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Indiana and Kentucky Childhood Cancer Day: Making Strides for the Cure
Imagine hearing “your child has cancer,” and then learning that there is hardly any funding for life-saving research. That is the reality for childhood cancer…
ACCO Celebrates Selection as a Giant Food Community Bag Program Beneficiary TWO Years in a Row!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beltsville, Maryland – For the SECOND year in a row, the American Childhood Cancer Organization has been selected as a beneficiary of…
Thank You Partners
The American Childhood Cancer Organization would like to thank our generous corporate partners who helped further our mission in 2020! Together, through 2020, we continued…
4 Ways YOU can help in the childhood cancer fight!
Childhood cancer remains the number one cause of death by disease for children in the U.S. and around the world. Help raise awareness for childhood…
Council of State Governments Magazine “Capitol Ideas” features ACCO
As a new partner member of the Council of State Governments, ACCO’s #WhyNotKids State Advocacy Initiative is highlighted in an article in Capitol Ideas detailing…
Update: Advocacy for Childhood Cancer
On February 5, 2019, President Trump announced funding for a new Childhood Cancer Initiative in the amount of $500 million over 10 years. Gold Ribbon…
American Childhood Cancer Organization Applauds Increased Funding for Childhood Cancer Treatment Pledge in State of the Union
February 6, 2019 – Washington, D.C. – The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) today released the following statement from CEO Ruth Hoffman on President Trump’s…
American Childhood Cancer Organization Gold Ribbon Hero to Attend 2019 State of the Union Address
American Childhood Cancer Organization Gold Ribbon Hero to Attend 2019 State of the Union Address February 5, 2019 – The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO)…
American Childhood Cancer Organization Applauds World Health Organization’s New Global Childhood Cancer Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 28, 2018 – Washington, D.C. – The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO), the soleU.S. member of Childhood Cancer International (CCI)…
URGENT – TAKE ACTION – TELL YOUR U.S. SENATORS TO KEEP CHILDREN WITH CANCER COVERED!
#KeepUsCovered – Keep Children with Cancer Covered Take action now using the quick and easy link below and let your U.S. Senators know the healthcare…