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We are an advocacy community on a mission to raise awareness of childhood cancer. We strive to take ACTION as
"One Voice United Against Childhood Cancer"!
PAC2 - 5,476 members
Childhood Cancer Petition - Another Inconvenient Truth - 44,804 signatures
The Creating Hope Act is innovative legislation that will incentivize drug companies to invest in childhood cancer research in return for a voucher that will let them speed other, more profitable drugs to market. Incentive at no cost to the American taxpayer.
Please click here to contact your reps in Congress in support of the Creating Hope Act.


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April 21, 2012 at 7pm to April 22, 2012 at 12am – Hartford Hilton Main Ballroom
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There has been some media attention lately....sometimes not the best.
PBS did a story on the improvements of cure rates for childhood cancer. A bit under-whelming....
PBS Story: Kids and Cancer: Why Pediatric Cancer Cure Rates Have Improved So Much
If you are on Facebook you may want to respond and ask them to tell "the rest of the story" - https://www.facebook.com/pbs/posts/10150490588472169
And those American Cancer Society bloggers just can't contain themselves. In weighing in on the Bald Barbie Facebook campaign, they include the old favorite "Childhood cancer is exceedingly rare" statement. Then somehow they compare getting hit by lightning to childhood cancer, and state that awareness is a waste of time. The community, many of you, stepped up and responded. Strongly. Thank you all for that! They apparently do believe that childhood cancer is rare -- because their contributions to childhood cancer research are truely "rare" - http://bit.ly/
Read the ACS blog here: Bald Barbie Demand is an Over-Reach and PAC2's response here.
Parent Series
Your Child Has Cancer – Now What??? Taking Care of Those You Care About Most (Including You!) Four Session Series beginning March 8, 2012 - click below to register
Late Effects from Radiation - Parent Session 1
Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 2:00 PM Central
Knowledge is Power: What You Need to Know and Where to Find It - Parent Session 2
Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 2:00 PM Central
Help Your Child Adapt and Grow - Parent Session 3
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM Central
What About Your Other Kids? - Parent Session 4
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 at 2:00 PM Central
Dear PAC2,
It is a challenge to prepare a 2011 year-end wrap up for the childhood cancer community, but compared to what the 40,000 children in treatment in the US face every day, the burden is light. This note helps us celebrate some of the key accomplishments within our community last year. Those mentioned in this note are only some of the thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of groups and individuals fighting to create a world without childhood cancers. Because each one may not be mentioned here it does not minimize what they have and will continue to accomplish; as you can read in previous PAC2 updates here. But some community-wide stories warrant some special attention....
Click to read more - 2011: Hope
Thanks PAC2!
whew....Charlie Brown says "Are you going to die"....Linus wonders "Why?"...Lucy is uniformed and thinks it's catchy....this is Part 1 of 3 of a show featuring Janis as a young girl with cancer, from the 1990's. Linus strongly stands up for Janis when she is bald and being teased. Janis's sister girl feels ignored. Compassionate and real...you should watch this, it's very well done...and in the end, Janis has a surprise for Linus. :)
WE WELCOME ANY AND ALL childhood cancer organizations to provide information on their foundation by visiting:
http://www.peopleagainstchildhoodcancer.org/page/childhood-cancer-directory.
Once we have collected a representative group of organizations; we will proceed with creation and publication of the directory on the PAC2 website for use by the entire childhood cancer community. Please share the link with your favorite childhood cancer groups; and if you represent an organization we gratefully appreciate you sharing your information with us!
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