These uplift kids enjoyed receiving their packages last week! Camille and Oakley represent only a small glimpse of this overwhelmed demographic of cancer patients. Advocacy, research, and funding. For childhood cancer, all three categories are deprived. This month it’s essential for us to bring awareness to this pervasive disease running rapidly in children. 🟡Each year in the U.S. there are an estimated 15,780 children between the ages of birth and 19 years of age who are diagnosed with cancer. Approximately 1 in 285 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer before their 20th birthday. 🟡Globally there are more than 300,000 children diagnosed with cancer each year. 🟡Every 3 minutes, somewhere in the world, a family hears devastating words that their child has been diagnosed with cancer. 🟡Over the past 40 years, the number of children diagnosed with leukemia has increased by about 35% (ACCO- American childhood cancer organization) (EPA) ❗Childhood cancer receives a very small fraction of the federal cancer research budget, with most sources stating it to be approximately 4%. This percentage represents a disproportionately small amount of funding compared to the severity of childhood cancer as a cause of death for children and young adults. Factors contributing to this disparity include the smaller market for pediatric cancer drugs, which provides less incentive for pharmaceutical investment, and the highly specific nature of childhood cancers. (National cancer institute) The little warrior’s foundation🎗️ has been a strong leader in driving the need for more federal funding constantly fighting for that extremely low number of 4% to increase. We thank you and all the other organizations for putting effort into this crisis. Let’s rally together and #GOGOLD for #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth as we honor and advocate for the countless little heroes 💛💥⍟ (fb)

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