Category Archives: Childhood Cancer
ACCO’s Distinct Advocacy Program “What About Kids?®” Leads to $25 million in NEW State-based Funding for Childhood Cancer Research!
BELTSVILLE, Md., Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The American Childhood Cancer Organization announced today that their leadership in 2021 led to $25,000,000 in new state appropriations, transforming childhood cancer…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Violet
Meet Violet, an 11 year old T-Cell ALL warrior! “On April 15, 2019, I took Violet to the pediatrician who said it was just a…
Palliative Care for Childhood Cancer
Palliative care is a special type of care aimed at improving quality of life for someone with a life-threatening illness. For children with cancer, this…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Noah E.
Meet Noah, a two year old hepatoblastoma warrior who loves to dance. When Noah’s stomach looked a bit larger on one side, his mother Nicole…
ACCO Celebrates Year TWO with Giant in the Community Bag Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Burtonsville, Maryland – For the SECOND year in a row, the American Childhood Cancer Organization has been selected as a beneficiary of…
ACCO Aims to ‘Give the Gift of Time’ with Their Dual Giving Tuesday Campaign
BELTSVILLE, Md., Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — First comes Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. Then it’s Giving Tuesday, the day recognised around the world when people give back.…
Down Syndrome and Leukemia
Each year, about 6,000 children in the United States are born with Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, a condition where they have an…
Amazon + ACCO Ambassador: Sofia
Meet Sofia, 2021 Amazon + ACCO ambassador. Sofia is a 7 year old acute lymphoblastic leukemia warrior who loves cooking. When Sofia was initially diagnosed,…
ACCO + Jel Sert Ambassador: Lukas
Meet Lukas, 2021 ACCO + Jel Sert Ambassador. Lukas is a 4 year old B-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia warrior who loves playing with his brother…
ACCO + Jel Sert Ambassador: Charlotte
Meet Charlotte, 2021 ACCO + Jel Sert Ambassador. Charlotte is a 13 year old osteosarcoma warrior who loves painting and drawing. When Charlotte was first…