HOW TO HELP
Wear a GOLD RIBBON on your lapel!!
The gold ribbon is the official ribbon of children with cancer worldwide, supported, recognized and promoted by hundreds of organizations and treatment centers, families, friends, and caregivers.
Cancer advocacy starts with one person advocating to improve the circumstances of one cancer patient.
ADVOCATE Help elevate childhood cancer to a national priority.
The most powerful tools for influencing policy related to childhood cancer are the voices and stories of those personally touched by the disease. If one voice can make a difference, imagine the potential impact of thousands and millions of voices speaking together.
Let your voice be heard! It's a quick and easy way to let the elected officials know that we need give to more attention and support to childhood cancer.... click here
DONATE Contribute to help cure childhood cancer.
Whether it touches our lives directly or indirectly, confronting childhood cancer stirs up powerful feelings in all of us. Most people are overwhelmed with a desire to do something helpful, and look for ways to turn their compassion into tangible aid.
PARTICIPATE Get involved and make a difference in a child’s life.
Find out more about childhood cancer awareness activities, fund-raising events and advocacy programs that are happening in your town, your state and the nation.
For more information on how you can help, please visit CureSearch.org
CureSearch represents the combined efforts of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF), two organizations united by a common goal: finding a cure for childhood cancer. As partners in this search, each arm of CureSearch has vital responsibilities covering research, care, advocacy, and fund-raising.
Other ways to help...
When you become a donor through the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), you are participating in an effort to give patients with leukemia and other life-threatening blood diseases a second chance at life. Patients all over the world need people like you to donate marrow, blood stem cells or umbilical cord blood, or to help in other ways. Ways you can contribute... click here
Blood is needed for emergencies and for people who have cancer, blood disorders, sickle cell, anemia and other illnesses. Some people need regular blood and platelet transfusions to live. Donating blood and platelets saves lives!
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