It was pretty cool to see Robyn’s birthday wish (to sell 800 bracelets by January 16th – 800 days after Ezra died) granted by the internet in a single day!
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 12/31/12
Happy New Year, everyone! Thank you for making it a great year for us. We are looking forward to more big things in 2013. Here’s this week’s links… Why We Fight Dana Rothschild Dana Rothschild beat neuroblastoma when she was 4 years old. Although happy to be alive, her life has been full of medical problems. Most recently, at 45, …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 12/24/12
Merry Christmas Eve! We hope that you all enjoy your time with family and friends. And to those of you who have lost a loved one this year, especially to cancer, our hearts go out to you. Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Nicholas Pedone 7 year old Nicholas Pedone was diagnosed with stage 3 neuroblastoma just …
“Survival”
When my first child was born I was 30 years and 9 months of age. If my son can somehow managed to live the impossibly long time of THIRTY YEARS – after being diagnosed with cancer – he would be 30 years and 7 months of age. Survival stats for cancer are based on 5 years worth of survival. Can …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 12/17/12
This week we’re introducing you to two strong families – both grieving the loss of their sons, and working through their sadness to create hope for those who are in similar situations. Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Teddy Berger-Greer At three and a half years old, surrounded by family and love, Teddy Berger-Greer passed away on …
Your money at work
As you can read in yesterday’s post we sent $20,000 of your money to help fund some extraordinarily exciting research. The goal is to get that work further down the line so that it can one day be in need of funding to get it into the clinic. What I wanted to do today is provide you with an …
Brooke Hester
Brooke Elizabeth is 5 ½ years innocent. Her first strange sign of what would later be diagnosed as full blown aggressive stage IV neuroblastoma cancer came September 21, 2010 with a phone call from Brooke’s daddy while her mother was away at a state science education conference. Our perfectly happy, healthy toddler had a sudden painless limp which rapidly progressed …
A cancer vaccine derived from your own NB cells
Before the NMTRC moved it’s headquarters to Grand Rapids Michigan it started out in Burlington Vermont. While Dr. Sholler had her lab based in UVM she started many long lasting collaborations with clinicians and researchers across the country. However one of these lasting collaborations took place in Vermont and is very unique. Why? Because this extraordinary surgeon and researcher …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 12/10/12
The countdown to Christmas has begun! Are you ready? We know where you can get some really neat stocking stuffers. 🙂 Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Julian Ross Seven year old Julian Ross is fighting a mighty war. The brave little boy, who loves his Nintendo DS and all things military, is battling stage 4 neuroblastoma. …
Because of Ezra Holiday Inserts!
It’s that time of year! What better gift then to let friends and family know you’ve made a donation towards curing pediatric cancer in their name? Holiday inserts from Because of Ezra are great to mail out with your holiday cards, or even as stocking stuffers! They come professionally printed on 14pt matte card stock, front-side only. Cards are 3.5″ …