Uncategorized – Cannonball Kids' Cancer

CKc Names New Executive Director

October 15, 2021
Valerie Solomon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: October 15, 2021 Contact: Valerie Solomon Email: valerie.solomon@cannonballkidscancer.org Website: www.cannonballkidscancer.org Facebook: @cannonballingcancer Cannonball...

This September, it’s time to educate for change.

August 31, 2021
Valerie Solomon

Tomorrow is September 1st, the start of Pediatric cancer Awareness Month. If you’ve been with CKc for any amount of time, you know that September is when we focus intensely not only on highlighting...

CKc August Newsletter

August 16, 2021
Meghan Hedrick

Click here to view CKc’s August Newsletter

Local Nonprofit Advances Federal Efforts to Define and Improve Survivorship for Childhood Cancer

July 14, 2020
Valerie Solomon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2020 Contact: Karen Revels, Executive Director Email: Karen.Revels@f1a.28e.myftpupload.com Website: f1a.28e.myftpupload.com Facebook: @cannonballingcancer LOCAL...

This is MY Treatment

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September 30, 2019

It is difficult to imagine who I would be today without cancer. The carefree teenager I was when diagnosed quickly learned to navigate the waters on the edge of life and death. Everything before cancer...

Yesterday a child died! Actually , horrifically 7 died!

July 29, 2019

But one that I loved and cherished died! One that I’ve played dinosaurs with, one that I’ve ate lunch with! His name is Coulter – he is undoubtedly the essence of what bravery is meant to...

The Story Behind The Photo

February 12, 2019

Every photo has a story… This one is pretty unique and beautiful and sad and so powerful wrapped into one. On April 1, 2017, Nolan King died unexpectedly after surgery. Nolan was 3. Nolan...

Why I Must Be An Advocate for Change and Education

September 6, 2018

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CKc Visits Penn State Children’s

June 9, 2018

On June 4, CKc chairman Michael Wiggins and board members Bruce Parker and John McCarroll traveled to Hershey, PA, to visit and tour the Penn State cancer Institute at Hershey Medical Center and Penn...

CKc Funded Immunotherapy Trial with Dr. Theodore Johnson

June 5, 2018

At CKc, we believe Research Is The Key! This video, provided by ecancer.org, shows one of our funded researchers, Dr. Theodore Johnson, discussing the progress of an immunotherapy trial which was funded...

Follow us at our new Twitter handle!

September 6, 2017
Debra Brett

Get all the latest news by following our new Twitter handle: @CKc_Foundation. Thank you!

2017 CKc Quarterly Newsletter

May 10, 2017

Second Annual Gold Gala Raises $300,000 To Fund Three New Pediatric Cancer Trials Due to the incredible support of our CKc Community, our second annual Gold Gala, held on April 1st, raised $300,000...

2017 Gold Gala Event Sponsor Recognition

March 13, 2017
Debra Brett

Sponsorships are rolling in for our 2nd Annual Gold Gala on April 1st! We would love to give recognition to the sponsors who have committed to helping us raise funds to eradicate pediatric cancer! We...

Mumma Bear Blog: Progress and Change

February 9, 2017
Debra Brett

Mumma Bear Blog: Progress and Change It’s been a minute since I blogged. Frankly, and you all know I like to talk frankly, the new position of Executive Director and creating a new Board to support...

Thank you for an amazing year!

December 30, 2016
Debra Brett

This is Michael. As we approach the close of 2016, there is so much to look back upon and be thankful. Cannonball Kids’ cancer Foundation funded, thanks to many of you who follow this page, four clinical...

Kristen and Buster Posey are making a difference in the world of pediatric cancer. Watch this fantasic video featuring Cannon!

December 1, 2016
Debra Brett

Please take a few minutes to watch this fantastic video about the difference Kristen and Buster Posey are making in the world of pediatric cancer. Michael, Melissa and Cannon had the privilege of meeting...

#GivingTuesday – Join Us In Saving Lives!

November 29, 2016
Debra Brett

How do you tell a child you love they are going to die? Seven children every day die from pediatric cancer, the number one killer by disease in children. Unacceptable. Cannonball Kids’ cancer exists...

Exciting CKc Leadership Announcement

October 3, 2016
Debra Brett

To: CKc Community From: Melissa Wiggins Date: October 3, 2016 Subject: A Very Exciting CKc Announcement _________________________________________________________ Cannonball...

End of Childhood cancer Awareness Month

October 1, 2016
Debra Brett

Please read this important last post for Childhood cancer Awareness Month. Written by Michael and Melissa Wiggins This is Michael. Today is the last day of Childhood cancer Awareness Month. I am sorry...

Treatments Actually Cause Cancer?

October 1, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. On the second to last day of Childhood cancer Awareness Month, I would like to discuss the effects of treatment received by children diagnosed with a form...

Greatest Obstacles

September 28, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. This infographic says it all. Cannonball Kids’ cancer Foundation (CKc) was founded to address the issues seen here. Why is cancer diagnosed in children more...

Why Give Blood?

September 27, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Over the past several weeks, I have tried to write about the types of treatments experienced by children diagnosed with cancer, and how harsh and brutal...

86,400 Seconds

September 26, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Today begins the last week of September, and earlier this morning, I received my usual couple emails from friends and colleagues about the weekend football...

Speak UP!

September 26, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. We continue to receive good feedback on the national and international front for those advocating for children with cancer. We hear that pediatric cancer...

