Category Archives: Childhood Cancer
Gold Ribbon Hero: Liam
Meet Liam, an acute lymphoblastic leukemia warrior and 2023 ACCO Ambassador. “It was a normal day and he was playing. Around 5:30 that night, we…
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…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Zander
Meet Zander, an acute lymphoblastic leukemia warrior. In May 2022, Zander exhibited swollen lymph nodes and petechiae, small pinpoint round spots that appear on…
GO GOLD® GALA TO BENEFIT PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH
Event will be hosted in November at Boston Harbor Hotel in partnership with the American Childhood Cancer Organization BOSTON, Mass. – April 3, 2023 –…
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: Samir
Meet Samir, an Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) warrior. Samir’s journey started with round the clock fevers and little red dots on his face. He was…
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.…
ACCO’s CEO, Ruth Hoffman Celebrates 52 Years of Childhood Cancer Advocacy
When my 7-year-old daughter was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in 1987, I was grateful for the early research being done on bone marrow…
Thankful Thursday
ACCO is so thankful for our event hosts. In this season of giving thanks, we want to…