Mary Hunter Cunningham and Kaitlyn Dinkins attend Pace Academy in Atlanta and both know girls battling cancer. Kaitlyn knows Amanda Riley through AAU basketball and Mary Hunter knows Abby Smith through Northside United Methodist Church. Amanda and Abby were both September CURE Kids and their friends wanted to raise money in their honor. Neither Amanda [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Spotlight’
November 10, 2009
CURE Honors Holly Slavin
Holly was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma at the age of 6. She is now 7 and in remission! A woman and her daughter were sitting in the family room while Holly and I were getting ourselves acquainted with the Aflac Cancer Floor at Egelston. We were all a little shell-shocked at that point and still feeling as [...]
November 4, 2009
Two Rival Schools Come Together for a Cause
Lauren Howell works at Flowery Branch High School just north of Gwinnett. Her son’s name is Liam Howell, and he was born with cancer (Congenital Fibro sarcoma) on August 1, 2007. He had a tumor 10 cm in diameter protruding off his back when he was born, and had to undergo major back [...]
November 3, 2009
CURE Honors Max Levine
In March 2001, when he was 10-years-old, Max Levine came home from school complaining of hip pain. We thought it was growing pains. His pediatricians thought it was loose joints. And the rheumatologists at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) thought it might be Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
But in October of that year, Max was diagnosed with [...]
October 28, 2009
CURE Honors Allison Guy
Today CURE Childhood Cancer honors Allison Guy, the daughter of Diona Guy. We wanted to share this sweet little angel’s story with you. If you want to share your story on how childhood cancer has personally affected you, please email us.
Allison’s story, written in her mother’s words:
Allison is the youngest of our 3 daughters and was diagnosed on [...]
October 26, 2009
Kendrie’s 10 for 10
Kristie Escoe’s family was a CURE Childhood Cancer beneficiary when her daughter was first diagnosed with cancer. Her daughter Kendrie was diagnosed with ALL when she was four years old. She was treated at Scottish Rite, and finished treatment almost four years ago. Last week she turned ten years old and Kristie asked people to [...]
October 23, 2009
Connor’s Letter
Below is a sweet letter CURE Childhood Cancer received from a boy attending St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Ridgeland, MS. It was so touching and innocent that we wanted to share it with you.
Dear CURE Childhood Cancer,
One of my friends at my school has a little cousin named Lilly, who is a nice,young girl [...]
October 22, 2009
Junior Beta Club Spreads Childhood Cancer Awareness
A special group of middle school students team up to raise awareness for childhood cancer when their own classmates are affected.
The Junior Beta Club at Worth County Middle School asked their students to bring in any spare change to donate to CURE Childhood Cancer. The fundraising was in memory of Adam Giddens, who lost his battle to [...]
October 21, 2009
CURE Honors Caleb Nyberg
Today CURE Childhood Cancer honors Caleb Nyberg. We wanted to share this sweet little angel’s story with you. If you want to share your story on how childhood cancer has personally affected you, please email us.
Caleb’s Story, written in his mothers words:
Our son Caleb has always been for the most part a happy energetic guy who loves to [...]
October 14, 2009
CURE Honors Bobby Campbell
Today CURE Childhood Cancer honors Bobby Campbell, the son of Shelley Campbell. We wanted to share this sweet little angel’s story with you. If you want to share your story on how childhood cancer has personally affected you, please email us.
Bobby’s Story, written in his mother’s words
Bobby was 30 hours old when they found his [...]
