Earlier this month we legally filed a name change for this non-profit and in so doing we officially put an end to the “Friends of Will Cancer Foundation”. The Friends of Will have been raising money to help fund Dr. Sholler’s neuroblastoma research since the first event in December of 2007. The money has gone to Dr. Sholler in VT …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 10/29/12
We hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween! Let’s start the week off right with the latest NB news. Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Braiden-Lee Prescott 3 year old Braiden and his family are in a race against the clock! To increase his chances of beating stage 4 neuroblastoma, Braiden needs to obtain treatment …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 10/22/12
A lot of hope can be found in this week’s articles. Inspirational kids, supportive parents and loyal supporters are all working hard to fund research for new developments in fighting neruoblastoma. Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Talia Joy Castellano Talia, 13, started experimenting with make up when she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma six years ago. Now …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 10/15/12
Back at it again with the latest in NB news. Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Alexander Strong After finding out that 7yr old Alexander’s cancer has spread, his family is awaiting results of scans to form a new plan of attack. Halloween fundraiser is being organized to raise funds for medical costs. doncasterfreepress.co.uk. Non-Profits / Events …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 10/01/12
Whoops! We missed a week. We’re making up for it now with TWO weeks of nb news. 🙂 Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Dean Puplett 5 year old Dean Puplett has been fighting neuroblastoma for 2 years, in Wales. Shopkeepers this week in his town are donating much of their proceeds to his family. flintshirechronicle.co.uk. Non-Profits …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 9/17/12
Hope you guys are doing well this week! A lot of nb kids have been in the news this week. Also, Taylor Swift’s song from last week (Ronan, about our friends Maya and Woody’s son) sold over 327,000 times so far, and the video on YouTube has over 1.2 million views. Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight …
Grayson Dragon Hernandez
Grayson Dragon Hernandez was 5 1/2 months old when his parents took him to emergency room at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans for a barium enema. They did a routine x-ray and ultrasound but before giving him the enema they asked his parents to follow them back to our exam room. A few seconds later an oncologist walked into the …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 9/10/12
Buy Ronan, by Taylor Swift, on iTunes. All proceeds go to cancer-related charities. Uhm. Taylor Swift wrote a song about our friend’s kid – Ronan. Then she played it on every single television station in the USA at the same time. Ronan was murdered by neuroblastoma, as his fiery momma Maya puts it, shortly after Ezra was. We wish they …
Caden Shrauger
In March 2012, three months shy of his 4th birthday, Caden began complaining of leg pain while on vacation in Utah. On March 30, 2012, Caden was flown 700 miles from home to Seattle Children’s Hospital. The initial fear was leukemia, but tests pointed toward another type of cancer – Neuroblastoma. On April 3, doctors in Seattle diagnosed Caden with …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 9/4/12
Ezra’s birthday was last week (Aug 31) – he’d have been 4 years old. We miss him. This week we are also furiously saying goodbye to 2 more kids. Some good research is happening as well. Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Jack Bartosz Crushingly, last week Jack Bartosz died from his stage 4 neuroblastoma. He had …