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Ask Congress to Pass the Give Kids a Chance Act
ASK CONGRESS TO PASS THE GIVE KIDS A CHANCE ACT Do one thing for kids with cancer today -- fill out the form at the take action button below. Ask Congress to pass the Give Kids a Chance Act, which includes: * Give Kids a Chance Act * Creating Hope Reauthorization...
Power of 10
Celebrate a Decade of Fighting Childhood Cancer - Join the Movement to Make Hope Unstoppable Together, We’ve Made 10 Years of Impact Possible. For 10 years, Book for Hope, Inc. has been a guiding light for children and families facing the unimaginable...
Toolkit for Childhood Cancer Survivors
The CAC2 Survivorship Toolkit provides education and resources for childhood cancer survivors and families. Empowered with important information – all in one place – families and survivors can better appreciate potential long-term side effects of the cancer experience...
Gaylon Hayden, The President and Founder of Book For Hope®, Shares Her “Why.”
I was diagnosed with breast cancer on Christmas Eve, 2007, at 4:10 PM. I began to go to Dr. Ingrid A. Meyer, the Director of Breast Cancer at Vanderbilt. Every visit, Dr. Meyer would share a childhood cancer statistic with me. I had no idea until she told me breast...
Types of Childhood Cancer
As we delve deeper into the issue of childhood cancer, it's crucial to understand the variety of types that affect our children. The following chart provides detailed information on different forms of childhood cancer. Armed with knowledge, we can be more effective in...
Dancing for Gold
Dancing for Gold® Over the last few years, mothers of children would always comment they wished someone would dance for only childhood cancer. After two years of praying about dancing for childhood cancer, God dropped the title in my heart, Dancing for Gold®. The gold...
A Spirit of Slumber
Growing up, I never heard of a child diagnosed with cancer. Not a day goes by now that I don't hear of someone newly diagnosed with cancer, whether a child, adolescent, or adult. What should be uncommon has become a common occurrence in the world we are living in....
There can be life after cancer
On New Year's Day, 2017, Kendall James' parents, Shawn and Kendra James, got the news no parent would ever want to hear, "Your child has cancer!" Kendall was sent to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN, and diagnosed with Embryonal...
How Book for Hope Helps Families with Children Battling Cancer
How Book for Hope Helps Families with Children Battling Cancer Book for Hope became a 501 (c) (3) childhood cancer organization in January 2015. The mission statement of Book for Hope is to raise childhood cancer awareness, financially assist families with a...