer research.

I am researching a type of blood cancer called juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) that is very aggressive and has poor outcomes even if patients receive a bone marrow transplant. I am working on finding new therapies for this disease so we can treat patients more effectively and with fewer side effects. Please consider donating to our cause and know that all funds will be matched 1:1 by ALSF (up to $50k) and will be distributed directly to our lab where we are carrying out this research. Thanks!

Every year, an estimated 263,000 new cases of cancer affect children under the age of 20 worldwide. That's 720 new kids affected every day. Our research lab in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Maryland is developing new nanotechnologies to help stop pediatric cancers like those that Alex’s Lemonade Stand is fighting. This month we're logging miles everyday to help raise money for Alex's Lemonade Stand. Thanks for your support!

Thanks for visiting our team page.  We are current members of a research lab that studies leukemia in Bethesda, alumni, friends, and family.  This is our second year of participation in this event and we hope to be able to help ALSF get over the hump and reach their million mile goal.

ALSF provides critical funding to labs, including ours, that allow researchers to pursue projects that will have high impact in finding a cure for pediatric cancers.

Alexandra "Alex" Scott, a young cancer patient, was only 4 years old when she decided to hold a lemonade stand to raise money for "her hospital," so doctors could help other kids like they'd helped her. Alex held her first stand in 2000 and continued to hold lemonade stands each year, inspiring support from her community and across the nation. Although sadly Alex passed away at the age of 8, she knew she had reached the ambitious goal of raising $1 million for childhood cancer research.

I am carrying on Alex's inspiring legacy by raising money to fight childhood cancer. Will you make a donation? As Alex's life showed, our small contributions can make a big impact. Thank you!

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this page are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any agency of the U.S. government.

This September, I will Be Bold & Go Gold during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by participating in Alex's Million Mile. Support me with a donation of any amount and help move us closer to finding a cure for all children with cancer! Thanks for your support!

This September, I will Be Bold & Go Gold during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by participating in Alex's Million Mile. Support me with a donation of any amount and help move us closer to finding a cure for all children with cancer! Thanks for your support!

Welcome to the Linardic Research Laboratory's fundraising page for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation! We are excited to be hosting our second annual fundraiser for ALSF this September! We are a rhabdomyosarcoma research group located in Durham, NC. Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood and adolescence, and with the support of incredible foundations such as Alex's Lemonade Stand, our researchers are working daily to develop new treatments and treatment targets that will improve and extend the lives of the children and families affected by this disease. Any parent with a child who has cancer would walk a million miles to find a cure, and we are asking you to join us as we walk with them on this journey!

Fundraiser T-shirt order form:

https://getsocialfightcancer.wufoo.com/forms/z1srar761oaxf7z/

Dear Friends, Family & Colleagues:
         
This year, we put together another outstanding team for the Million Mile Run called the Million Mile Smile.  Our team spans the globe this year, with members from the USA to volunteers with the cancer support initiative (SMILE) in Saudi Arabia!  This exciting event raises money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, an amazing group that helps children with cancer.  Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation was started by an inspirational 4 year old little girl, Alex Scott, after she was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer called neuroblastoma.  Alex began to raise money by holding lemonade stands in her driveway to help doctors find cures for children with cancer.  Sadly, Alex passed away when she was just 8 years old.  Her parents, Liz and Jay Scott, are remarkable people and they have carried on Alex’s valiant effort to cure childhood cancer.  Both Liz and Jay quit their jobs to work for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation and they have made incredible progress towards ending childhood cancer.  Today, thanks to Alex and her family, many more children will be cured of cancer!
         
Please join our our efforts to cure childhood cancer!  We dedicate our team to a remarkable young woman, Amanda Zittle.  As a cancer doctor, I had the honor of caring for Amanda when she bravely battled childhood leukemia at the age of just 8 years.  (Please see her beautiful pictures with her family on our website.)  Amanda has incredible courage, optimism, and strength that inspires all who know her. Today, Amanda is 34 years old and she continues to do amazing things!    
         
The goal for the entire organization is 1 million miles during the month of September- thus the name, the Million Mile Run!  Participants can run, walk, bike, swim, or even row.  In fact, any way you want to go is fine! 
         
Amanda, Alex’s family, and all of our patients and their families remind us to be grateful for each and every moment and inspire us to fight for the day when all children with cancer will have the opportunity to pursue their dreams and lead long and healthy lives.  Thank you all for your contributions to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation!! 

Linda & our entire team:  Million Mile Smile
 
Go Team!!

This September, I will Be Bold & Go Gold during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by participating in Alex's Million Mile. Support me with a donation of any amount and help move us closer to finding a cure for all children with cancer! Thanks for your support!

Please join us as we raise money and awareness for childhood cancer.

Every year, an estimated 263,000 new cases of cancer affect children under the age of 20 worldwide. That's 720 new kids affected every day. And yet, childhood cancer is vastly and consistently underfunded. Less than 5% of the federal government's total funding for cancer research is dedicated to childhood cancers each year.

Childhood cancer occurs regularly, randomly and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or geographic region.

In the United States, the incidence of cancer among adolescents and young adults is increasing at a greater rate than any other age group, except those over 65 years.

So please join and support our team RAINBOWRUNS!

RAINBOWRUNS is lead by the Developmental Therapeutics Program at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.  This program provides children, adolescents, and young adults with relapsed and refractory cancers access to new therapies.

Kids with cancer don't have time to wait. Your donation will go to research seeking lifesaving treatment. The money you give has the potential to make a huge difference for these kids and their families.

Please walk, run, or ride with us!

I'm participating in Alex's Million Mile for the third year in a row to help move us closer to finding a cure for all children with cancer! You can join me or donate to my page! Thanks for your support in helping us reach the $10,000 goal. All donations made between September 1 and September 30 will be doubled and donated back to UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in support of our ongoing research in bringing new hope to children and adolescent battling cancer!

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation is a fantastic organization that helps pediatric oncologists like us conduct the research needed to cure pediatric cancer.

To help us move closer to finding a cure, Johns Hopkins pediatric oncologists are participating in Alex's Million Mile challenge for the month of September, raising money and awareness for pediatric cancer. 

 Please help support us by joining our team or by donating-- every bit helps! Thanks for your support!

Welcome to Team Citron's mile-logging and fundraising page!

Run, walk, or bike to contribute miles during the month of September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. You do not need to donate in order to join the team, though any support is welcome and no donation is too small. Funds raised by Team Citron will be matched by the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation and will come back to us to support the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Hematologic Malignancies Research Fund.

If you'd like to learn more about the research being done by CHOP researchers or the about the incredible support ALSF has provided us in the past, please click through to read some of our individual team members' pages. 

Anyone is welcome to join the team, so put on your running shoes, hiking boots, or crazy biking shorts (no need to send photos of this last one, thanks!) and join us to help continue Alex Scott's amazing misison to help kids with cancer!

This September, I will Be Bold & Go Gold during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by participating in Alex's Million Mile. Support me with a donation of any amount and help move us closer to finding a cure for all children with cancer! Thanks for your support!

The Walensky Laboratory comprises a multidisciplinary group of young scientists, training as Dana-Farber Cancer Institute postdoctoral fellows in pediatric oncology, graduate students in the chemical and biological sciences graduate programs at Harvard Medical School, and post-baccalaureate research technicians. Our mission is to dissect and target the aberrant molecular pathways that cause treatment resistance in pediatric cancer. In doing so, we work to advance next generation therapies for relapsed and refractory pediatric malignancies.

Please support the running, walking, and cycling efforts of the Walensky Running Buffers in 2016!