Category Archives: Awareness
7 Ways to GO GOLD® for Kids with Cancer This September
Each September, thousands of families face the unimaginable reality of childhood cancer—and too many do it without the support or awareness they deserve. That’s…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Bryson
Meet Bryson, a neuroblastoma warrior. When Bryson was 2 years old, his mother found a large lump on the left side of his abdomen. He…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Johnathan M.
Meet Johnathan, a Ewing’s Sarcoma survivor! Johnathan was an active kid who participated in tennis and basketball who started to suffer from a sore leg.…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Aaron L.
Meet Aaron, a stage 3 rhabdomyosarcoma hero. Aaron started experiencing left ear pain and droopiness on the left side of his face and eye and…
Social Media Takeover: Jared
Meet Kim, mother of Jared, a childhood cancer hero. Today, we ran a condensed version of this story on our social media but intended to…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Declan M.
Meet Declan, a neuroblastoma hero. Just after Declan’s third birthday, his mother, Victoria, noticed bruising on his belly. She took him to the emergency room…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Axel
Meet Axel, a 4-year-old stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma warrior. According to his grandmother, Cindy, Axel’s diagnosis came shortly after his parents found a lump in…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Athena
Meet Athena, a 19-year-old Hodgkin’s Lymphoma warrior. In the spring of Athena’s senior year in high school, she developed a low-grade fever for a week.…
How ACCO Helped Christina and Noah
During the most challenging time of our lives, when my son was bravely battling cancer, the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) became our beacon of…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Oakley
Meet Oakley, a 3 year old B-Cell ALL warrior. Just after turning three years old, Oakley’s eyes started swelling and after three days, she started…