Thanks to all who came out to support A CancerFree Christmas! Thanks especially to Al and Lauren Early, CBTS and of course, Nick Lachey!
A special thanks to event organizer Linda Martinez and her countless volunteers and sponsors on a very successful Reason to Run! Your support of CancerFree KIDS is amazing!
Thanks to the following groups for hosting events on behalf of CancerFree KIDS during the month of November and December: Reason to Run, Duke Holiday Market, NFL Alumni Association, Ohio Gymnastics Training Center, Al and Lauren Early, and the Rusty Ball. Thanks also to all who came out to support A Celebration of Extraordinary Courage on November 17th!
The Winner of the 2011 Super Bowl Raffle has been determined! Thanks to everyone who purchased a ticket and to those who came out to Bar 71 for a fun night culminating in the drawing of the winners! Many thanks to the NFL Alumni Association for their support! The raffle drawing was captured on a You Tube Video. Click here to view: http://youtu.be/DY7usEk2BXk
Congratulations and thanks to all those who participated in the Survivor Challenge in September. A check for $10,000 will be presented to CCHMC at the Annual Courage Awards dinner/auction on November 17th to fund a grant that was raised by childhood cancer survivors. A special congrats goes out to Emme Ritzenthaler who won the Challenge by raising the most money, earning her an Ipod Shuffle! Special thanks also goes out to (childhood survivors) Liz Carr, Andy Hare and Zach Bohannon who chaired the Survivor Challenge committee.
The November 15, 2010, issue of the Cincinnati Enquirer features an excellent article about an experimental cancer treatment developed here in Cincinnati. Dr. Xiaoyang Qi, co-developer of the compound SapC-DOPS, was awarded his first research grant from CancerFree KIDS back in 2004! Read the article at the Enquirer website, or download it here as a PDF.
The mission of CancerFree KIDS is to eradicate cancer as a life-threatening disease in children by funding promising research that might otherwise go unfunded.
Athletes for Alex is a fundraising initiative started by 2 boys who lost their childhood friend to cancer. The concept is easy: collect unwanted sporting equipment to raise money for CancerFree KIDS and their mission to end childhood cancer.