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The town of Haymarket has gone GOLD!

09/02/2020 Raishad Peoples

On September 1st, Alex’s Army was able to hang gold ribbons through our town of Haymarket in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!

This event has become one of our favorites in that it truly is such a special thing to be a part of. We hang the ribbons each year not only to raise awareness, but also as a symbol of our love for all of the families whose lives are forever impacted by a childhood cancer diagnosis. We hang these gold ribbons to stand united with families walking this difficult path so they know they are not alone in their fight and that ours is a community that cares.

Special thank you to the Haymarket Town Hall for allowing us to paint the town gold for the 3rd year in a row, to Photography By Trisha for capturing the event, to The Cake Runner for the delicious limoncello macaroons for our volunteers (stay tuned for a sweet deal in how you can snag some for childhood cancer awareness month and a portion of the proceeds will benefit Alex’s Army!), to all of our families and volunteers who came out to help us once again paint the town GOLD!

Hearts of Gold Gala, Photo Gallery

Hearts Of Gold Gala 2019

11/20/2019 Raishad Peoples

We are so incredibly excited to share with you all that our first ever Hearts of Gold Gala raised a whopping $68,737.46 (and counting)!!!! We well exceeded our $50k goal and all in all we are over the moon with your generosity, love, & your support of our foundation and this first ever Gala event!!!

To say the evening was special is an incredible understatement. We feel so blessed by every moment and by each of you who joined us. Everything from our Honorary Family Patrick, Linda, and Matthew McDonnell sharing their connection with the Green family, what the REST trial has meant to their family, and presenting a check from their foundation Matthews Hope 4 Miracles to Dr. Dome to help contribute to the financial support for this trial to continue for other kids, to the live auction bidding with professional auctioneer HL Wenger and finishing off the evening with your incredibly generous paddle raise donations!

We had a wonderful time and hope each of you who joined us did as well!!

A huge Congratulations to each of our Hearts of Gold Volunteer Award Recipients who took home awards Saturday evening. We thank you for your service, support, and love that you have each poured into making Alex’s Army what it is: Franz Ferstl, Kristi Catlett, Stacia Rowles, Hollie Farrish Piraino, and Raishad Peoples.

Thank you to Dr. Jeffrey Dome, MD PhD, for attending our event and for sharing with our attendees remarks about the REST Immunotherapy Trial at Childrens National that Alex’s Army has helped fund the last 2 years (not including our 2019 grant).

Thank you again to our event sponsors – Heart of Love Sponsors: Advantage Air Conditioning of Virginia, The Dunham Family, Janet Hroncich & Joanne Arehart, Simply Divine Decorating & Staging, Thrivent Financial Dulles Group – David Stach & Martin Cox; to our Heart of Compassion Sponsors: FH Furr, Len & Elizabeth Forkas, and Smoots Custom Concrete; and to our Family Sponsors: A-Advantage Heating & Air, Amy Orne, Brett & Tawni Schwemer, FH Furr, Gary & Denise Rogerson, Gossom and Costello Paving, Padgett Business Products, Park Valley Church, and Trish Weinsten.

Thank you to our amazing planning committee, all of our volunteers, and our speakers for the evening! Thank you to Photography by Trisha for capturing moments from this event, to Kris Heeter for his construction of our gigantic Gold Heart for center stage and to Devin Hutcheson for his expertise on the painting and finishing touches for this masterpiece!

It truly does take an army to fight childhood cancer and we feel as though we have the best army around!

Hearts of Gold Gala

10/02/2019 Raishad Peoples

Saturday November 16th 2019
Evergreen Country Club Ballroom
15900 Berkeley Drive, Haymarket, VA

Save the Date friends for our first ever Gala event celebrating 5 years of LOVE! We are so excited to celebrate as we look back on the first 5 years of Alex’s Army and fund raise the night away to help launch us into these next 5 years! Your ticket and/or sponsorship will include cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres, a plated dinner, late night snacks & dessert, silent and live auction items, a program you won’t want to miss, music, dancing, & more! Our Hearts of Gold Gala will only come around once every 5 years and we do not want you to miss out!

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Hearts of Gold Gala

Save the Date: Hearts of Gold Gala 2019

09/23/2019 Raishad Peoples

Saturday November 16th 2019
Evergreen Country Club Ballroom
15900 Berkeley Drive, Haymarket, VA

Online Tickets will be going on sale soon!

We are currently looking for businesses/individuals who would like to be one of our sponsors for this Inaugural event. We also are seeking out in-kind donations for our silent auction, live auction, and wine grab. For information on how you can sponsor or support this inaugural event, contact us.

