Folks from across the nation are banding together for CureFest, an annual, weekend-long event in D.C., to raise awareness about pediatric cancer. See photos.
Folks from across the nation are banding together for CureFest, an annual, weekend-long event in D.C., to raise awareness about pediatric cancer.
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91欧美激情/Liz Anderson
During CureFest, representatives from pediatric cancer awareness foundations traveled to Capitol Hill to speak to lawmakers in hopes of getting increased research funding to find better treatments and, ultimately, cures for the various forms of childhood cancer.
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Meet Asher, who is holding a sign with a photo of his older brother, Eli. A family friend told 91欧美激情 that Eli died from side effects of his neuroblastoma treatment February 11, 2018 at age 4.
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Participants include 鈥減eople who have children in treatment for cancer, people who have lost children to cancer, and there are a lot of people who are here who are just advocates, who don鈥檛 actually have a child that has been impacted by cancer,鈥� said 鈥淭attoo Tom鈥� Mitchell, who was a single dad when his daughter Shayla was diagnosed with cancer at age 16.
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For Shayla, they unfortunately ran out of treatment options. Tom said they had candid conversations about what his life might look like after she died.
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91欧美激情/Liz Anderson
鈥淥ne of the things that she made me promise is that I would do everything in my power to help other families and other children that were in similar situations,” he said.
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Cosplayers came out to CureFest to bring smiles to the faces of participants.
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WASHINGTON 鈥� Folks from across the nation are banding together for CureFest, an annual, weekend-long event in D.C., to raise awareness about pediatric cancer.
During CureFest, representatives from pediatric cancer awareness foundations traveled to Capitol Hill to speak to lawmakers in hopes of getting increased research funding to find better treatments and, ultimately, cures for the various forms of childhood cancer.
Participants include 鈥減eople who have children in treatment for cancer, people who have lost children to cancer, and there are a lot of people who are here who are just advocates, who don鈥檛 actually have a child that has been impacted by cancer,鈥� said 鈥淭attoo Tom鈥� Mitchell, who was a single dad when his daughter Shayla was diagnosed with cancer at age 16.
For Shayla, they unfortunately ran out of treatment options. Tom said they had candid conversations about what his life might look like after she died.
鈥淥ne of the things that she made me promise is that I would do everything in my power to help other families and other children that were in similar situations,” he said.
Still Brave, the Fairfax County-based organization Tom founded in Shayla鈥檚 memory, is one of many organizations represented at CureFest.
Folks from around the country are banding together this weekend 鈥� to raise awareness about childhood cancer. This afternoon, they鈥檙e rallying at Freedom Plaza and marching to the Capitol 鈥�
