News
25
Aug
Payton Agnew, 14, donates $840!
Payton Agnew has participated in Children’s Cancer Fund’s “Beyond the Rainbow” Luncheon and Fashion Show for the past two years. She was diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, and she is being treated at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. She is 14 years old, and she is a freshman at Rockwall-Heath High School.
In June 2010, Payton thought of a way to give back. She decided to raise money for Children’s Cancer Fund. She made a variety of fun bracelets and sold them from her hospital bed while she was receiving her Bone Marrow Transplant after a relapse of her Lymphoma. The news about Payton’s bracelets spread through the hospital quickly, and with the help of Physician Assistants, Nurses and Clinic Techs, she was able to raise over $600 while she was still in the hospital. With the help of her friends and her aunts, they raised even more with a grand total of $840!
A big thanks to Payton from Children’s Cancer Fund! Your gift has helped to advance childhood cancer research, purchase state-of-the-art equipment, discover new therapies that hold great promise for a cure, and provide crucial care for children with cancer.
POSTED BY CCF AT 12:22 pm
GATEGORY: News
24
Aug
Download the CCF September 2010 Calendar!
Children’s Cancer Fund created a calendar to highlight our events during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September 2010.
DOWNLOAD the September 2010 Calendar !
POSTED BY CCF AT 10:37 am
GATEGORY: News
18
Aug
Blanket Drive for Kids during Cancer Treatment
Christine J. Coke DDS in Allen is collecting new blankets now through December 1st. These blankets will be donated to Children’s Cancer Fund to keep children warm at Children’s Medical Center during cancer treatment.
POSTED BY CCF AT 1:16 pm
GATEGORY: News
17
Aug
UT Southwestern earns National Cancer Institute designation
Children’s Cancer Fund would like to extend a sincere congratulations to the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center for attaining National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation, an elite distinction held by only the top-tier cancer centers nationwide.
The Simmons Cancer Center is the first and only medical center in North Texas to attain this prestigious status, which the NCI bestows upon the nation’s top cancer centers in recognition of innovative research and excellence in patient care. There are now 66 such centers in the U.S.; other designated centers in Texas are in Houston and San Antonio.
You can read the entire story on UT Southwestern’s web site.
