In the News

Joe Stevenson bets the Christmas spirit that fuels giving to pediatric cancer research through the 12 Bands of Christmas isn’t limited to December. Or Augusta, for that matter.

Brennan Simkins led the Aquinas football team the short distance from the gym to the football stadium, then helped the Irish tear down the banner as they raced onto the field Friday night.

Character education and community service are a part of daily life at The Children School (TCS). On May 26, Wilma Pollard and Amanda Thwaits’ first grade class ended their year of service by completing a fundraising project that had an extra special meaning for them.

The Press On fund mission changed in an ironically positive direction in 2009 when Tara and Turner Simkins, dear friends of the Chances and early supporters of Press On, joined forces with the Chances as a result of their son, Brennan’s, diagnosis with AML on the eve of his seventh birthday.

In March, kindergartners at The Children’s School in Midtown performed extra chores for parents and friends to raise money for their class community service project. The children donated the money, a total of $587.51, to a special cause, Press On: The Patrick R. Chance Fund for Neuroblastoma Research of CURE Childhood Cancer.

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy on behalf of CURE Childhood Cancer.

Augusta, GA — Turner Simkins, son diagnosed with Leukemia: “He’s a strong little boy, and he still has a great smile…”

On Monday the eight-grader at St. Mary on the Hill School got a buzz cut to show support for the first-grader Brennan Simkins, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

Give a gift of fragrant, white, super easy care paperwhites and support childhood cancer research at the same time!

Patrick Chance honorary member of Nanuet Fire Department.

Cancer kills more children than any other disease. Until there is a solution for every child diagnosed with cancer, CURE will be there.