That's AJ, forever my 14 year old son - always smiling, happy, healthy, athletic and a joy to be around.  So sadly, AJ left us on January 5th, 2008 after an 8 month long battle with childhood cancer.  For AJ and the thousands of other kids affected, we need to:   RAISE AWARENESS & FUNDING FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER. 

Our supporters include LIVESTRONG and CureSearch the largest organization dedicated to fighting childhood cancer.

• Childhood cancer is the #1 killer disease of our children, more than from asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and pediatric AIDS combined
  
• 1 in 300 children will be diagnosed with cancer before age 20 - Each year 3,000 children die, and 35-40,000 are in treatment
  
• Only 3% of all cancer research money goes to childhood cancer.  A bill in Congress will provide $30 million per year to fund research for childhood cancer.  For comparison, that amount currently funds 2 hours of the war overseas.  So our war against childhood cancer is vastly under-publicized and under-funded.

OBJECTIVE #1 - RAISE AWARENESS

• Deliver reams of printed signatures via FedX to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox and challenge every prime time, investigative or news media to produce an hour long special devoted specifically to childhood cancer.
  
• The network show will RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM and show how special these kids are.  Show how they face fear, pain, boredom and the unknown, many times for years on end.   They may live or die, yet each will forever impact those around them in ways beyond their years.  Visit Care Pages (AJsspace) or Caring Bridge for real life examples.

OBJECTIVE #2 - RAISE FUNDING FOR A CURE!

• To raise funding we will publish and promote a book telling the heartwarming, heartbreaking and incredible stories of these kids.  Each child's story telling how they taught us lessons beyond their years, lessons they should not even have to know yet.
  
• All proceeds for the book will go directly to CureSearch, the largest childhood cancer research organization charged with a goal of finding a cure. CureSearch members treat 90% of the cases nationwide.
  

You can make a difference.  You can help.  Please sign.