Category Archives: Childhood Cancer
September Declared as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in United States
September 2, 2025 – White House This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, our Nation stands with the thousands of families who face the tremendous challenges…
What You Need to Know Right Now (and what can wait)
By Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree, childhood cancer advocate, speaker, and bestselling author of The Cancer Parent’s Handbook: What Your Oncologist Doesn’t Have Time to Tell You …
The Unseen Side of Pediatric Cancer: Supporting the Whole Family Through the Journey
By Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree, childhood cancer advocate, speaker, and bestselling author of The Cancer Parent’s Handbook: What Your Oncologist Doesn’t Have Time to Tell…
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…
This Sheriff’s Cruiser Is Wrapped in More Than Gold
A small county in Idaho is GOING GOLD®! Learn how YOU can too! On June 2, 2025, the Cassia County Sheriff’s Department proudly unveiled a…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Nolan O.
Meet Nolan, a brave acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) warrior. At just five months old, Nolan began showing flu-like symptoms and would wake up screaming…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Blake
Meet Blake, a resilient ependymoma warrior. At just 16 months old, Blake began showing signs of extreme fatigue, moodiness, and early morning cries of pain—symptoms…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Oliver
Meet Oliver, a B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia warrior. When Oliver was 3 years old, what seemed like a simple cold turned out to be B-cell lymphoblastic…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Caitlin
Meet Caitlin, a two-time cancer warrior. In January 2022, after experiencing shoulder pain during gymnastics, Caitlin was taken in for an x-ray and MRI. Doctors…