Online Donations Now Accepted At the bottom of each page of our website you will notice a new feature; a "DONATE" button. You can click this button and do your part to help us fight childhood cancer. We thank you in advance for your support.
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Dear Friends,
When Brad was diagnosed with childhood cancer in 2000, we were as frightened as any parents could be. We were not only terrified by the realization that our child had a disease that could prove terminal, but that there was no clear cut cure or plan of attack to follow. In the years since our child’s diagnosis, there has been little improvement. One of the factors for this is the severe lack of awareness of childhood cancer.
Did you know September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month? If you didn’t, you’re not alone. Many people do not know what the month signifies. Yet every day, two full classrooms of kids are diagnosed with cancer. And still, only 2% of federal funding for cancer research is directed at solving cancers that impact our children.
While doctors and researchers have made strides in the battle against so many other types of cancer, the lack of funding and awareness for our children has led to an insignificant improvement in survival rates for pediatric cancer over the past decade. As a result, cancer continues to be the number one disease killer of children in our country, more than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and pediatric AIDS combined! So how does childhood cancer become a priority cause in this country? The journey begins with each of us. We need your help to raise more funds and more awareness.
We hope you will help and share Brad’s story with your friends and family on September 25th and ask them to join you in donating in his memory. Together, we can make curing childhood cancer as urgently important as it should be.
Perry & Lenora Gambrell
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The Brad Gambrell Memorial Foundation Backpacking Fundraiser
It's that time of year again for our group of hikers to take to the trails in the fight against childhood cancer. In the coming weeks our hikers will be contacting you to ask for your sponsorship in this event the weekend of September 24-26, 2010. Our goal is to help raise awareness of childhood cancer as well as to provide support to those who are battling this cruel disease and those who are searching for a cure.
The trip may at times be grueling, but knowing that our efforts will help to fight against this dreadful disease will make it all worthwhile. It is our goal to be a part of the effort to wipe out childhood cancer in our lifetime.
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month so it is appropriate that this event take place then. Please visit our links page to see how you can get involved in this fight against childhood cancer.
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The Brad Gambrell Memorial Foundation, Inc. has proudly raised:
$69,000 +
to Support Children & Their Families in the Fight Against Childhood Cancer
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