Smithtown families affected by pediatric cancer are asking you to #GoGold this September as we recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Together with Solving Kids' Cancer we #CareWearShare and #LaceUpForKids.  Please support this initiative by wearing your gold shoelaces and honoring the fight so many children have to endure.  Children fighting pediatric cancers need treatments that have the potential to cure them. When current treatment options such as chemotherapy, surgery, and radiotherapy fail, there is an unacceptably low chance of survival.  Today, despite significant improvements in outcomes for some pediatric cancers, the survival rate upon relapse for some childhood cancers remains near 0%. The system currently serving these children is ineffective.  SKC is interested in experimental therapies with innovative approaches that push the boundaries of what is possible and creatively apply everything that is known about a particular form of childhood cancer to bring the maximum benefit to children.  Radical changes are required to successfully deal with the most fatal childhood cancers.
 

Families, caregivers, charities and research groups across the United States observe September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. In the U.S., 15,780 children under the age of 21 are diagnosed with cancer every year; approximately 1/4 of them will not survive the disease. The objective of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is to put a spotlight on the types of cancer that largely affect children, survivorship issues, and – importantly – to help raise funds for research and family support.

Please show your support for our Smithtown families with children battling cancer by making a donation!

Solving Kids' Cancer is a NY-based nonprofit whose mission is to fund, fund and advocate for breakthrough treatment options for the most fatal pediatric cancers. SKC funded clinical trials can be found in >117 pediatric cancer centers across 15+ countries.  SKC has funded 38 pediatric cancer research projects.  14 studies are currently enrolling or due to open in 2020.  28 of these projects represent clinical trials accruing hundreds of children at cancer centers in 5 countries.

Thank you for being part of the solution!!

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and is globally represented by the color gold. Lace Up for Kids is my commitment to wear gold laces and raise money for Solving Kids’ Cancer to ensure the most promising research for aggressive pediatric cancers. Anyone that donates to my page will receive gold shoelaces in support of kids fighting cancer and the need for childhood cancer research. 

Lace Up for Kids with cancer, take a pic, share your laces on social media, and tag Solving Kids' Cancer!

#LaceUpForKids #CareWearShare