Childhood Cancer Charities Unite

As I sit here writing this blog, I can't believe that it has been a year since Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation organized the first Childhood Cancer Charity Summit in our hometown of Philadelphia. We have accomplished so much since that time that you would think this partnership was forged years ago. On Monday, October 19, 2009, hosted by the Iron Matt Foundation, we came together for our third face to face meeting, for what is now known as Childhood Cancer Charities Unite (C3U).

3rd Meeting of C3U in Hoboken, NJ

Back in October of 2008, we held the first summit bringing together childhood cancer charities from across the country to brainstorm ways to find better treatments and ultimately cures…NOW. I will admit that though we had high hopes initially, we didn’t know where this experiment might lead. The idea was that if we came together and pooled our resources, we could move faster and go farther in making a difference in the lives of children facing cancer. That first meeting brought together 20 organizations that focus their efforts on funding childhood cancer research.

12 of these organizations attended the meeting outside of New York City on Monday, to tackle the priorities we had set previously. We now have structured committees and are taking strides to address the issues of research, grants, information sharing and mission development.

I am thrilled to say that we now have a mission and a logo!

Childhood Cancer Charities Unite is a national collaboration of leading nonprofit organizations working together to raise awareness and advance research in an effort to find a cure for childhood cancer.

What started as an idea has been put into action, and we are making tangible progress. I truly believe that by collaborating through Childhood Cancer Charities Unite, we are so much stronger and we will find a cure for all the children with cancer faster.

Childhood Cancer Charities Unite Participant List:

• Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation


• Bear Necessities


• The Butterfly Foundation


• Caitlin Robb Foundation


• Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation


• Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation


• Cord Foundation


• Curing Kids Cancer


• Hope Street Kids


• I Care I Cure


• IronMatt


• The Ishan Gala Foundation


• Magic Water Project


• The Pediatric Cancer Foundation


• PLGA


• Rally Foundation


• Sarcoma Foundation of America


• Solving Kids' Cancer


• St. Baldrick's Foundation


• Super Jake Foundation

- Jay Scott, Alex's Dad