One of a Kind – Lila’s Story
Medical challenges are not new territory for 14-year-old Lila and her family – she had a stroke before she was born, she is non-verbal and is...
A Little Warrior – Sloane’s Story
You might think it strange that Allison cherishes the opportunity to watch her three-year-old daughter, Sloane, throw a tantrum. It’s...
A Battery-Operated Heart – Megan’s Osteosarcoma Story
When 8-year-old Megan was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, she asked her mom what osteosarcoma was – she’d never heard the word before. Her mom...
The power of seed funding: CCRF-funded leukemia screening project lands NIH grant
Erin Marcotte, PhD, MPH, and Heather Nelson, PhD, MPH, of University of Minnesota are seizing the opportunity to turn small things into big...
Bone marrow recipient Ella is flower girl in her donor’s wedding
Ella had a very aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia, and neither of her siblings were a marrow match. Even after the transplant, she...
Teeing Up for a Cure
Humbled. Hopeful. Loved. Those are just some of the emotions the family of Nicholas Cisewski feels every year during the Nicholas Cisewski Me...
CCRF’s New CEO, Elizabeth Allen, Has Big Plans
It's hard to believe we’re already two months into my new role as CEO of Children’s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF)! These initial weeks have b...
Divide and conquer – a new way to study osteosarcoma
Using The Fight Osteosarcoma Together (FOT) Super Grant, funded in part by the Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund, Dr. Grohar will spend three...
Turning Pain into Purpose – Riding for Mary
In 2006, Mary, a strong and talented track runner, was slated to head off to her first year of college. She visited her doctor for the...
Soaking up summer fun at Camp Norden 2023
Children's Cancer Research Fund is dedicated to making a positive impact in the world of childhood cancer, and part of that looks like Camp....
The Truth About Being Your Sibling’s Stem Cell Donor
Andrew's brother Joe was diagnosed with leukemia. After two relapses, Joe's doctors offered a new treatment option: an infusion of Andrew's ste...
Great Cycle Challenge Rider Guillermo Pous Fernández – Beyond the Bike
When Guillermo Pous Fernández first signed up to participate in Great Cycle Challenge (GCC), he never predicted that he’d eventually raise t...
Six funding partners unite to defeat this formidable childhood cancer
If we want to defeat osteosarcoma, a formidable bone cancer, we must put a powerful force behind research. That’s why CCRF’s Zach Sobiech...
Developing a new way to stop the most aggressive leukemia
With support from an Accelerating Impact for Hard-to-Treat Cancer Award from Children’s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF), University of Virginia...
Paying It Forward – Jessly’s Story
When 5-year-old Jessly’s mom, Debbie, started noticing that her daughter wasn’t meeting standard developmental milestones as an infant, she...
Crowning Compassion: Mrs. Minnesota Spotlights CCRF
Brandi DeVries was crowned Mrs. Minnesota America 2023 in June and has chosen CCRF as her organization to highlight throughout the next year....
CCRF names Family Wellbeing Programs in honor of Larry and Jean LeJeune
Children’s Cancer Research Fund is proud to announce that our family support programs will now be known as The LeJeune Whole Family Wellbeing...
Kimber’s Story – On Her Own Path
When Kimber's right leg started dragging, her mom, Tiffany, had a gut feeling that this was serious – Tiffany and her husband, Kolton, put...