Category Archives: Gold Ribbon Hero
Steven ‘the Cancer Crusher’ Cooks with Gordon Ramsay!
Four years ago, the ACCO staff reached out to Gordon Ramsay to extend heartfelt birthday wishes to Steven, fondly known as the ‘Cancer Crusher.’ Prompted…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Maddi
Meet Maddi, an astrocytoma warrior. For one year, Maddi suffered from chronic headaches that were lessened with allergy medications. Maddi delayed her speech until she…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Madeline
Meet Madeline, a forever 14-year-old DIPG hero. When morning vomiting, loss of balance and double vision were affecting Madeline’s daily life, her parents took notice.…
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…
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.…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Jackson
Meet Jackson, a 4-year-old acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) warrior and 2024 ACCO Ambassador. Jackson was just three years old when he received the diagnosis of…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Devyn
Meet Devyn, a 2-year-old stage 4 neuroblastoma survivor. Shortly after Devyn turned one, she had eye swelling, sweating and pupil changes. After testing, biopsies and…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Ariana
Meet Ariana, a 7-year-old acute lymphoblastic leukemia warrior. In early 2021, Ariana stopped eating and started experiencing vomiting, weight loss, stomach pain, bruising and petechia.…