AJ was a remarkable young man. He lived life.  And fought hard.  He is the love of my life.

Cure Childhood Cancer - Raise Awareness & Funding

Target:
US Government, News media - we need your help!

That's AJ, forever our 14 year old son - always smiling, happy, healthy, athletic and a joy to be around.  So sadly, AJ left us on January 5th, 2008 a victim of childhood cancer.  3,000 CHILDREN every year die from this disease!   Research in children is under-funded and the public is unaware.  NOW - Join thousands of impacted parents, family and friends fighting back at People Against Childhood Cancer (PAC2).

By signing you are supporting our goals of:

#1 - Increased government funding for research specific to childhood cancer,

#2 - Full funding of the Carolyn Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act and,

#3 - Promoting a major media event/TV Special to raise awareness and funding for childhood cancer

#4 - Petitioning the NFL to recognize September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Did you know: 

- Childhood cancer is the #1 killer disease of our children, more than from asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and pediatric AIDS combined

- 1 in 300 children will be diagnosed with cancer before age 20 

- Each year 3,000 children die, and 35-40,000 are in treatment

- The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) federal budget was $4.6 billion. Of that, breast cancer received 12%, prostate cancer received 7%, and all 12 major groups of pediatric cancers combined received less than 3%

- Childhood cancer has a huge societal impact - 180,000 potential years of life are lost to it EVERY year! 

You can make a difference.  You can help.  Need more? View this - Childhood Cancer.

Please sign and pass it on.  Then click People Against Childhood Cancer to join our online community dedicated to raising awareness and funding.

AJs Dad
Read more on Childhood Cancer and join the fight at People Against Childhood Cancer (PAC2).

Our Supporters:
CureSearch
People Against Childhood Cancer
Alex's Lemonade Stand
St. Baldricks
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
Texas Children's Hospital
Duke University Medical School
Issac's Foundation - Sign the Petition for Gold Ribbon Support
LIVESTRONG

That's AJ, forever our 14 year old son - always smiling, happy, healthy, athletic and a joy to be around.  So sadly, AJ left us on January 5th, 2008 a victim of childhood cancer.  3,000 CHILDREN every year die from this disease!   Research in children is under-funded and the public is unaware.  NOW - Join thousands of impacted parents, family and friends fighting back at People Against Childhood Cancer (PAC2).

By signing you are supporting our goals of:

#1 - Increased government funding for research specific to childhood cancer,

#2 - Full funding of the Carolyn Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act and,

#3 - Promoting a major media event/TV Special to raise awareness and funding for childhood cancer

#4 - Petitioning the NFL to recognize September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Did you know: 

- Childhood cancer is the #1 killer disease of our children, more than from asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and pediatric AIDS combined

- 1 in 300 children will be diagnosed with cancer before age 20 

- Each year 3,000 children die, and 35-40,000 are in treatment

- The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) federal budget was $4.6 billion. Of that, breast cancer received 12%, prostate cancer received 7%, and all 12 major groups of pediatric cancers combined received less than 3%

- Childhood cancer has a huge societal impact - 180,000 potential years of life are lost to it EVERY year! 

You can make a difference.  You can help.  Need more? View this - Childhood Cancer.

Please sign and pass it on.  Then click People Against Childhood Cancer to join our online community dedicated to raising awareness and funding.

AJs Dad
Read more on Childhood Cancer and join the fight at People Against Childhood Cancer (PAC2).

Our Supporters:
CureSearch
People Against Childhood Cancer
Alex's Lemonade Stand
St. Baldricks
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
Texas Children's Hospital
Duke University Medical School
Issac's Foundation - Sign the Petition for Gold Ribbon Support
LIVESTRONG

 

Unfortunately we the undersigned have become aware, some of us all too personally, of the leading killer of our children from disease, childhood cancer.  We are writing to challenge you to investigate this killer and broadcast a show which describes its impact on our children and their families, tells the incredible stories of these children, and asks that the "uninitiated" Americans help. 

