Glamorous photo shoot celebrates kids’ cancera

… who was diagnosed with lymphoma in December 2015, near the end of her first semester at Pitt, Makeup artist Kirsten Health prepares Maddy Rutzebeck for her photo shoot during a twp-day photo shoot at Lauxmont Farms in Lower Windsor Township for …

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‘Respect 90’ and ‘If you think you look hot, wear it’ are just two of Joe Maddon’s many Maddonisms. Saturday the Cubs implemented a little of both, shaving their heads at the annual ‘Respect Bald’ fundraiser for pediatric cancer research.

Photos: Skating to support children with cancer

Registration will allow you to post comments on newstimes.com and create a newstimes.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. LIVFREE and Al’s Angels hosts the first day of a 3-day skating event on Sherman Green in Fairfield, Conn.

Penn State students raise $10 million-plus in dance marathon

Hundreds of hardy Penn State students raised more than $10 million for pediatric cancer patients in the annual 46-hour dance marathon known as Thon. The $10,045,478.44 total was announced Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, billed as the world’s largest student-run philanthropy.

Proton therapy for cancer coming to Alabama

UAB Hospital recently received approval to build a $50 million proton therapy center, which will be the first in the state to treat cancer patients with precise doses of radiation that reduce damage to normal tissue. The project has been in the works for years and just received approval from state health planning authorities.

Bargain hunters score big at Tri Delta shopping extravangaza

Members of Houston’s Tri Delta alumna partnered with Texas Children’s Cancer Center to host a January shopping extravaganza, The Sale , to support pediatric cancer research in the Texas Medical Center. A champagne shopping preview kicked off the two-day affair as 300 attendees got first dibs on some fashionable finds.