(Source: wnq-writers, via wnq-writers)
Reminder that 40 kids were diagnosed with cancer in the USA today
Reminder that 7 kids died from cancer in the USA today
Reminder that there are over 40,000 kids fighting cancer in the USA right now
Reminder that less than 1% of the American Cancer Society’s budget goes to childhood cancer
Reminder that less than 4% of federal cancer funding goes to childhood cancer
Reminder that approximately 71 years of life will be lost for each child that dies of cancer
Reminder that 2/3 childhood cancer survivors will have a chronic, often life threatening condition as a result of treatment
Reminder that childhood cancer is the number one disease killer of children in the USA
Reminder that only one new drug to combat childhood cancer has been approved by the FDA in the last twenty years
Reminder that next to nobody knows the reality of all this until it affects them. I wasn’t aware until my friend Robyn fought and was killed by this horrific silent murderer. She was eleven. Fight for the kids who are too young to fight for themselves.