Announcements for our families:
On Friday, March 19th, from 7 - 9 pm, Life with Cancer will be kicking off their new "Rachel's Teen Scene" room and Teen Activity Program with a fun filled night for all teens with cancer (13-19) or teens affected by cancer featuring a DJ, games, and food catered by Glory Days. Teardrops to Rainbows has decorated a new teen lounge and will be raffling 10, $100 gift certificates to lucky participants. Participants may bring a friend. For more information or to RSVP for your teen, please call Jenny Eckert, LCSW at 703-698-2536, or email jennifer.eckert@inova.org.
DC Candlelighters will co-sponsor the next Pediatric Oncology Parent Night with Life With Cancer and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which will be held on March 23rd, from 6 - 8:30 pm and will feature Dr. Maya Lodish, Endocrinologist with NIH, who will speak to parents about issues concerning growth and development, fertility and bone health during and after treatment. A separate children's activity group will be offered at this meeting for kids/sibs ages 5 - 12. Please RSVP to Connie Connor @ constance.connor@inova.org or dccandlelighters@gmail.com.
Life with Cancer will plan to have a Kids/Sibs Support Day on Monday, March 29th, from 10 - 4 pm. Lunch and snack provided. Please register your child or children with Jenny Eckert, LCSW by calling 703-698-2536 or email jennifer.eckert@inova.org.
We hope you can attend!
Enhancing the lives of families and children by providing education and advocacy, emotional and practical support, and most of all... HOPE....because kids can't fight cancer alone!
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