September is paediatric cancer awareness month. Today, 43 children will be diagnosed with cancer and sadly 7 children will die from this disease.⠀
The causes of childhood cancer are unknown and can not be prevented.⠀
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Due to a lack of research, some paediatric cancers have a zero percent survival rate, either at diagnosis or recurrence. ⠀
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All 16 different childhood cancers receive 4% of the national cancer institute’s nearly $5 billion dollar budget while other cancers receive much more. ⠀
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When a child is diagnosed with cancer, the whole family is affected and we want them to know they are not alone in this journey.⠀
To show our love and support for the many families affected by childhood cancer we are going GOLD this week in support of The Gold Hope Project. (https://www.instagram.com/TheGoldHopeProject/)
Check out the gorgeous Gold images our members created for this week.