Enrollment for the Green & Gold Athletic Spirit Scholarships is officially open!
We will be accepting applications for the 2023 scholarships from February 1st through March 15th and will award scholarship recipients in April of this year. Prior to printing the application, please be sure to thoroughly read the application guidelines found on this page to check for qualifications, important submission information, FAQs, and more.
More about scholarship here.
Thank you to our Bucket-a-Thon Partner Battlefield Basketball for hosting their 2nd Bucket-a-Thon event AND Gold Out this past weekend!!
The Battlefield Bobcats raised a whopping $17,186.00 towards their basketball program and equally supporting our Green & Gold Athletic Spirit Scholarships!
Learn more about hosting your own Bucket-a-Thon event here.
Alex’s Army was honored to be the Community Spotlight Organization during our Town of Haymarket’s September Council Meeting! We were given then opportunity to share about our mission, including updates as to what we’ve been up to most recently.
Watch Alex’s mom Jenni and our friend Michelle, Kendall’s mom, share at the September 6th meeting on the town website here
Your support truly makes a difference and we couldn’t be more grateful!
Thanks to the financial gifts of our supporters, Alex’s Army has been able to contribute an astounding $440,000 over the last several years specifically to help fund the REST Immunotherapy Trial at Children’s National Hospital. We have remained fully committed to funding this particular trial as we share in the belief with many in the Pediatric Oncology World that Immunotherapies are the future of pediatric cancer treatments.
On Tuesday, August 30th, Alex’s mom had the incredible honor of attending a reception hosted by Madam Ambassador Karen Pierce, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the US, in celebration of the astounding $25 million Cancer Grand Challenges award presented to Children’s National. With this award Children’s National in collaboration with University College London will work together utilizing the very best technologies to develop cutting edge cell and gene therapies specific for pediatric solid tumors. It is the hope of the all involved, that in the next decade Immunotherapies and targeted treatments will be the first line protocol for pediatric solid tumors which would great reduce if not eliminate the harsh long term effects that chemotherapies have on growing children.
To have been invited was an honor in itself. But to witness how the donations we’ve received over the years contributed to the work Children’s has done through the REST trial and helped lead to this astounding grant and the future of solid tumor immunotherapy – it’s overwhelming to say the least.
THANK YOU for supporting our mission and for your hearts to make a difference for future families impacted by childhood cancers. Every dollar TRULY makes a difference and we are so grateful to have your support!
Catherine Bollard, M.D., M.B.Ch.B., selected to lead global Cancer Grand Challenges team
Thank you as always to all who took part in our 7th Annual Driving for a Cure Golf Tournament! We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day in July to play 18 holes fundraising to support our mission. Thank you to our 2022 Tournament Sponsor Chick-fil-A and to all our sponsors who supported this years event and to all who continue to support our mission every year! Thank you to Piedmont Golf Club for hosting a wonderful event this year and to all our amazing volunteers who spent the day making the tournament a success once again! Please enjoy pictures from this years’ event – stay tuned for information about our 2023 Tournament!
In 2022 we hosted an intimate group of 5 total couples, but wonderful all the same. Together the couples who were able come shared time to re-connect, spend time with other parents who know the marital challenges that come along with having a child who has had to fight cancer. The weekend was such a blessing to all!
Special thank you to Bernadette & Kevin, Connor’s mom and dad who helped make our 2022 retreat amazing! To our dynamic duo of Alex’s Army Photographers – Raishad & Hollie – for once again capturing beautiful pics for our couples to take home and treasure. Thank you to Jennifer Goeller, Lily’s mama, at Cedar Lake Farm for donating the super sweet honey for our couples welcome baskets and to Lisa, Owner/Instructor at Yoga Shala (https://www.yogashala.life) for donating her time to lead a couples Yoga session Sunday morning! Thank you to Dr Suzanne Nixon at Integrative Counseling & Relationship Therapy, Inc. for her time in sharing some of her expertise in relationship counseling and to the always beautiful Poplar Springs Inn and Spa for helping us host a wonderful event yet again!
