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Cherry Road School Hosts Buckets For St. Baldrick’s Basketball Tournament To Raise Funds For Childhood Cancer Research

March 23, 2023 Contributor

Cherry Road School in Syracuse, NY, will host a St. Baldrick’s FoundationBuckets for St. Baldrick’s basketball tournament to raise funds for lifesaving childhood cancer research on Sunday, March 26. With a goal of raising $25,000, over 260 participants will shave their head to support the Foundation’s mission to fund the best research to find cures and better treatments for kids with cancer. […]

Lanigan Elementary Raises Money For Local Cancer Foundation

March 13, 2023 Contributor

Students at Fulton’s Lanigan Elementary School recently raised an impressive $883 for the Griffin’s Guardians foundation through the organization’s Change for Hope program. […]

Community Rallies Behind Three-Year-Old Cancer Patient, Fulton’s ‘Danger Girl’

December 8, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

Danger is her middle name. Literally. As such, the young Brooklyn Danger Marie Hall is no stranger to looking danger in the face. “Brooklyn Danger is not your typical 3-year-old. She is the most dangerous girl in the world. She is the kind of girl that has no fear, jumps without second guessing, and runs full speed into dangerous situations,” her mom, Meghan Hall said on the youngster’s GoFundMe account. And now, at not yet even four-years-old, Brooklyn Hall dubbed “Danger Girl” is staring danger right in the face once again as she battles Ependymoma, a rare type of brain cancer occurring in only eight to 10 percent of childhood brain tumors.

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Once Again, Breitbeck Park Transformed Into ‘Julian’s World’

June 26, 2016 Steve Yablonski

“Walt Julian’s (Ross) World, this is his ‘Forever 10 Party’ to raise (childhood) cancer awareness,” Ruth Wallace, organizer, said. Julian was in the hospital and unable to attend last year’s event. His mother, Kristi, shared the activities with him via a video chat on her phone. This year, she shared the 10-year-old’s final wishes with the hundreds that descended on Breitbeck Park. It was a simple, yet powerful, wish. “Help others.”

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