Dear Friends,

 

Happy holidays!

 

Thank you for your interest in Kids v Cancer.  I want to update you on recent developments and our future plans (and, in the interest of full disclosure, if you read to the bottom of this letter, you'll find a soft request that, as you consider your end-of-year giving, you would consider us).  

 

This time of year brings back so many memories of Jacob - skating in Central Park, watching the Collegiate basketball games, throwing snow balls from snow on car windshields on the way to school and becoming ill.

 

 

 

What I have learned is that my story is not unique.  Every week a classroom of kids die of cancer.

 

The last four years have been a remarkable ride for Kids v Cancer:

  • Our Creating Hope Act, which creates a market-based incentive to spur pediatric cancer drug development, was signed into federal law this summer as Section 908 of the FDA Safety and Innovation Act.
  • We started an autopsy tissue donation program for pediatric brain cancers, which has already led to significant scientific discoveries. 
  • We raised the profile of pediatric cancer by having September declared to be National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month for each of the past three years. 
  • We worked with the FDA to find new ways to accelerate the development of drugs potentially useful in treating pediatric cancer.

Along the way, Kids v Cancer has attracted some terrific media coverage for its efforts including a report on "ABC Nightline" and a Washington Post 

op-ed. 

 

Now Kids v Cancer is poised to grow to the next level.  It would be fabulous if you would consider being part of this endeavor.

 

Thank you.  May this be a year of health for us all.

 

Sincerely,

  
Nancy Goodman

Executive Director

Kids v Cancer