Please come to Chick-fil-A at Virginia Gateway and help support Alex’s Army Childhood Cancer Foundation. The Foundation will receive 20% of the TOTAL evening’s coupon sales.
So please come out and show your support, have a great meal and a lot of fun!
September 24, 2014 5-8PM, Chick-Fil-A Gainesville, VA
Be sure to bring the flyer below or mention Alex’s Army when you make your purchase so that we receive the 20% credit.
NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, 2014
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Each year, pediatric cancer interrupts the childhood and limits the potential of thousands of young Americans. It is estimated that almost 16,000 of our daughters and sons under the age of 20 will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and it remains the leading cause of disease-related death for children. This month — in honor of these young patients, their loved ones, and all those who support them — we rededicate ourselves to combating this devastation.
Critical research has led to real progress in the fight against pediatric cancer. Improvements in treatment and increased participation in clinical trials have helped decrease mortality rates for many types of childhood cancer by more than 50 percent over the past 30 years. These gains remind us of the importance of supporting scientific advances, and give us hope for a future free from cancer in all its forms. My Administration continues to invest in long-term research efforts that will build on this progress. As part of this commitment, earlier this year I signed the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act, which established the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund. I continue to call on the Congress to invest the millions of dollars available in this Fund to support the urgent medical innovation that could lead to life-changing breakthroughs.
As we continue to pursue medical advances, the Affordable Care Act is improving families’ access to quality, affordable health coverage. Childhood cancer can occur suddenly, with no early symptoms, and regular medical checkups can help detect pediatric cancer at an early stage. The Affordable Care Act helps millions of families access this essential medical care, and new protections eliminate annual and lifetime dollar limits on coverage. Insurance companies are also prohibited from denying coverage due to a history of cancer, or any other pre-existing condition, and from denying participation in an approved clinical trial for any life-threatening disease.
During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, our Nation comes together to remember all those whose lives were cut short by pediatric cancer, to recognize the loved ones who know too well the pain it causes, and to support every child and every family battling cancer each day. We join with their loved ones and the researchers, health care providers, and advocates who support them as we work toward a tomorrow where all children are able to pursue their full measure of happiness without the burden of cancer.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2014 as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I encourage all Americans to join me in reaffirming our commitment to fighting childhood cancer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.
BARACK OBAMA
A co-ordinated campaign by The Alliance for Childhood Cancer and the Coalition Against Childhood Cancer
Research funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has played a role in every major advance related to cancer prevention, detection and treatment, as well as contributing to breakthroughs for many other diseases. We recognize that Congress is facing difficult budget decisions, but reductions in funding the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will lead to the decrease of purchasing power and slowing advances in cancer prevention and treatment.
The teenage years can be tough enough under the best of circumstances. But when cancer invades an adolescent’s life, the challenges grow exponentially.
When the prospects for treatment are uncertain, there’s the fear of dying at so young an age. Even with an excellent chance of being cured, teenagers with cancer face myriad emotional, educational and social concerns, especially missing out on activities and losing friends who can’t cope with cancer in a contemporary.
Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation hosts the Smashing Walnuts Foundation to present their donation to the Children’s National Health System.
Photo from https://www.facebook.com/smashingwalnuts
“Pray” – Justin Bieber (Cover by Emily Brennan) from The Truth 365 on Vimeo.
Featuring 14-year-old Emily Brennan, this powerful music video encourages viewers to take a stand for children. The audio was recorded and mixed by Emily and the video was filmed by The Truth 365.
To sign the petition to make childhood cancer a national priority, please go to www.thetruth365.org/petition
Inspired at the age of 2 by her cousin battling cancer, young girl dedicates her time to charity work.
Julia Benedict is not like most other kids: Her childhood aspirations include feeding the hungry, saving the monarch butterfly and helping sick people feel more comfortable.
And she hasn’t even started the fifth grade yet.
The 10-year-old North Tustin resident smiles endlessly at the thought of helping others and beams with pride as she pours over her vast list of volunteer work donating blankets to hospitals, cleaning the beach and collecting cellphones so that military servicemen and women can call their families.
Music is Medicine believes that music is a tool that can better the lives of those in need, especially children. Therefore, we pair artists with critically ill children so the artists can produce original songs for them. In the process, the artists and patients receive uplifting, life-changing experiences.
Fly is available on iTunes
Learn more about Music is Medicine at http://www.musicismed.org/
The Empire State Building may continue to refuse to go gold in September, but One World Trade Center joins the Times Square Building and Coney Island Parachute Jump in agreeing to go gold in September in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness. One World Trade Center will go gold for one night on Sept. 2nd.
The names and stories vary, but the result is often the same family and friends of childhood cancer patients organizing and rallying together to raise awareness and funding for pediatric cancer research.
“Pediatric cancers are some of the hardest and most aggressive cancers because by the time most children are diagnosed, it’s already spreading,” she said. “If we could solve that and cure that—pull a thread out of the cancer ribbon—I think all of cancer would unravel. If we start with some of the hardest cancers, if we attack them, I believe we will have a huge impact.”