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Check out our blog to get monthly updates about all things B+ from our President and Co-Founder, Joe McDonough.

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Nov 10 10

Today, I would like to salute members of what I believe to be one of the noblest professions – our armed forces. 

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Nov 5 10

I received the following email today from a family that we recently helped. This note doesn't need any context...it speaks for itself.

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Nov 4 10
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Nov 4 10

Well, we finally had our “4th Annual B+ Golf Outing” and it was a big success.  

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Oct 31 10

I love Halloween.  As a kid, how cool is it to get dressed up and get all the free candy you can carry.

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Oct 28 10

This has nothing to do with childhood cancer tonight, but equally tragic. I was stunned to receive news tonight that a friend of Andrew’s from soccer was killed in a car accident today.

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Oct 22 10

I had the privilege of speaking to a golf outing this morning for the Hockessin (HSC) Blast girls soccer team. 

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Oct 15 10

Today, I had the privilege of meeting a special lady, Nikki Spagna, and her ’support team’.

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Oct 12 10

I’m going to borrow Ali’s Facebook update… 

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Oct 11 10

I’ve got to admit…I’m still in a haze and I can’t stop thinking about Noxah Palomo and his family. 

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Oct 9 10

At approximately 7:30 this morning, B+ Hero, Noxah Palomo, was forever healed of his leukemia and returned home to God. 

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Oct 8 10

Thank you to the sisters of Alpha Xi Delta (AZD -UD) for inviting me to speak at their Chapter Meeting on Sunday. 

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Oct 6 10

Happy 20th Birthday, Ali!!! My little girl is no longer a teenager! 

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Oct 4 10
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Oct 4 10

Joel Lang, Andrew's guidance counselor at Salesianum, was going through his computer and found a picture (see photo on the left) of Andrew from the first week of school. 

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Oct 1 10

Ali shared with me a very interesting article about the development process of childhood cancer drugs.

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Sept 28 10

The efforts of young people just floor me!  Check out the link below to a story that ran on the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia today. 

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Sept 27 10

Well, I guess I need serenity right now because I can’t change the weather. 

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Sept 26 10

First off, thank you very much for the feedback to my last Journal Update.  It means a lot to us!!!

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Sept 22 10

Got quite a few things to share with you this evening…

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Sept 16 10

Today was the first ever “Childhood Cancer Summit” on Capitol Hill. 

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Sept 15 10

I’m so proud of my girl. Ali came home tonight to vote (I love that she loves politics). 

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