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#MoreThan4
The Truth 365 has launched a week-long selfie campaign aimed squarely at the National Cancer Institute, which allocates a mere 4% of its funding to pediatric cancer research. My Facebook feed is filled with children–those still fighting, those who are NED, … Continue reading
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Beyond disturbing…
Yesterday, several people stumbled on a blog post I had written several months ago about a boy named Reilly, whose childhood cancer “illness” turned out to be a hoax. At the request of several people who alerted me to the … Continue reading
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Rest in peace, sweet Bella…
This afternoon, as the rains poured down in Miami, the Facebook post I’ve been dreading for weeks came across my iPhone screen. Bella Rodriguez Torres, the beautiful girl with the big, contagious smile, lost her battle today with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. … Continue reading
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Three more…
Nicholas Pedone, age 7. Stage 3 neuroblastoma. Thomas Sullivan, age 6. Medulloblastoma. Silas Edenfield, age 4. Hepatoblastoma. Three beautiful children. All three lost their lives today at the hands of the beast that is childhood cancer. Please pray for their … Continue reading
Live Like Bella…
Bella Rodriguez Torres is a 10-year-old girl in Miami, FL. She has been fighting Stage IV Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma since the age of four and a half. Recently, she was sent home on hospice care, as her treatment options have run … Continue reading
Please pray for Bella…
My Facebook page is filled with kids fighting childhood cancer. Maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment, but when I find out about children who are fighting this beast, I can’t help but want to follow their story, and pray … Continue reading
The Sheer Heartbreak…
This video was posted on The Truth 365’s Facebook page today. It is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever watched. It depicts the final stage of six-year-old Miette’s journey…to donate her corneas after dying from DIPG. Yes, you … Continue reading
Remembering Isabella…
Today, March 9, Isabella Santos would have celebrated her 8th birthday. It should be a day of princesses and frilly skirts and cool boots and American Girl and dancing and singing and all the things Ib loved. Instead, her parents … Continue reading
What does “success” look like?
Last weekend, eight students and I pulled an all-nighter for our advertising program’s annual PhilADthropy event. Our client was The Mystic Force Foundation, founded by Dr. Steven and Sylvia Vanni, who lost their beautiful son, Sal, to neuroblastoma on March … Continue reading
Curtains Are for Windows. Not Childhood Cancer. 