At one point, we were also "uninitiated" and wish we could return.  But once you have heard those words, "your child has cancer", once you have seen the children, their families, the medical professionals who care for them, once you have seen how each child impacts the lives of so many around them, you too will be changed and driven to DO SOMETHING.  Simply too many of our children continue to fall victim.  Current awareness and funding are woefully inadequate to achieve our ultimate goal, a cure. 

Cure Search is an organization which unites the world's largest childhood cancer research organization, the Children's Oncology Group, and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation through our mission to cure childhood cancer.  This Group and its members treat over 90% of childhood cancer cases.  Research is the key to finding the cure.  Some data on childhood cancer:

- Cancer is the #1 killer from disease of children in the United  States

- Approximately 12,400 children are diagnosed with cancer each year

- Each year, about 3,000 children die of cancer; more than from asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and pediatric AIDS combined

- About one in 300 boys and one in 333 girls will develop cancer before the age of 20

- The incidence, or frequency that cancer is diagnosed, has risen since the 1970s for some types of childhood cancer, but rates have been fairly stable in more recent years

- The causes of most childhood cancers are not yet known

    There is a bill being "debated" in Congress right now to fund research specifically for childhood cancer. The bill will provide research funding of $30 million per year for five years. For comparison, that same amount currently funds fund 2 hours of the war overseas.  So our war is vastly under-publicized and under-funded.

    Each child can provide hours of heartbreaking, heartwarming, and incredible stories.  They may live or die, yet each will forever impact those around them in ways beyond their years.  Each is a treasure, with so much to give, so much to live for, and so much to yet do.  Visit Care Pages or Caring Bridgefor real life examples.

    To raise funds, we will tell these children's stories in a book, with hundreds of profiles of cancer kids.  Each story telling how they taught us lessons beyond their years, lessons they should not even have to know yet.   All proceeds for the book will go directly to CureSearch.

    We will continue to petition every television news magazine, talk show and news publication we can until we are successful.  We are committed to raise awareness and funding CureSearch, so that we can stop this killer of our precious children.  

    Thank you for helping. 

