by Gaylon Hayden | Jul 3, 2023 | News
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...
by admin | Jun 29, 2023 | News
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...
by admin | May 3, 2023 | News
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...
by Gaylon Hayden | Aug 24, 2020 | News
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...
by Gaylon Hayden | Mar 6, 2020 | News
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,...
by Gaylon Hayden | Mar 4, 2020 | News
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...