Stand UP

September 23, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. We are hearing a lot of good things happening in pediatric cancer awareness, and there are advancements being made by those doing the research in the world...

CureFest 2016

September 22, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Ashley VanDerMark CKc attended CureFest for the 2nd year and wow, what a difference a year makes! Attendance, exposure, social media presence… it all was higher than last year. But...

Zero Survival Rate?

September 22, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Last Thursday, Melissa and I visited the Benioff Children’s Hospital at the University of California-San Francisco, and then had dinner with Dr. Sabine...

Diagnosis Challenge

September 18, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Today is Sunday and the day of CureFest in Washington D.C., and so much to report on with respect to our journey to fight for kids with cancer and Children’s...

Watch This…

September 17, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. I won’t write much today. I don’t need to. Our friend, “Tattoo Tom”, will do it for us. Please watch this video of a “TedTalk” by Tom, who unjustly and unnecessarily...

The “Cost” of Childhood cancer

September 16, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. I am re-posting an article and something I wrote two years ago. Even when I re-read it, after having lived it with Cannon, I shake my head in disbelief: This...

Posey Family Foundation – San Francisco Gala

September 16, 2016
Debra Brett

Posey Family Foundation – San Francisco Giants Gala Written by Mumma-Bear I have serious writer’s block about last night, about last chemo, Cannon, the Posey’s!!! All of it!!!! Most...

Life-Altering, Lifetime Impact

September 14, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Before I post the fact today, I just want to post a picture. I’ve posted it before, but take a look at this picture and let it stand for all the words...

Not Rare

September 13, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. I recently read this quote from a pediatric oncologist: “The good news is that childhood cancer is rare, but the bad news is it’s rare,” said Dr. Paul...

Every Two Minutes

September 12, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins Today is Monday, and we are fully engaged now in September and Children’s cancer Awareness Month. This week, Cannon will take his last dose of chemotherapy contained...

Genetic Or Hereditary?

September 11, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Today is 9/11, and every year during Childhood cancer Awareness Month, the 9/11 anniversary obviously occurs. Today is the 15th anniversary of that tragic...

Be The Solution

September 10, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. We have many people who want to learn more about our Foundation and we often are asked to speak to groups and attend events to keep the issue of cancer in...

Why Is Childhood cancer Ignored?

September 9, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Many people ask us “Why is it that cancer found in children is largely ignored by the research and drug development world?” or “How...

69 Years Lost

September 8, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Did you know that the average number of a years of productive life lost by a child with cancer is 69? Yes, a child lost to cancer misses out and...

Why We “Go Gold”

September 7, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Yesterday, the fact we posted about pediatric cancer was that on average, 7 children a day die from cancer or its effects in the U.S. Today, I want...

Our Children Deserve More

September 6, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins It is sometimes difficult as a cancer parent, especially during our focus month of September, to watch Cannon laugh and play and continue on his NED journey. We know that...

How Do Children’s Cancers Differ From Adult Cancers?

September 5, 2016
Debra Brett

This is Michael. September is fully upon us now and I hope that everyone that follows and supports our Foundation can engage with us to promote awareness for our efforts to educate about childhood...

Cancer – The Number One Killer By Disease in Children

September 4, 2016
Debra Brett

This is Michael. You have heard us say before that the reason we do what we do at CKc is because for children, cancer is the number one cause of death by disease. Did you know that it is responsible...

No Apology!

September 3, 2016
Debra Brett

Post by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. Day 3 of Childhood cancer Awareness Month, and I am just going to jump right into it. Most of you know that Melissa and I and the members of CKc’s board...

Why? Why?

September 2, 2016
Debra Brett

Written by Michael Wiggins This is Michael. As you read in Melissa’s post yesterday, September is Childhood cancer Awareness Month, and many of you know that we have in past years...

September: Bloom Where You Are Planted

September 1, 2016
Debra Brett

SEPTEMBER: Bloom Where You Are Planted Written by Mumma-Bear This block of wood sits in my window where I read every morning. It’s 6 a.m. and it’s so quiet. My husband is rustling his newspaper...

Research Is The Key! Please Share!

August 18, 2016
Debra Brett

CKc Awards $75,000 For Relapsed Neuroblastoma Trial

August 11, 2016
Debra Brett

Summary of Michigan Trip – July 24-26, 2016: Relapsed Neuroblastoma Trial 15 Kids and 8 New Hospital Sites We left approving an initial grant of $75,000. This initial funding...

Wisconsin Immunotherapy Grant Summary

July 20, 2016
Debra Brett

CKc Co-Founder Melissa Wiggins with Dr. Mario Otto, M.D., Ph.D., Summary of Madison, Wisconsin Trip: $75,000 Immunotherapy Grant “We have a a two-year-old with relapsed Rhabdomyosarcoma –...

Day Two on Capitol Hill – Melissa’s Update

June 10, 2016
Debra Brett

Michael and Melissa Wiggins outside Senator Marco Rubio’s office DC Day Two of Lobbying! By: Melissa Wiggins This is our 4th time in DC and we return in September. We see a shift, an awareness...

Day One On Capitol Hill – Melissa’s Update

June 8, 2016
Debra Brett

Michael and Melissa Wiggins meeting Congressman Mica Day One on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC By: Melissa Wiggins It’s been a day full of presentations, meetings and pounding Capitol Hill. Tomorrow...