1st Annual Battle of the Bands Photos
Thanks Truth 365
Day 26 of 365: Today we honor cancer fighter Alex Green. He is truly a fighter in the ring and in life in general. pic.twitter.com/xniogFXwBe
— The Truth 365 (@thetruth365film) January 27, 2015
E3PT Fight for the Cure 2014 Photos
Thanks Dancers vs Cancer
Alex’s Army receives 501c3 Status
Alex’s Army Childhood Cancer Foundation has officially received IRS approval for its 501c3 status as a tax exempt public charity. The effective date was Aug. 6th 2014, so any donations made to Alex’s Army from that date and here on out are tax deductible!
Mark Your Calendars
New Alex’s Army Events
Jan. 11th E3PT Hosts Fight for the Cure (Event Page)
Feb 21st Christy Jenkins Photography Event (Event Page)
Feb 28th Battle of the Bands (Event Page)
Be a Voice for the Children
A HUGE Alex’s Army ‘Thank You’ and shout out to Emily Dunn!
We are always in awe of the incredible hearts of children!
Today we want to send a HUGE Alex’s Army ‘Thank You’ and shout out to Emily Dunn!
This year instead of asking for birthday presents, Emily wanted to raise money and awareness for Childhood Cancer…she asked all of her family and friends to make donations to our foundation instead of presents! Her efforts raised $735.00 and with her parents match a whopping $1500.00!!!
But Emily’s generosity and philanthropy doesn’t stop there, we also understand that Emily is growing her hair in order to make a donation to provide wigs for children undergoing chemotherapy who lose their own AND she is participating in a fashion show to raise money for Seattle Children’s Hospital!!! Amazing work Emily, you are helping to make a difference in the lives of children battling cancer!
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A lesson in compassion: Put a colorful Band-Aid on it
It’s never too early to learn about setting goals, and kindergartners at Norwood School in Bethesda set an ambitious goal for themselves: to collect 5,000 boxes of bandages for pediatric cancer patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington.
As part of a lesson on compassion — the private school’s value of the month for November — the students decided to collect the bandages for young patients being treated at the hospital, said kindergarten teacher Shannon van Yperen. And not just any bandages, but colorful, superhero, cartoon character, crazy design bandages — anything but plain old hospital bandages.
What they got was 7,130 boxes, which, when added to the boxes collected at Mater Dei School in Bethesda, totaled 10,000 boxes. Dr. Aziza T. Shad, chief of pediatrics at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Care Center, accepted the bandages during an all-school assembly Friday at Norwood.
For the young patients who get needle sticks from injections or blood draws, a little thing like the opportunity to select a fancy bandage brings a lot of happiness, Shad told the children.
“Keep the spirit of giving,” she said. “That’s what is going to make you a wonderful, wonderful human being.”
Also at the assembly was Ryan Darby, a fifth-grader at Burning Tree Elementary School in Bethesda and a cancer survivor who was treated at Georgetown.
“I think it will make a huge difference, getting a [fancy] bandage,” Ryan said. “It might not seem like much, but it brings happiness.”
Kindergartner Ellery Camet, 6, said she brought in 30 boxes of bandages. She went to neighbors and her grandparents for help with donations.
“I was happy that I was collecting bandages for sick kids,” she said.
James Walters, 5, said he selected bandages with cars on them and some with Ninja Turtles. His classmate Henry Marriott, 5, chose to donate those with airplanes on them, and Sara Groban, 6, selected princess bandages.
“I thought compassion is getting bandages for people who are sick,” said Fionnuala Steuart, 5.
That was the lesson van Yperen hoped the students would learn from the collection drive.
“It’s kids helping kids,” she said. “It’s concrete.”