Category Archives: Awareness
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…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Adley
Meet Adley, a B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia warrior. Two weeks before Adley’s second birthday, Adley’s father noticed she was lethargic, pale and wanted to be…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Addalyn
Meet Addalyn, a DIPG hero. In 2021, Addalyn began vomiting accompanied by excruciating headaches, vision and balance issues. “For two weeks, we were in…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Neev
Meet Neev, a DIPG hero. When Neev had redness in his eyes and became wobbly, his parents took notice. “We had to take him to…
Indiana and Kentucky Childhood Cancer Day: Making Strides for the Cure
Imagine hearing “your child has cancer,” and then learning that there is hardly any funding for life-saving research. That is the reality for childhood cancer…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Hallie Jean
Meet Hallie Jean, a CNS embryonal tumor hero. When Hallie was three weeks old she started vomiting uncontrollably and her mother, Erica took notice.…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Iyra
Have you been curious about the little warrior shown in our giving season images? Meet Iyra, a brave 4-year-old rhabdomyosarcoma warrior. In August, Iyra…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Charley
Meet Charley, a one year old acute myelogenous leukemia warrior. When Charley started daycare she was always sick and in the doctors office. The doctor…