Having
a child diagnosed with cancer is not just a medical journey ---- it is a very
difficult and heart-wrenching emotional experience. It is learning to
cope with watching your child suffer day in and day out. It is feeling
utterly helpless and at times, being overwhelmed -seeing your child in so much
pain, battling so many unknowns and unable to provide any definitive answers
or solutions.
Gold
ribbons will be used in the celebration of the
International Childhood Cancer Day on February 15, 2006
to symbolize the movement to raise awareness and support to help
address the global problem of childhood cancer.
The
GOLD RIBBON Campaign was launched in partnership together with a
popular reality TV program-- Pinoy Big Brother.
With determination, passion, perseverance and faith in God, cycling 1,500 kilometeres is possible. Likewise, giving a child a fighting chance to beat their cancer is achievable...
In
celebration of Childhood Cancer
Awareness Month and in honor of the fighting spirit
of kids with cancer and their families, Cancer Warrior
Foundation undertakes Bike for Life 3:
A Journey of Courage and Hope.
A
core team of twenty bikers (one cancer survivor, ten fathers
whose kids are still fighting cancer and are being supported
by CWF ; two husbands who lost their wives to cancer; seven
volunteers whose lives have been touched by cancer) will be
biking with James Auste (brain cancer survivor and founder
of Cancer Warriors) . In every area, local bikers groups and
other sectoral champions (local chief executives, church and
school leaders, members of the medical community, youth and
women groups etc. ) will be joining them.
This
14 day journey/caravan starts on
September 16, 6:30 - 7:30 AM at Alabang Town
Center ( parking space in front of Rustans ). It is
quite early because they are biking all the way to Batangas
City I hope you can make time and take that extra sacrifice
to join us in sending off the team. Your presence will
inspire them in this very challenging and tedious journey
across three major islands, five roro crossings and 14
towns/cities Senator Pia Cayetano , Akiko Thomson, TJ
Manotoc and other media friends, artists will be joining the
send off. If you have a car, you can join the convoy up to
the first major Luzon stop: Batangas City.
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Semptember is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
It is
an
opportunity
to
•
Honor the courage of kids/teens with cancer and their
families
•
Offer much-needed recognition and support to kids with
cancer and their families
It is
a
reminder
for everyone...
•
Children can have cancer. Metro Manila cancer registry
records in three hospitals, show that eight kids/one very 3
hours, die everyday. Many more cases and deaths remain
unreported
•
Childhood cancer strikes randomly, unexpectedly, regularly,
sparing no age group, socioeconomic status, ethnic group or
geographic region. Children as young as a few months, barely
able to talk and walk, can already have cancer
•
Children can survive cancer, with early diagnosis and
prompt, adequate treatment. In developed countries,
childhood cancer survival rate is as high as 95%. In the
Philippines, sadly, it is only 10to 30%. Of ten who are
diagnosed, only two/three will most likely survive. They
die because they are poor, unable to afford the high
costs of medication and treatment
It is
a
call
to action: Work Together
to help neighbors, classmates, and colleagues whose lives may be
burdened by childhood cancer
Working together we can help them FACE and BEAT Cancer. We can
give them the greatest gift of all --- a chance to live fully
--to have a future
So please,
GET
INVOLVED. KIDS SHOULD NOT FIGHT CANCER ALONE.
There are so
many ways you can help.
•
Post this message in your bulletin boards, in your
churches, at school, at work, in your barangay halls/
community centers, in your blogs or home pages
•
Pledge any amount to help buy medicines for kids with
cancer. As little as P 250.00 will go a long way to save
a life
•
Let your church leaders, media friends and elected
officials know. One child/teen die every three hours
because they are too poor to afford the high cost of
cancer treatment. Ask them to DO SOMETHING TO STOP THE
DYING
•
Sponsor a child for a minimum of P5,000 a month. You can
do this with your family, group of friends or co-workers
•
Sponsor an event /Make CWFI your beneficiary in special
events in your church, school or neighbourhood
•
Write an article, a story or a letter to the editor on
the situation of kids with cancer – the forgotten,
neglected children of our society
Endorse CWFI to a possible sponsor. 100% of funds raised
go to treatment of poor kids with cancer
•
Take time. Be a volunteer. Be a Cancer Warrior
•
Help raise funds from others throw aways: old
newspapers, used paper, toys, books etc.
•
Request for your very own coin banks of hope (Alkansya
nang Pag-Asa)
•
Celebrate your special moments (birthdays,
anniversaries, yearly employee events, school fairs)
with kids with cancer. Moments of fun help bring some
joy and relaxation in their pain wracked lives
•
Make a donation to Cancer Warriors Foundation Metrobank
Account Number: 7-168-50924-0
Having
a child diagnosed with cancer is not just a medical journey ---- it is a very
difficult and heart-wrenching emotional experience. It is learning to
cope with watching your child suffer day in and day out. It is feeling
utterly helpless and at times, being overwhelmed -seeing your child in so much
pain, battling so many unknowns and unable to provide any definitive answers
or solutions.
Gold
ribbons will be used in the celebration of the
International Childhood Cancer Day on February 15, 2006
to symbolize the movement to raise awareness and support to help
address the global problem of childhood cancer.
The
GOLD RIBBON Campaign was launched in partnership together with a
popular reality TV program-- Pinoy Big Brother.
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