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Santa Colorita 5k Fun Run 2015 and “Skip for Jack” a great success!
Bob Messina of 1st image photography took pictures of this event for the SCV Chamber of Commerce on facebook; follow the link! We were so very happy to welcome U.S. Congressman Steve Knight to come speak at our event! He even started off the Skip for us and enjoyed the…
Looking Ahead 2015
Now beginning its third year, Jack’s Angels’ Board of Directors is conducting a thorough review of our beginning endeavors for the process of finding our long-term focus for how we can be most effective in our mission. Our mission itself is finding balance and clarity throughout this process, and our…
NCI Brain Spore teams
From the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (www.cancer.gov) Translational Research Program, DCTD Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis Organ Site-Specific SPOREs By State By Organ Location Last Updated: 11/04/14 Brain SPOREs It is estimated that in 2013 there will be 23,130 new cases of cancer of the brain…
Our Mission 2014
This post is a repeat of our home page, the content of which is very important yet is often overlooked. Here the links are kept intact for easy reference. Also, our literature is offered here as well. PRWeb press release LEAFLET brochure DESCRIPTION of Purpose Did You Know?…
Awareness Runs 2014
Awareness Walks & Runs …for DIPG Awareness! Press Release (click link) –Why is it important? Pediatric Cancer research as a whole is underfunded–only 4% of the NCI’s annual budget for cancer research goes to pediatric cancers. DIPG is an example of a pediatric cancer that has been marginalized as rare, yet is…
Children’s Choir with Center Stage Opera
CENTER STAGE OPERA and Jack’s Angels Foundation Present: OUR REHEARSAL LOCATION HAS CHANGED– Acton Mainstage, MPR Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District, 32248 Crown Valley Rd, Acton, CA 93510 A wonderful idea is coming to fruition! We are collaborating with Center Stage Opera to develop, beginning Fall 2014, the beginnings of a versatile children’s choir…
Site Reconstruction
Dear Friends, (for news posts before Oct. 5 2014, click here.) During a very busy 2 months where I’d like to keep everything well updated on this site, we’ve had to change equipment (new computer system), and then, 3 weeks later, completely change our website due to hacking. For…
THE WALL
“JACK GOES TO WASHINGTON D.C.” –Sept. 25, 2014, Janet Demeter, written for the local Women’s Club in Agua Dulce, CA, summarizing the trip to Washington, D.C. for DIPG and Childhood Cancer Awareness. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, as President Obama first declared it for our affected children in 2010. Still,…
A Worthy 2nd
Posted on May 29, 2014 May 28, 2014, Agua Dulce, CA—A tradition in the greater Santa Clarita Valley is developing in May, brain tumor awareness month. Jack’s Angels Foundation, of Agua Dulce, CA, is dedicated to awareness, support, and research for DIPG, a pediatric brainstem tumor responsible for 80% of…