Welcome to PAC2!
We are a community on a mission to raise awareness of childhood cancer. We will grow, organize and plan, and take ACTION as
"one voice united against childhood cancer"
Please browse around, read the Mission of PAC2, the New Member Stuff to Do and dive right in. There is a lot to see and do, check this note to learn more about the site itself, and go here for some thoughts on the state of the childhood cancer world. On behalf of the 46 kids today, thanks for joining the fight - AJs Dad and Lori
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Dean Crowe, the Founder and CEO of the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research and I were talking today. I got mixed up on the schedule for posting Coach's Corner, and Nicole, who is supposedly "busy", well; we will let that go.....:) But anyway, we both expressed our frustration in the use of children to promote NON-CHILDHOOD specific fundraising events. You know the deal, those events where 3% of what you raise will be directed towards childhood cancer research. So, you raise $2000, $60 goes towards a cure for our kids. That's a FACT.
Here is another fact. Rally gives 93 cents of every dollar raised to support childhood cancer research and offers a wonderful alternative if you want to participate in an athletic event:

Rally Athletes for Childhood Cancer Research.
At ANY athletic event, like a 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon, triathlon, bike ride or walk, you can register as a Rally Athlete and know funds raised are directed to childhood cancer research. Last year, Rally Athletes raised over $90,000 and ALL the proceeds went to CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH—not just 3%! Hmmm…do we want 3 cents or 93 cents of every dollar going to support our kids? That is not difficult math!
Rally also has Rally Athlete Training Teams for specific marathons that come with expert coaching, a training schedule and more. Let's say you or a friend are thinking about doing a marathon, half marathon or doing both the full and half (that’s called Goofy’s Challenge), join the Rally Athlete Disney World Marathon Training Team. This year’s Walt Disney World Marathon is January 9th, 2010. Let’s have a HUGE showing at Disney for childhood cancer research. I’d love to see Disney covered with Rally Athlete runners! When you register for the Disney Rally Athlete Team here's what you get:
To get a feel for it, here's a link to a story about The Rally Team preparing for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in October. And, if you're not up to a full marathon, you can always dream something up and Rally will be sure to help promote your efforts and make donating easy. Rally is currently helping several families plan races and rides in honor or in memory of their children.
There is another big Rally Athlete event you can support and you don’t even have to be athletic! It’s the Rally Across America bike ride. On Wednesday, July 22 Magan, a recent college graduate, is a novice cyclist and about to depart on an incredible journey for our kids. As this summer’s Rally Foundation intern, Magan and her two teammates will push themselves to the max by biking 1,000 miles in 10 days to raise money for childhood cancer research. Magan and her team start “biking for bucks” in Atlanta pedaling their way to Greenwich, CT. Their goal is to raise $75,000 for childhood cancer research. And, I get to meet her when she's in Raleigh! The Rally Across America team will be pedaling through NC, DC, MD, PA and NY. If you would like to host the team (there are four of them) or help them reach their goal, email Magan at magan@rallyfoundation.org.
So, just to reiterate on the first bullet, about where the money goes....in its first three years, Rally Foundation has provided more than $1 million in childhood cancer research grants, 2nd year research awards for young investigators, research nurses and fellowships supporting 39 projects in 22 hospitals nationwide. For every dollar Rally receives, 93 cents goes to support Rally's mission. Rally supports all phases of childhood cancer research from science at the bench (very early research) to Phase I, II, and III clinical trials including targeted therapies, DNA studies and survivorship studies. Rally is also excited to help fund the collaborative research of more than 5,000 physicians, scientists and nurses at 200 hospitals nationwide. These physicians and nurses treat more than 90% of the children in the US with cancer.
So, my fellow athletes, marathoners, bikers, swimmers and walkers—next race/walk get yourself registered as a Rally Athlete. Get a cool t-shirt, and feel good knowing you are fighting 110% for the kids....and please tell your friends if they want to run, walk, swim or bike for your child or a child who has cancer, please do it as a Rally Athlete where 93 cents of every dollar goes to CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH!
Dean Crowe - Founder - Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
AJs Dad - Co-Founder - PAC2
We have tried to make the lies, damn lies and statistics post a bit more user-friendly. We also understand that this argument was discussed at Reach the Day by CureSearch....
We have all been lead to believe that childhood cancer is rare. And, when you look at the number of cases, it is. But, is the number of cases the only number we should be looking at when comparing it to other cancers? We don't think it is. We think we should also look at the total number of years of life lost (Person Years Life Lost or PYLL) for each cancer. And then compare funding based on the number of years of life lost for each cancer. Basically, a method to "level the playing field" and compare apples to apples.
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