Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008

After my last big post with all the data regarding childhood cancers and lack of funding, many of you contacted me about what could be done, what WE could do to help. Even though sometimes we feel small and insignificant in this fight, there is something that we can do together.

In March, 2007 Congress and Senate jointly introduced the Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007. This legislation will provide $150 million in federal funding for the treatment, prevention and cure of childhood cancer. You can click HERE to read about the legislation, but in summary:

The Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 is a landmark piece of legislation which authorizes $150 million over a five-year period to expand support for biomedical research programs of the existing National Cancer Institute-designated multi-center national infrastructure for pediatric cancer research, establish a population-based national childhood cancer registry, enable researchers to more accurately study the incidence of childhood cancers and long-term effects of treatments, and provide funding for informational and educational services to families coping with a diagnosis of childhood cancer.

How can you help? You can get involved very by writing to your elected officials. And, you can do it online! It's very easy and the letters are already written for you, or you can choose to edit with your own information.

Click HERE for the House letter AND HERE for the Senate letter. You just enter your zip code, and all the information is provided for you. Please take a couple of minutes to add your voice for a cure for pediatric cancer.

As always, thanks for checking in with us. xoxo Kim