September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and September 12 is Childhood Cancer Awareness Day
Here are some things you can do this month (and ALL YEAR ROUND, for the most part!) to support Childhood Cancer Awareness. None of these things involves any financial burden of any kind (except for eating at Chili’s … but hey, ya gotta eat right??)
- Tell everyone you know (and even those you don’t know) how you, or someone you love, has been touched by childhood cancer.
- Donate blood: givelife.org
- Dine at Chili’s on September 28, 2009, when they will donate 100% of profits from restaurant sales to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital:createapepper.com
- WEAR GOLD FOR THE KIDS: cafepress.com/teamunite
- Register to become a bone marrow donor: marrow.org
- Offer to volunteer at a local childhood cancer center.
- Join Team Unite to become part of a unified voice against childhood cancer:teamunite.net
- Join People Against Childhood Cancer (PAC2) to learn of efforts being made around the country to find a cure, raise awareness, and lend support:curechildhoodcancer.ning.com
- Let a family that’s been touched by childhood cancer know you STILL CARE and haven’t forgotten about their struggles.
- Let a family of an angel know their child remains in your heart.
- Sign the CURE CHILDHOOD CANCER petition (and ask your friends and family to sign, as well!): thepetitionsite.com/1/CureChildhoodCancer
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Looks like you got the star treatment. Glad you had a good time. Love to all,Darleen
Erica, thanks for the info. It is very inspirational to see all the things that would support or help cancer. Praying for all of you always.
Thanks for the great ideas, Erica! My kids and I will do something for a cancer center this month. Now, to figure out what…
It was so great seeing you and Sam at the game tonight! Your blog is wonderful! You are your family are in our thoughts and prayers. Please let us know if you need anything!!
Love, Derek, Holly, Collin and Addison
Very good! It is SO important that we all take steps to cure childhood cancer. However small those steps may be…I challenge whomever may read this to do something good and pro-active for children with cancer today. Just do it!
Thanks for that important info Erica! Where is the update about Sam’s tooth? I hope he is feeling better with each day while he is on his break.
Support the American Cancer Society, Riley Children’s Hospital, and all the other agencies who work with and help children with cancer and their families!
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!
I DONATED THE PROCEEDS FROM THE ABNER FAMILY MEMORY QUILT i MADE AND AUCTIONED OFF TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF BERTIE CHANEY AND THE HONOR OF HER GRANDSON, SAM ROBINSON!