Sponsor Packet

Awareness Month 2019, Events, Photo Gallery

Alex’s Army Bowl 2019

09/11/2019 Raishad Peoples

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September 7th, 2019, marked our 4th Annual Alex’s Army Bowl Games at Grizzly Sports Complex and this year proved to be another awesome year. Four honorary local families joined us this year to help participate in the coin toss before the game which is always special not only for the families but for the team captains and referees who get to hear a little bit about our friends’ fight and to help raise awareness that childhood cancer is not rare.

This day is always special because it brings cheerleaders and football players from various leagues together for a much greater cause. It helps to increase compassion and understanding amongst our youth for their peers who are enduring incredibly tough battles everyday.

We love seeing the gold ribbons along the Football fields at Grizzly each year and know how much seeing GOLD means to the kids and families fighting.

Thank you to those who stopped by our tent to learn a little bit more about our mission and why we do what we do.

Thank you to our friends at Amusement of Bouncers for donating the Quarterback Football Toss and for providing the super cool football themed moon bounce.

Thank you to American Pride Youth Football, Gainesville Grizzlies, and to all the teams for GOING GOLD with us to help raise awareness during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and in honor of families whose lives are forever changed by a childhood cancer diagnosis.

***Join us in the fight against childhood cancers by making a tax-deductible donation today***

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Awareness Month 2019, Other Events

September Events

09/06/2019 Raishad Peoples

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Alex’s Army has several upcoming events that we would love for you and your family to be a part of! Read about each upcoming event below:

September 7th – Alex’s Army Bowl Games @ Grizzly Sports Complex
10600 Determination Road, Nokesville, VA | 9 AM – 6 PM

Alex’s Army Childhood Cancer Foundation is honored to partner once again with the Gainesville Grizzlies and American Pride Youth Football Leagues for the 4th Annual Alex’s Army Bowl Games! The goal of this event is to help kickoff Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, to raise awareness for childhood cancers, and to honor local families who have fought or are fighting various forms of childhood cancers.

Football players from both leagues, referees, and coaches wear gold ribbons, local children from the childhood cancer community are invited to participate in the coin toss, be honored by the teams before the game, and are showered with gifts from Alex’s Army and both youth football leagues.

We will have a moon bounce and Alex’s Army table set up with merchandise sales, information on upcoming events and how you can join our mission, and more! This year we also will be selling raffle tickets for drawings throughout the day so if you’re at Grizzly for scrimmages – be sure to stop by our table and see us!

Let us know you’re coming on our FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/609532322783910/?active_tab=about

September 9th – Haymarket Town Council Meeting & Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation @ Town Hall
15000 Washington Street #100, Haymarket, VA | 7 PM

Attention Town of Haymarket Residents & Western Prince William County families – We invite you to join Alex’s Army and the Town of Haymarket as the Town of Haymarket continues to Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness and issues a special Proclamation for the Month of September! We encourage families to wear a Childhood Cancer Awareness shirt to this event. Alex’s Army will be handing out Gold Ribbons to all families who attend.

September 13th – Battlefield High School Childhood Cancer Awareness GOLD OUT football game vs. Potomac Falls
15000 Graduation Drive, Haymarket, VA | 7 PM

Join Alex’s Army at the Battlefield vs Potomac Falls Varsity Football Game for their first home game and GOLD OUT for Childhood Cancer Awareness! Alex’s Army is providing Gold Ribbons for Freshman, JV, and Varsity football players helmets to be worn at the game. We also will have a table on site so be sure to stop by and say hi!

September 20-22nd – CureFest Weekend Washington DC

Join Alex’s Army and over a hundred other Childhood Cancer foundations and advocacy groups for a weekend of awareness, togetherness, and love for families impacted by childhood cancers. This years’ event will feature a live performance by Daughtry Accoustic Trio Sunday, September 22nd! For more information visit www.curefestusa.org

Driving for a Cure, Photo Gallery

2019 Driving for a Cure

06/20/2019 Raishad Peoples

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make our 5th Annual Driving for a Cure another great success! While the weather may have been hot~hot~hot that didn’t deter our awesome golfers and volunteers from having a great day on the course!
Thank you to this year’s Tournament Sponsor (and awesome grilling team) Dulles Group – Thrivent Financial Martin Cox & David Stach.
Thank you to our friends at Chick-Fil-A Haymarket for providing breakfast and boxed lunches before and during play for our golfers!

A huge thank you to all of our Greens, Tee Box, and Beverage Cart sponsors for your generous support, to all of our donors who contributed items for our silent auction and raffle prize drawings, to our amazing volunteers, planning team, and to our rockstar Tournament Director Franz Ferstl!

We LOVE our golfers who year after year make this such a FUN and successful fundraiser event ~ Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!