Children with Cancer to be Honored, Remembered, and Celebrated at West Palm Beach CureSearch Walk
Friends, Supporters, Survivors, and Families Raise Funds for Critical Children’s Cancer Research
The West Palm Beach CureSearch Walk on May 17, 2014 at Meyer Amphitheatre will bring together the local community to celebrate and honor the 42 children diagnosed with cancer every day. Funds raised at the CureSearch Walk will help fund research that accelerates the cure for children with the greatest risk of losing their battle with cancer.
During this unique event’s opening ceremony, survivors will be called to the stage to state their name and receive a medal, while those who lost their battle will be remembered during a memorial ceremony. After the opening ceremony, survivors, supporters, families, friends, and medical professionals will walk for approximately a mile and a half before returning for the closing ceremonies.
This year’s walk is sponsored by St. Mary’s MedicalCenter and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital and Titan Florida, both silver level sponsors. The West Palm Beach CureSearch Walk has a goal of $38,000 to reach through the efforts of fundraising, donations and event sponsorship. To help reach this goal, please sign-up as a participant or donate to the walk at www.CureSearchWalk.org/WestPalmBeach To be a part of the event committee or give donated items/services to the walk, please contact Community Development Manager, Betsy Langan at Betsy.Langan@CureSearch.org.
Every day 42 children are diagnosed with cancer. Children’s cancer affects all ethnic, gender, and socio-economic groups equally and is the leading cause of death by disease in children. During the last 25 years the overall survival rate for children’s cancer has increased from 40% to nearly 90%, but for many rare cancers, cure rates remain unchanged. Furthermore, the number of diagnosed cases annually has not declined in nearly 20 years.
“At CureSearch, we are committed to changing the odds for children most at risk for losing their battle with cancer. We know that the 15,500 infants, children, and adolescents diagnosed with cancer each year deserve new and better treatments, faster than at a pace of 2 in 25 years,” says Laura Thrall, president and CEO of CureSearch for Children’s Cancer. “That is why we fund novel research and support clinical trials at hospitals across the country. We’re fighting for the future every child deserves and every parent dreams of”.
Join the CureSearch Walk at Meyer Amphitheatre or at any one of our 60 Walks across the country and become part of a highly visible, incredibly powerful team fighting courageously for a cure.
To learn more about the West Palm Beach CureSearch Walk on May 17, 2014 visit www.CureSearchWalk.org/WestPalmBeach .
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About CureSearch for Children’s Cancer
CureSearch for Children’s Cancer is a national non-profit foundation whose mission is to fund and support targeted and innovative children’s cancer research with measurable results, and be the authoritative source of information and resources for all those affected by children’s cancer. CureSearch accelerates the cure by driving innovation, eliminating research barriers and solving the field’s most challenging problems; annually funding clinical trials and scientific research questions that challenge the status quo to push the field closer to a cure. Ultimately, CureSearch is working to change the odds for those children most at risk.