In a great show of unity, several childhood cancer groups came together yesterday to make the first “Roll for the Gold” a big success. When we mentioned on FB that we hoped that the Easter Bunny could attend the festivities, the Alexa Nawro…cki Pediatric Cancer Foundation jumped in and made a donation that paid for the costume and other event expenses! Then the Stillbrave Childhood Cancer Foundation offered to man the costume! Thank very very much to Alexa Nawrocki PCF and Stillbrave CCF!!!

Late last night we received a private message that started with “I hope this reaches someone…” It was from a mom from a small town in Indiana who lost her daughter to cancer just 10 days ago. Amber wanted to know if she could speak at our… event on Monday. She said, “I promised Kaylee before she passed that I would continue her fight in her honor to raise awareness.” We agreed immediately so Kaylee’s mom Amber will be coming all the way to Washington, DC so she can say a few words about her beautiful daughter. We are heartbroken for her but glad that we can provide a forum to honor her daughter and raise awareness about the lack of funding for childhood cancer research. If you would like to learn more about Kaylee’s story please visit: www.facebook.com/AMiracleForKaylee
Also the Roll for the Gold event is this Monday, April 1 from 10 AM to 2 PM across from the White House on Constitution Ave. and 17th St. The speaking program begins at 12:30 PM. We hope to see you there.