You know the old saying, when life hands you lemons, you cure cancer. Well that was the take away for one girl diagnosed with cancer, and it's spread into a nationwide effort to raise money for cancer research.
Patrons quenched their thirsts while contributing to a good cause Saturday at the sixth annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand at the Valley Forge Towers.
The stand has raised more than $34,000 in the fight against childhood and was named a Grand Stand this year. Organizers hoped to raise $10,000 Saturday.
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) has awarded the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute an innovation grant of $250,000 over two years to advance research on two groundbreaking approaches for identifying treatment options for children with neuroblastoma.
Riley Miller has personal reasons for wanting to find a cure for pediatric cancer.
She had two brothers die from cancer when they were very young. One of them died at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, the same facility where Alex’s Lemonade Stand founder Alex Scott was hospitalized. Alex had neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer.
Gerard Blobe, MD, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and cancer biology and member of the Duke Cancer Institute, has been awarded a $250,000, two-year innovation grant from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which is dedicated to pediatric cancer. Blobe is investigating the use of heparin and its derivatives against neuroblastoma, the most common cancer in infancy.
Friends and family of Logan Pledger are hosting a lemonade stand July 18 to raise money for childhood cancer research.
Sarah and William Pledger, Logan’s parents, will host “Alex’s Lemonade Stand” (Foundation of Childhood Cancer) outside of Piggly Wiggly in Jemison in honor of their late son’s birthday.
The Eastwood Summer Classic kicks off Saturday, July 25, 2015, at the Eastwood HQ in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. This year, the Street Rodder Road Tour 1961 Ford Galaxy Sunliner is making an appearance, along with hundreds of other hot rods, classics, customs, and muscle cars to bring some summer heat to the Northeast.
Mercury Insurance auctioned a 2013 Toyota Highlander to combat childhood cancer this morning, raising $14,700. All proceeds benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit dedicated to finding cures for pediatric cancers. The auction was held at the Insurance Auto Auctions (IAA) branch in Anaheim.
Maggie is the definition of a survivor. She battled osteosarcoma at 9 years old and thankfully came out the other side. She is now a full-time member of Team Alex planning and running special event fundraisers.
