Advocacy

Action Days 2017: Families Speak Up For Kids With Cancer

by Alison Sutton, St. Baldrick's Foundation
May 31, 2017

In early May, more than 200 childhood cancer advocates, including St. Baldrick’s families and Honored Kids, joined the Alliance for Childhood Cancer’s 6th Annual Childhood Cancer Action Days.

Action Days

This two-day event in Washington, D.C. brought advocates to Capitol Hill to share their stories and ask their representatives to:

  • Co-Sponsor the STAR Act — the most comprehensive childhood cancer bill ever introduced to Congress
  • Support the inclusion of the RACE Act in the FDA User Fee Bill
  • Increase federal funding for cancer research

Here is a little behind-the-scenes look at our day on the Hill…

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Kids with Cancer

Meet Princeton

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
January 5, 2017

It started with a swollen eye that wouldn’t get better. Then, Princeton’s parents found a large, hard lump on the side of his head. In late December 2011, at 2 years old, Princeton was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma.

2017 ambassador Princeton

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