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    We signed the "Cure Childhood Cancer - Raise Awareness & Funding" petition!
    # 38,510:
    5:51 am PDT, Jul 3, Stephen Kraig, Ohio
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    4:10 am PDT, Jul 3, Esther Kraig, Ohio
    We need to beat this evil called cancer once and for all. Starting with the children makes sense - they're the ones who will grow up to lead the fight!
    # 38,508:
    1:08 am PDT, Jul 3, Steven McVicker, Texas
    Hey there: You know, a lot of times, people tell you that they know how you feel, but they really don't. Well, I really do know how you feel. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with leukemia (CML). And while the doctors say I'll be okay, the medicine I take makes me feel sick much of the time. And being a writer as I am, it's hard to feel much like writing when you're sick. But you've just got to hang in there and do what your doctors tell you. You can beat this thing. All the best, Steve McVicker
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    7:40 pm PDT, Jul 2, Mark Jackson, Arkansas
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    3:15 pm PDT, Jul 2, Maryann Bisignano, Florida
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    1:21 pm PDT, Jul 2, JOYCE SHEPERD, Georgia
    My family and I have faced the tragedy of childhood cancer. Everyone needs to united and fight this dreadful disease, it could be you child.
    # 38,504:
    11:55 am PDT, Jul 2, Renee Balzarini, Massachusetts
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    8:05 am PDT, Jul 2, Pete Garcia, New York
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    3:47 pm PDT, Jul 1, Name not displayed, California
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    2:50 pm PDT, Jul 1, Elizabeth Suco, Florida
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    9:20 am PDT, Jul 1, Jen Kolb, Washington
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    3:19 am PDT, Jul 1, Janice Murray, Pennsylvania
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    6:57 pm PDT, Jun 30, Sandy Lengel, Pennsylvania
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    6:27 pm PDT, Jun 30, Toni Felix, New York
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    12:56 pm PDT, Jun 30, Brandy Peters, Georgia
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    12:06 pm PDT, Jun 30, Lydie Jessin, Texas
    One of the many mom in our neighborhood, with a child that battled cancer. Keep the fight on!
    # 38,494:
    9:11 am PDT, Jun 30, Maureen Rougeau, Pennsylvania
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    8:12 am PDT, Jun 30, Caitlin Mutter, Virginia
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    5:08 am PDT, Jun 30, K Olson, Pennsylvania
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    8:47 pm PDT, Jun 29, Name not displayed, California
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    8:15 pm PDT, Jun 29, Ginger Hurst, Kansas
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    8:02 pm PDT, Jun 29, Trisha Snead, Georgia
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    6:39 pm PDT, Jun 29, Leanne Green, Pennsylvania
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    3:37 pm PDT, Jun 29, Name not displayed, Colorado
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    3:10 pm PDT, Jun 29, Sheila Thrift, Maryland
    My youngest daughter, Catie, was diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in June 2002 two weeks before her 7th birthday. She spent the next year being treated weekly with chemo at CHNMC in Washington DC. She received 4 weeks of radiation at NIH. She had 4 surguries, lost her hair, lost weight, lost her ablibity to walk due to nerve damage. but never lost her spirit. She did everything we asked of her....with tears, laughter, temper and sarcasm! She was in remission for 6 months...then the tumor was back. She was treated at Georgetown Hospital and endured everything all over again. During this 2 and a half year battle, she stayed active in church and school activities and remained an "A" student. In November 2004, she was treated at St Judes Research Hospital. We had such hope...Catie died 2 days after Thanksgiving, Novermber 27, 2004 at home with our family. She was 9 years old. I am signing this petition so that others won't have to live through what Catie and our family during her short life. I share her story because I want others to know her and to let her spirit live on. Our family will miss her everyday of our lives. Sheila Thrift - Catie's Mom
    # 38,485:
    3:06 pm PDT, Jun 29, Patrick v. GRADY, Illinois
    ABOUT 4 MOUTHS AGO ARE FAMILYS LIFE CHANGED WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT ARE GRADSON A TWIN OF 3YRS OF AGE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A TUMOR IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD THE SIZE OF A LEMMON.HE AND HIS PARENTS WERE SENT TO ST JUDES HOSPTAL A SMALL TOWN OF MIRICLES WHICH TO THIS DAY I KNOW GOD BELIEVES THERE ARE MIRICLES AND WITH EACH DAY OF PRAYERS I DO TO. THE LITTLE GUY IS A FIGHTER AND WILL OVER COME THIS HORRIBLE PROBLEM.LAST WEEK HE WAS WRESTLING WITH ME ON THE BED AND STOPPED AND LOOKED AT ME GRABED ME BY MY CHEEKS AND SAID PAPA I LOVE YOU A LOT IF THIS DOESN,T MELT YOU NOTHING WILL, I LOVE YOU FINN PAPA PAT GRADY
    # 38,484:
    1:11 pm PDT, Jun 29, David Grady, Illinois
    My son Finnegan has DIPG an inoperable brainstem tumor. He turned 3 years old while undergoing his radiation therapy at St. Judes in Memphis Tennesee. He is doing great now but we know the statistics of this monster of a tumor. We hope and pray for a cure or new treatment so he can grow up to be the wonderful man I know he will become. Such a sweet boy with nothing but love to give. No child deserves this. Let us all be aware and not take our good fortunes for granted. My familys lives changed in an instant after Finnegans diagnosis.
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    12:52 pm PDT, Jun 29, Courtney Center, Oregon
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    11:56 am PDT, Jun 29, Christopher Stadulis, New York
