GHS Bucket-A-Thon 2023
BHS Bucket-a-Thon and Gold Out 2023
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.
Town of Haymarket’s September Council Meeting
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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
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
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 2022
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- Sept. 1 (Thursday) – Help Alex’s Army turn Haymarket & Grizzly Sports Complex GOLD! Please use these links for more information and to sign up: Haymarket / Grizzly Sports Complex in Bristow; New this year – bring your pup to our meeting location at Cookies & Cream in Haymarket at 6:30 pm and purchase Childhood Cancer Awareness Ribbon pup treats from our friends at Woof Bakery who will be on site! A portion of all dog biscuit sales benefit Alex’s Army and if you are interested you & your pup can help us turn Haymarket GOLD!
- Sept. 4 (Sunday) – Loudoun United FC Childhood Cancer Awareness Game! For Families – Our friends at Team Mathias has FREE tickets (in limited quantities), let us know or contact them directly for more info; Tickets can also be purchased online here Childhood Cancer Awareness Night – Loudoun United FC
- Sept. 6 (Tuesday) – Town Meeting Haymarket, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Declaration & local organization spotlight Alex’s Army
- Sept. 10 (Saturday) – Alex’s Army Bowl Games for Childhood Cancer Awareness @ Grizzly Sports Complex Local childhood cancer families, we would LOVE for you to join us as the Gainesville Grizzlies Youth Football players, Cheerleaders, Coaches, & Referees all GO GOLD for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! Families who have ever been impacted by any form of childhood cancer are welcome to join us for the days fun and be an Honorary Team Captain participating in the Coin Toss prior to a game OR meet the Youth Cheerleaders at the event. There are opportunities also to share your story to spread awareness at the event! For more information, email us at info@alexsarmyccf.org!
- Sept. 21-25 (Wednesday – Sunday) – CureFest Washington, DC
- Sept. 30 (Friday) – Battlefield High School GOLD OUT Football Game
- All Month Long
- Woof Bakery Fundraiser for Alex’s Army (for more information and ordering info visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/207742230509600/?ref=share
- Help us make a difference in the fight against childhood cancer! Make a donation in any amount through our website September 1-30 and receive a Gold Ribbon Bow (these are the same bows that are hung in Haymarket and at Grizzly field that you can proudly display all year long on your mailbox, front porch, or wherever you choose to show your support for children and families impacted by childhood cancer!
Golf Tournament 2022
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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!
2022 Couples Retreat
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!
2022 Driving for a Cure Golf Registration Open!
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Thank You for your support – Awareness Event 2022
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On Sunday, May 15th, our Foundation attempted 1 more time to break an Official Guinness World Records title as part of our Childhood Cancer Awareness & Support event and wow – what a day it was!
While unfortunately, we did NOT break the Official Guinness World Record for Most people performing push-ups Sunday…we did something very special and I believe I can speak for all who were a part of it…they will not soon forget the day.
Once again, we came close with roughly 1,100 people in attendance – we just were not close enough to break that darn record. It would be easy to get discouraged as really getting 2,000 people together for an actual Guinness World Record attempt honoring families impacted by childhood
cancers and the honored heroes of our community – should not be that hard. But when you have the opportunity to be part of an event like this, when we have the opportunity to host an event like this – it’s truly not about the record at all. It’s so much more. Like some have said, breaking the record would have been icing on the cake – but the
cake was pretty darn good!
The skies opened up and the sun shone brightly down all day so that the flyover from our friends the Glory Hounds could happen not just once but several times – one of which created the shape of a heart over all of the honored families, our honored heroes, and all in attendance!
We had over 20 families participate from our area join us both in the ceremony and others amongst the crowd on the field who were celebrated and honored by all who were there.
We filled our last minute goal for Stewards which was a gift as that alone seemed to be an uphill battle that came in the last week of preparations for the event! Thank you to Park Valley Church and all who came to join us at the last minute to fill this need! You are truly amazing and we are so thankful.
The Tug-of-War teams from Battlefield (aka Champions of the Field????), Gainesville, Brentsville, and Patriot all really had a blast and we had a blast watching and cheering them all along! Thank you again to our friends at Sweet Julia Grace for lending us the rope from their Adult Field Day the day prior!
Huge Congrats to team Battlefield and to all the participating teams – which reminds us to ask – did the losing teams really get in that dunk tank???
Below are the winners of our Event Raffles:
- Winner of the Insignia TV goes to MaryBeth Michel!
- Winner of $250 Smoothie King Gift Card goes to Susan Wallace!
- Winner of A Year of Chick-fil-A (52 meal cards) goes to Bridie Sheehan!
- Winner of A Year of Chick-fil-A KIDS (52 kids meal cards) goes to Danica Davis!
All winners will be contacted via email to claim their prizes!!!
Congrats all!
Thank you to all our amazing sponsors and supporters of this event. We truly could not do what we do without your support and we are so thankful.
Thank you to all our volunteers, our planning team, to our Guinness World Record Adjucator who was awesome – to our Minion, Cavman, and Chick-fil-A Cow who ALL 3 joined in doing push-ups!
Finally, thank you to Scott Sikes Photography for capturing pictures from the entire day!
Below are just a few, but you can see all pictures here:
Full Photo Gallery courtesy of Scott Sikes
As mentioned at the event every dollar raised from this event will be allocated towards our 2022 Research Fund. If you’d like to make a donation, Donate
We do have some leftover EVENT specific apparel, get yours before midnight June 17th, go to Temporary Merchandise Shop!
Thank you again to everyone who contributed to making this event wonderful in every way!
Remember – no matter what it is you are going through, you are never alone, you are loved, and you have an ARMY behind you every step of the way!
It takes an ARMY to fight childhood cancer….
Together we are Alex’s Army!