WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, GO TO CAMPBELL: There's a lot to do in Campbell this weekend. The monthly "Second Saturdays" event features plenty of music and art from 2 to 6 p.m. all along Campbell Avenue, and downtown boutiques and other merchants will have their wares on display outdoors as part of a sidewalk sale.
After six surgeries, 14 cycles of chemotherapy and 25 rounds of radiation, Brianna Mercado's doctors said she won her battle against Ewing’s sarcoma, a life-threatening bone cancer that affects mainly children and adolescents.
Even though 15-year-old Mercado missed her sophomore year in high school because of treatments, she always kept a positive outlook.
Brady Williams can be found many a summer day running around a T-ball diamond in Oakfield, but that just begins to tell the story of an 8-year-old triplet nearly paralyzed as a toddler.
Jimmy Kimmel is known for bringing laughs to late night, but he's also used his comedic talents to bring levity to a charity event that means a lot to him.
The talk show host, 47, has been attending the L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade Culinary Cookout for the past five years, and he's also taken a turn as the fundraiser's emcee.
Last week, Storefront told readers about a Lindenwold event to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, the Pennsylvania-based charity that raises awareness and funds for childhood cancer research.
Gainesway Farm, 3750 Paris Pike, is holding a fundraiser from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday to help Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, which is working to find a cure for cancer in children. They'll have bouncy castles and slides for kids to play on. And Afleet Alex, winner of the 2005 Preakness and Belmont stakes, will come out and join the fun a few times during the event.
Marloe Rain was a soul full of sunshine. She danced her way through multiple rounds of radiation and even kept dancing to her favorite songs through the harshest rounds of chemotherapy. She is a hero to her family, who hopes to keep sharing her story.