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    10:42 am PDT, Jun 29, Lisa Sipp, Georgia
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    10:40 am PDT, Jun 29, Name not displayed, Washington
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    9:56 am PDT, Jun 29, Debbie Stembridge, North Carolina
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    8:31 am PDT, Jun 29, Noreen Colonese, Colorado
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    7:39 am PDT, Jun 29, Michele Clevenger, North Carolina
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    7:29 am PDT, Jun 29, Stacey Fulcher, North Carolina
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    7:14 am PDT, Jun 29, Heather Powers, North Carolina
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    6:41 am PDT, Jun 29, Kristin Rogers, Colorado
    I've seen firsthand the number of children affected by this awful disease. I think that some of the money sent to the "Arts" in the stimulus package would be much better spent here!
    # 38,473:
    5:40 am PDT, Jun 29, Debi Doup, Ohio
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    10:48 pm PDT, Jun 28, Venda Phillips, North Carolina
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    4:20 pm PDT, Jun 28, Carol Glasgow, Georgia
    So thankful that Wanda McDuffie brought this to my attention. Didn't realize until last year that we weren't doing everything possible for our children and grandchildren. Please help!
    # 38,470:
    1:24 pm PDT, Jun 28, Jordan Thorndyke, North Carolina
    I intern for a nonprofit organization called Rock Against Cancer. Through my work I have been exposed and heard the stories of dozens of kids who are battling or have lost their fight with childhood cancer. I recently went to Washington D.C. to lobby to Congress to get them to support the Caroline Pryce Walker Act. I hope this petition has an impact on people so that no more children have to die too young from cancer.
    # 38,469:
    10:46 am PDT, Jun 28, Ken Stiegler, South Carolina
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    10:27 am PDT, Jun 28, Yadira Aguilar, Texas
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    9:07 am PDT, Jun 28, Melissa Nafzgar, California
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    8:32 am PDT, Jun 28, Nell Levy, Israel
    # 38,465:
    5:51 am PDT, Jun 28, Susan P, Texas
    I lost a brother to lymphoma. The effort to cure childhood cancer deserves the funding.
    # 38,464:
    9:16 pm PDT, Jun 27, Deidra Combs, Missouri
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    6:16 pm PDT, Jun 27, Deanna Nickell, Texas
    This is an issue that is near and dear to our hearts. Please take a minute and sign this petition to help find the cure for childres cancer.
    # 38,462:
    5:22 pm PDT, Jun 27, Laura Allen, Texas
    My niece was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor when she was four. After many months of difficult treatment and a 12" scar on her abdomen from removal of one of her kidneys, she is considered a cancer survivor. Please increase funding for childhood cancer so that the number of children fighting the disease will be less and less each year.
    # 38,461:
    3:02 pm PDT, Jun 27, Lisa Hite, Texas
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    12:25 pm PDT, Jun 27, Kaitlyn Putney., California
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    12:10 pm PDT, Jun 27, Jessica Putney, California
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    11:16 am PDT, Jun 27, Jessica Hunt, Ohio
    I am the aunt of a almost three year old little girl who has AT/RT a rare cancer that has no cure. She went to st judes for treatment after her first birthday. She had a seizure and they found the tumor. She had chemo therapy as well as radiation. She is now home and doing great. She is going on two years of clear scans. Our family is very greatful but we also know that at any time our hope could be shattered. If there was more research maybe one day other children like my niece Brooklyn and their families can have more options and treatments and eventually a cure for such a monster that causes devastation to so many people.
    # 38,457:
    10:49 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, New York
    When you look into the eyes of a child who is ill, that is the true meaning of seeing into someones soul. The strength, the fight, the confusion and fear all mixed together in that one glance ..one smile. Please help make that glace be a glance of childhood hopes and dreams instead....together we can make a difference.
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    10:40 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Oklahoma
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    10:07 am PDT, Jun 27, Crystal Willingham, North Carolina
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    9:50 am PDT, Jun 27, Mary Eubanks, Texas
    My daughter was diagnosed with kidney cancer at age 4 1/2. It changed us all forever. She is 7 years old now and we thank God each and every day that she is still with us as we are very aware that so many parents don't have that opportunity.
    # 38,453:
    9:39 am PDT, Jun 27, Sarah Putney, California
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    9:38 am PDT, Jun 27, Tami Foytik, North Carolina
    We have to find a cure! I have watch too many innocent kids lose their life to this monster. It breaks my heart each time I hear of another death. My aunt died at the age of 15 a day before her 16th birthday from Leukemia...that was in the 60's..it is sad that all these years later we are still having trouble getting the funding we need for childhood cancer! I would love to see a yellow ribbon beside all the pink ribbons (breast cancer awareness) on all these products on the market. What a statement and impact that would make.
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    8:51 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Louisiana
    We love and miss you Kayla!
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