The B+ Blog

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

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Fri. May 13th

Congratulations to B+ Racing drivers Al Carter and Hugh Plumb!  Al won the pole position (1st place) in qualifying today at Virginia International Raceway. 

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Fri. May 6th

As you know, UDance, the largest student-run philanthropy on the campus of the University of Delaware, is one of our most important fund and awareness raising activities. 

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Mon. May 2nd

Congratulations to B+ Hero, Pearce Quesenberry, and everyone at the Pearce Q Foundation for a very successful “4 Miles of Hope Run/Walk” last Saturday. 

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Tues. April 26th

Upon the invitation of the Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, I travelled to Washington, DC today to meet with one of her top policy advisors to discuss the unacceptable funding situation within the world of childhood cancers.

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Thurs. April 21st

As you know from Ali’s last Update, we got our B+ College Classic soccer tournament in last Saturday before the really heavy rains came. 

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Sat. April 16th

What a day today was! Last night around 11, we started getting nervous. 

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Fri. April 15th

Don’t worry about the fear of a couple of raindrops and come out and join us for the inaugural “B+ College Classic” TOMORROW (Sat) at Kirkwood Soccer Club.

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Mon. April 11th

Never a dull day here at B+ Foundation World Headquarters (I just like the sound of that! 🙂

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Mon. April 4th
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Mon. April 4th

As I learn more (believe me, I’ve learned plenty…and it’s pretty ugly) about the inadequacy of childhood cancer funding, I want to keep you abreast of what I discover. 

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Thurs. March 31st

I want to share with you an exciting piece of legislation that was introduced on March 18th by Sen. Bob Casey (PA). 

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Sat. March 26th

It’s hard to believe that we’re less than a week away from the start of another major league baseball season. 

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Mon. March 21st

Last Friday was an exciting day in the nation’s capital. One of the reasons that we struggle so much in the childhood cancer battle is the fractured nature of our organizations and the diseases.

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Sat. March 12th

Well, as I said in my last Update, I also have some exciting B+ Racing news to share.

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Wed. March 9th

It’s hard to believe that it was 4 years ago that we were in the hospital.  As Lent 2007 started, I remember thinking that these 7 weeks were going to mark so much progress in Andrew’s recovery. 

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Fri. Mar. 4th

Check out the nice article in today’s Miami Herald about the B+ Racing Team. 

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Mon. Feb. 21st

This weekend, I had the pleasure of once again attending,  and feeling the magic, of THON. 

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Mon. Feb. 14th

Last Saturday, B+ Racing Team drivers Al Carter & Hugh Plumb, and I visited with a brave young man and his family.

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Wed. Feb. 9th

I received a beautiful thank you note and picture from the Mom of B+ Hero, Michael Cruz.  Michael is a cute little guy, a real fighter.  He has retinoblastoma in both eyes and he has lost one of his eyes. 

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Wed. Feb. 2nd

As promised, I would like to introduce you to “Give Kids The World” (GKTW) www.gktw.org .

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