1Million Families March For the cure to childhood cancer
Sunday, September 15th, 2024
9.00 AM EST - 3.00PM EST
City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
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The Coalition of Nonprofits
1Million Families March
For The Cure Of Childhood Cancer
Date : September 15, 2024
At City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Calling All Nonprofits
The Coalition of Nonprofits
1Million Families March
For The Cure Of Childhood Cancer
Date : September 15, 2024
At City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Calling All Nonprofits
The Coalition of Nonprofits
1Million Families March
For The Cure Of Childhood Cancer
Date : September 15, 2024
At City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Calling All Nonprofits
1Million Families March 2024
The Goals
The Coalition of Non-Profits
1Million Families March
To RAISE AWARENESS and steer a public discussion of children’s cancer and its devastating, often-overlooked effects on family and/or community’s well-being.
To ADVOCATE for an increase of the allotted government childhood funding research from 4% to 10%.
To FUNDRAISE 100 million dollars for creating seed funding for a 6-month bill supplemental program for newly diagnosed families that are in need.
The Facts
www.acco.org
www.acco.org
Yet only 4% of federal government cancer research is devoted to pediatric cancer.
Such a disappointing figure, right?
15% of children die within 5 years of diagnosis.
St.Jude.org For every child lost to cancer, there are 70 potential life years lost.
Survivors have an
8 times greater mortality rate.
Because the patient population for childhood cancer is much smaller than the adult population, private companies do not invest in pediatric cancer research – leaving research and drug development to the federal government and philanthropies. American Cancer Society
Only 6 new drugs have been approved exclusively for childhood cancer
in the past 3 decades. www.acco.org
Cognitive impairment affects up to one-third of childhood cancer survivors. www.childrenscancercause.org
1 in 5 children who receive a new diagnosis of childhood cancer are already living in poverty.
www.childrenscancercause.org
Journal of Clinical
Oncology 2011 29:8,
1007-101
www.acco.org
www.acco.org
Yet only 4% of federal government cancer research is devoted to pediatric cancer.
Such a disappointing figure, right?
15% of children die within 5 years of diagnosis.
St.Jude.org For every child lost to cancer, there are 70 potential life years lost.
Survivors have an
8 times greater mortality rate.
Because the patient population for childhood cancer is much smaller than the adult population, private companies do not invest in pediatric cancer research – leaving research and drug development to the federal government and philanthropies. American Cancer Society
Only 6 new drugs have been approved exclusively for childhood cancer
in the past 3 decades. www.acco.org
Cognitive impairment affects up to one-third of childhood cancer survivors. www.childrenscancercause.org
1 in 5 children who receive a new diagnosis of childhood cancer are already living in poverty.
www.childrenscancercause.org
16% of families will move from above to below the poverty line as a direct result of their child’s cancer diagnosis.
Journal of Clinical
Oncology 2011 29:8,
1007-101
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