Category Archives: Childhood Cancer
Gold Ribbon Hero: Aaron L.
Meet Aaron, a stage 3 rhabdomyosarcoma hero. Aaron started experiencing left ear pain and droopiness on the left side of his face and eye and…
Social Media Takeover: Jared
Meet Kim, mother of Jared, a childhood cancer hero. Today, we ran a condensed version of this story on our social media but intended to…
Supporting the 18Loop & ACCO partnership to improve the lives of children with cancer and their families
This article originally appeared on VRforHealth.com Website. VRforHealth has been supporting the great work of 18Loop and ACCO since April 2022. On this second anniversary…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Declan M.
Meet Declan, a neuroblastoma hero. Just after Declan’s third birthday, his mother, Victoria, noticed bruising on his belly. She took him to the emergency room…
Taking action with advocacy: Cancer in Iowa: Here’s how Iowans are battling the state’s dire cancer rates
This excerpt is from an article appearing on The Gazette entitled, “Cancer in Iowa: Here’s how Iowans are battling the state’s dire cancer rates,” written…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Axel
Meet Axel, a 4-year-old stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma warrior. According to his grandmother, Cindy, Axel’s diagnosis came shortly after his parents found a lump in…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Athena
Meet Athena, a 19-year-old Hodgkin’s Lymphoma warrior. In the spring of Athena’s senior year in high school, she developed a low-grade fever for a week.…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Jackson
Meet Jackson, a 4-year-old acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) warrior and 2024 ACCO Ambassador. Jackson was just three years old when he received the diagnosis of…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Devyn
Meet Devyn, a 2-year-old stage 4 neuroblastoma survivor. Shortly after Devyn turned one, she had eye swelling, sweating and pupil changes. After testing, biopsies and…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Ariana
Meet Ariana, a 7-year-old acute lymphoblastic leukemia warrior. In early 2021, Ariana stopped eating and started experiencing vomiting, weight loss, stomach pain, bruising and petechia.…