For the past year and a half, ACCO has been taking the lead with our legislative champions in Maryland to create childhood cancer research funding…
Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund Established After ACCO’s What About Kids? Initiative Expands to Maryland
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ACCO Celebrates Year THREE with Giant in the Community Bag Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beltsville, Maryland – For the THIRD year in a row, the American Childhood Cancer Organization has been selected as a beneficiary of…
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ACCO’s Distinct Advocacy Program “What About Kids?®” Leads to $25 million in NEW State-based Funding for Childhood Cancer Research!
BELTSVILLE, Md., Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The American Childhood Cancer Organization announced today that their leadership in 2021 led to $25,000,000 in new state appropriations, transforming childhood cancer…
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Gold Ribbon Hero: Violet
Meet Violet, an 11 year old T-Cell ALL warrior! “On April 15, 2019, I took Violet to the pediatrician who said it was just a…
Palliative Care for Childhood Cancer
Palliative care is a special type of care aimed at improving quality of life for someone with a life-threatening illness. For children with cancer, this…
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Gold Ribbon Hero: Noah E.
Meet Noah, a two year old hepatoblastoma warrior who loves to dance. When Noah’s stomach looked a bit larger on one side, his mother Nicole…
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ACCO Celebrates Year TWO with Giant in the Community Bag Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Burtonsville, Maryland – For the SECOND year in a row, the American Childhood Cancer Organization has been selected as a beneficiary of…
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ACCO Aims to ‘Give the Gift of Time’ with Their Dual Giving Tuesday Campaign
BELTSVILLE, Md., Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — First comes Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. Then it’s Giving Tuesday, the day recognised around the world when people give back.…
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Gold Ribbon Hero: Trevor
Trevor is a 15 year old two time medulloblastoma warrior who loves to travel and experience new adventures with his family. When Trevor was first…
Down Syndrome and Leukemia
Each year, about 6,000 children in the United States are born with Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, a condition where they have an…
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