Elizabeth Ruzanka woke up extremely pale and with a fever on Feb. 4, 2012, the day she turned 8 weeks old.
Her parents, Kristi and Paul Ruzanka of Jacksonville’s Southside, figured she caught a bug from her then 4-year-old brother Andrew, who had been sick with a double-ear infection and tonsillitis.
On Monday, August 11th, Chicago chefs Paul Kahan (Blackbird, The Publican) and Tony Mantuano (Spiaggia) will team up with restaurateur Donnie Madia (One Off Hospitality Group) to host Lemon: Chicago at the Art Institute of Chicago to benefit the children’s cancer charity Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.
He's battled multiple inoperable brain tumors for more than half of his life, but this inspiring 10-year-old from New Jersey has refused to let his own struggles with cancer overshadow his desire to help others overcome the disease.
A 10-year-old boy from New Jersey battling inoperable brain tumors for seven years has raised a total of $150,000 for a cancer foundation. And he’s campaigning for his idol Jon Bon Jovi to attend charity lemonade stand on June 7.
West Windsor, N.J. – Who knew pennies could be such a goldmine? “Penny Wars,” a student fund-raising project organized by Student Activities at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) during the month of March, proved a success by every measure.
In just four weeks, students collected 110,000 pennies -- that's $1,100, folks! -- to be donated to Alex’s Lemonade Stand, which funds cutting edge research and provides support to children with cancer and their families.
When 13-year-old Sydney Tune stood in front of 70 Pennsylvania school principals and administrators in Spotsylvania County, Pa., in February to make her pitch, she wasn't sure if any of them would listen.
“Don’t give cancer power, make a face that’s sour!” is the rallying cry for the first ever Titan Lemonaid Week, a week-long public relations campaign, put forward by a team of Cal State Fullerton students, to raise funds and awareness for children fighting the deadly disease.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The Lindbergh High School Band is in the middle of a marathon jam session.
The band began playing music at 7 a.m. Friday morning and will not stop until 7 p.m. Saturday. They're playing to honor their young friend, Alex, who lost a three year battle with cancer.
Researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences took what some would consider garbage and made a remarkable scientific tool, one that could someday help to correct genetic disorders or treat cancer without chemotherapy’s nasty side effects.
Ailani's family calls her a true Warrior Princess as she fights acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Doctors discovered Ailani harbored a rare genetic mutation which makes standard treatment ineffective. Today, Ailani has reached remission!
