A U.S. Congress United: Resolution Spotlights Childhood Brain Cancer, Establishes May 17 as DIPG Awareness Day

May 17, 2023, Washington, DC–Just in time for the 118th Congress, yesterday was the fifth introduction to the U.S. House of Representatives of the DIPG Awareness Resolution, which draws attention to the unmet medical needs of children with brain cancer and establishes May 17 as DIPG Awareness Day.  With a…

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Dingell Honors Ann Arbor’s Chad Carr, Commemorates DIPG Awareness Day

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 17, 2021 CONTACT: Mackenzie Smith Dingell Honors Ann Arbor’s Chad Carr, Commemorates DIPG Awareness Day Dingell’s bipartisan resolution would establish a national DIPG Awareness Day on May 17 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) commemorated Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness Day by…

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Advocacy Group Hosts Demonstration at US Capitol for Dismissed Measure Supporting Children Facing A Cruel Death

  The DIPG Awareness Resolution brings attention to children fighting for their lives; House leadership continues to dismiss them on a technicality. Oct. 31, 2020, Santa Clarita, CA– DIPG Advocacy Group, a coalition of pediatric brain cancer foundations and individual childhood cancer advocates, formed in late 2017 expressly for the…

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May 17 is DIPG Awareness Day in California; H.Res.69 Awaits a U.S. House Vote

Most people simply don’t know that our children are not a priority, unless pediatric cancer directly impacts them or someone very close to them. May 14, Santa Clarita, CA–what began in 2014 in California as the first State Awareness Resolution for DIPG, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, the deadliest and the…

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May 17 Marks an Acton-Agua Dulce Tradition for Powderpuff and Brain Cancer

  May 2, 2018, Agua Dulce CA–Vasquez High School students in Acton are preparing for their 6th Annual Powderpuff Football Game benefiting Jack’s Angels, a local charity dedicated to awareness and research for DIPG, the deadliest pediatric brain cancer, and advocacy for children with cancer. The Powderpuff Game began in…

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May 17 is DIPG Awareness Day—A National Movement

I discovered it was the 2nd most common pediatric brain tumor, and responsible for the majority of pediatric brain cancer deaths each year.  If brain cancer is the leading cause of death in kids with cancer, it’s hardly irrelevant, no matter how you define ‘rare’. May 14, 2017, Santa Clarita,…

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Help End Obscurity for DIPG and Pediatric Cancer

Rally-On for H.Res.69!  Help End Obscurity for DIPG and Pediatric Cancer February 19, 2017, Agua Dulce, CA—Jack’s Angels Foundation is calling on the Childhood Cancer Community for support in rallying Congress for the 2017 National DIPG Awareness Resolution, H.Res.69.   It raises awareness to the realities of pediatric brain cancer, and…

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4th Annual Santa Colorita Run Includes “Skip for Jack” Tribute to Children with the Deadliest Pediatric Brain Cancer, DIPG

For immediate release: 4th Annual Santa Colorita Run Includes “Skip for Jack” Tribute to Children with the Deadliest Pediatric Brain Cancer, DIPG February 18, 2017, Agua Dulce CA—The Santa Colorita 5k Fun-Run on February 25, 2017 at Castaic Lake Recreation Center in Castaic, CA, produced by the Santa Clarita Valley…

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NC3 Debut and Press Release

Christopher Winters, President, National Children’s Cancer Consortium February 9, 2017 Our Dearest Pediatric Cancer Community Heroes, Families, Fellow Advocates, Decision Makers, and our Friends and Families: Today, we are honored to announce the formation of a properly licensed non-profit legislative advocacy organization dedicated to taking the war on pediatric cancer…

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