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!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
2014 Childhood Cancer Summit
It’s September, which means it’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and we are just three weeks away from 5th Annual Childhood Cancer Summit! Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be headlining the event on Friday, September 19.
Today two more speakers have been added: Dr. Ronald DePinho, the President of MD Anderson Cancer Center and Dr. Amrit Ray, the Chief Medical Officer of Johnson & Johnson – Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
The Summit is open to the public and will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. in the Capitol Visitors Center (CVC) Congressional Auditorium. For directions to the CVC, please click here or download the attached map with more specific directions to the Congressional Auditorium.
We hope you will join the Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus for this exceptional event. For more information please contact Andy Taylor (Rep. McCaul's office) at (202) 225-2401 or andy.taylor@mail.house.gov or Erika Appel (Rep. Van Hollen's office) at (202) 225-5341 or erika.appel@mail.house.gov.
Gainesville Grizzlies Give Back
Come out to Dominion Valley Market Square this Saturday and support kids with cancer!
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Bicycles!
Local ped-onc families ~
If your child is between 8-10 and needs a new bike and you can be in DC on May 15, please message us at dccandlelighters@gmail.com as soon as possible!
Monday, March 24, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
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