Did you know that a backpack can be a lifesaving device?
Thanks to a recent research breakthrough, kids with B-cell ALL are receiving a new lifesaving treatment through a backpack. It has increased their survival rate to 96% and has allowed them to be home, attend school, play with friends, and get back to doing the things they love.
I am taking on the backpack challenge to stand in solidarity with them during their treatment and raise funds to Send Kids Cancer Packing! I'm committed to raising $2,500 to represent the 2,500 kids that will be diagnosed with b-cell ALL this year and to fund research to help all kids with cancer. Please consider donating – YOU pack the power to take childhood back from cancer!
This year I will be doing the backpack challenge along with having my head shaved for St Baldrick's Foundation in September. I know that it is hard to have two fundraisers going on but the cause is something that I really believe is important. If one child can be saved as a result of these efforts then it is worth it completely.
Together Randy and I have been involved in events for 20 years but only have done fundraising for 18 years (first two years we volunteered and did not realize volunteers could do fundraising).
Your gift will give kids and their families hope, supporting the best research across the country, through the largest charity funder of childhood cancer research grants, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
Together, let’s give these kids the lifetime they deserve. Thank you for your support!
