Take a Stand during Child Cancer Month

 by: Anna Ziegler, Sports Editor

Think about this, every year thousands of children across the United States are diagnosed with cancer. Kids all under the age of fifteen have to go through a life threatening illness that causes them to go through a lot of pain. Not only is pain on the child who is going through cancer but also their families and community. Watching a child who has cancer is one of the most heartbreaking things to see, to not know what will happen next to this child but all you can do is hope and pray that they will be okay.

Our country stands together on this month for those young children who have lost their lives due to cancer or facing cancer today. As taking part in standing together has a country for the children who are diagnosed with cancer and for their families who have to struggle with them. As Congressman Sestak said “Of the 12,500 children diagnosed with cancer each year, more than 2,000 of these young lives are unnecessarily lost.” This month take a cause for those 12,500 children and make a change for those children who are fighting against this horrible illness.

I highly encourage you this month to look into Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, it’s an organization to raise money and awareness of childhood cancer causes. This organization helps get new research into cures and treatments. Getting involved in this organization could be a huge difference for a child with cancer. Think about what you were doing when you were a child, and think now about what a child who is diagnosed with cancer has to go through. Make a change, and donate to Alex Lemonade Stand because without us what will those ill children do because the government doesn’t fund for the research needed to save their young lives.

To donate text “Alex” to 895944 or call (866)333-1213, any amount will make a huge difference.