Category: 4Love Supports

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Childhood Cancer Action Day

With Congress poised to pass sweeping FDA reform, childhood cancer advocates are visiting Capitol Hill this week as part of Childhood Cancer Action Day. This is an especially critical time to present the following issues to legislators, and we need your help, even if you are not in Washington, DC. New and more effective drugs [...]

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Long Island CureSearch Walk

Last year, in its inaugural effort, the Long Island CureSearch Walk raised over $44,000 for the innovative and life-saving childhood cancer research that is conducted at outstanding Children’s Oncology Group hospitals, including the Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital, Stony Brook University Medical Center and The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New [...]

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Valentine’s Day

4Love Project is dedicated to finding a cure for pediatric cancer we do not view other organizations as competition but inspiration. One particular organization we find truly inspiring is Cookies for Kids’ Cancer. Give a gift this Valentine’s Day that gives back! Check out the cookies from Cookies for Kids’ Cancer where 100% of the [...]

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Charity of the Game

On January 21, 2011- 4Love Project is excited to announce that we will be the Charity of the Game for the New York Islanders Hockey Club. The Islanders will be facing off against the Carolina Hurricanes who always give the Islanders a great fight. For the next month every person who donates $30.00 will receive [...]

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Mark Herzlich: A True Inspiration

            On May 14 2009, Herzlich, linebacker for Boston College, announced he had been diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, by stating in a press release: “Obviously, I was shocked. I had been extremely focused on preparing for my senior season at Boston College and for [...]

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Stand Up To Cancer Co-Founder Passes On

            Stand Up To Cancer co-founder passes on but is definitely not forgotten. On June 12 activist, acclaimed film maker, and Stand Up To Cancer co-founder Laura Ziskin passed on in her home in Santa Monica at age 61. Ziskin lived with breast Cancer for seven years and is survived [...]

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Shaving for a Cause

This week in “4Love Supports” we have chosen to focus on a foundation making a difference in the fight against pediatric cancer. St. Baldrick’s Foundation is raising awareness of pediatric cancer by turning individuals into walking billboards for the cause as they “brave the shave”.  St. Baldrick’s Foundation started back in 2000 when a St. [...]

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Adopt a Pig

Adopt a Pig is an organization that helps children and their families cope with the challenges that come along with pediatric cancer. We found out about Adopt a Pig through Twitter and instantly fell in love. Adopt a Pig is a program that has pediatric cancer patients and survivors each paint and decorate a piggy [...]

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A Child’s Intimate Journey

Childhood cancer survivor Melinda Marchiano details her personal experience with cancer in her book, “Grace: A child’s intimate journey through cancer and recovery.”  Melinda, now 16,  wrote her book at the age of 14 while going through chemotherapy and radiation for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.   She describes how cancer was mentally and physically affecting her including [...]

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A Cancer Biography

Anybody can relate to this book by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. The book developed out of Dr. Mukherjee’s hope to better understand cancer, through examining the way cancer has been described and treated throughout history. This book has recently won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and is [...]

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