I don’t know know how many of you have taken the time to sign this online petition, but I wanted to post a few facts from it and urge EVERYONE to fill it out.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/CureChildhoodCancer

Did you know: 

- Childhood cancer is the #1 killer disease of our children, more than from asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and pediatric AIDS combined

- 1 in 300 children will be diagnosed with cancer before age 20

- Each year 3,000 children die, and 35-40,000 are in treatment

- The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) federal budget was $4.6 billion. Of that, breast cancer received 12%, prostate cancer received 7%, and all 12 major groups of pediatric cancers combined received less than 3%

- Childhood cancer has a huge societal impact – 180,000 potential years of life are lost to it EVERY year

There’s a longer post here, written by AJ’s dad, but on another site. Unfortunately I don’t know the original site where his article appeared.

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