… 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
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Connor’s Heroes nonprofit hopes to encourage pediatric cancer research in Richmond
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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.
Thousands of people dance in an effort to fight pediatric cancer
More than 2 thousand University of Iowa students danced during this year’s Dance Marathon. It’s all in an effort to raise money for pediatric cancer.
Men, Women and Kids Sought to Participate in Head-Shaving Events…
Participants find that shaving their head in solidarity with the approximately 300,000 children who are diagnosed with cancer each year and frequently lose their hair as a result of treatment, is a small sacrifice in comparison to what these children endure.
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.
Coakley landfill stirs fear, anger from residents
… also didn’t know about the landfill, or didn’t know the threat it posed to their residential wells and their health. “There’s definitely people who knew Coakley landfill existed,” she said. “But I don’t think they knew exactly …