Mon. Jan 14th
Top 10 Hospitals
I thought you might like to see a ranking of our 2012 “Top 10 Hospitals”. In 2012, we gave out over $500,000 in family assistance grants to families of kids with cancer at 174 hospitals.
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children - FL
Seattle Children’s Hospital - WA
University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital - MN
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans - LA
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital - TN
Nationwide Children’s Hospital - OH
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital - OH
Nemours A.I. duPont Hospita - DE
Children’s Hospital of Colorado - CO
Children’s Hospital at Erlanger - TN
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A Message from People Against Childhood Cancer (PAC2)
Please read the attached message from my friend and fellow childhood cancer fighter, Bob Piniewski.
We need your help. Not a donation, just a couple minutes of your
time….
As you know, September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
This September, the entire childhood cancer community wants to see the White
House lit in GOLD to raise awareness of the tragedy of childhood
cancers.
The White House has an online petition service and is required to formally
respond to any petition that receives 25,000 signatures within the allotted
timeframe. The petition: Light the White House gold for the month of September to honor
pediatric cancer fighters and bring light to the cause has reached
nearly 4,500 signatures in just 3 days. But it only has until February 7,
2013 to reach 25,000.
Please visit the petition site at https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/light-white-house-gold-month-september-honor-pediatric-cancer-fighters-and-bring-light-cause/syV6M6wX
to sign in support. Please share the link with friends and family.
We the people (against childhood cancer) can have our voice heard and our heroes
honored this September, please join us in this campaign.
I’ve signed the petition…will you?
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Kids Helping Kids Fight Cancer
The New York Area Region of NFTY (North American Federation of Temple Youth) held a bowl-a-thon last weekend and they’ve raised over $6,000 for The B+ Foundation and donations are still coming in. I had the pleasure of speaking with this group back in early December and I was so impressed by how passionate they are about fighting childhood cancer. One young man, Zach Gordon (pictured below), brought $340 to the event last weekend. Zach won this money in his fantasy football league and said that he wanted to donate his entire winnings to The B+ Foundation. Zach has a big heart and a promising career as a NFL General Manager! Thank you, NFTY-NAR…you have embraced the true meaning of tzedakah!
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Make it a great day…it’s up to you!
B+
Ali & Andrew’s Dad