Nora’s Journey With Cancer: The Spirit of a Fighter
Like most 4-year-old girls, Nora was full of life — happy, energetic and always on the go. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until her...
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 2025
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month — and this year, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is celebrating 20 years of...
What’s One Hour of Your Time Worth?
Some people think of volunteering as a nice gesture. But in the fight against childhood cancer, it’s a lifeline. Volunteers are the...
What is Ewing Sarcoma?
Ewing Sarcoma Defined Ewing sarcoma is a cancerous bone tumor that affects children, adolescent and young adults—usually developing during...
What is Rhabdomyosarcoma?
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a type of soft tissue cancer that most commonly affects children and adolescents. It’s often found in skeletal...
What Is Osteosarcoma?
Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer in children and adolescents. The tumor often originates in the long bones of the body,...
Rally Is Proud to Award $300,000 to These Outside the Box Grant Recipients!
Breakthroughs happen — in science, in medicine and especially in childhood cancer research — with outside-the-box thinking. At Rally...
Rally Is Excited to Announce $1.2M in Funding for Career Development Awards
At Rally, we believe that innovative research begins with innovative researchers. That’s why we are thrilled to announce the recipients of...
Rally Announces $800K in Awards to Consortium Grants
We are thrilled to share that Rally Foundation has awarded a total of $800,000 in funding for Consortium Grants this year. So, what...
Rally Foundation Announces More Than $1M for Independent Investigator Grants
Rally is thrilled to announce that $1,087,500 has been awarded through this year’s Independent Investigator Grants — supporting innovative...
Nora’s Journey With Cancer: The Spirit of a Fighter
Like most 4-year-old girls, Nora was full of life — happy, energetic and always on the go. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until her parents noticed a deep bruise on her shoulder blade. They didn’t think much of it at first, but then more bruises began to appear in places where they shouldn’t. Nora also started feeling unusually tired, which wasn’t typical for this spunky girl. Her parents chalked it up to being “Disney tired” from a recent magical family trip. But when Nora spiked a fever...
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 2025
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month — and this year, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is celebrating 20 years of impact! We have an incredible lineup of events and activities planned all month long to raise awareness and critical funds for childhood cancer research. Join us in making this milestone year one to remember. Check back often to see new events as they are added throughout September. Click the buttons below to see what’s happening nationwide and in specific...
What’s One Hour of Your Time Worth?
Some people think of volunteering as a nice gesture. But in the fight against childhood cancer, it’s a lifeline. Volunteers are the heartbeat of progress. They show up at events, assist families, run logistics and keep things moving behind the scenes. But beyond the tasks, they bring something deeper: presence. Their message —without ever saying a word— is simple and powerful: “You’re not alone.” There’s no one way to volunteer — and no “perfect” type of person needed. If you care, you’re...
What is Ewing Sarcoma?
Ewing Sarcoma Defined Ewing sarcoma is a cancerous bone tumor that affects children, adolescent and young adults—usually developing during puberty between the ages of 10 and 20 years old. Approximately 87% of Ewing sarcomas are in the long bone, meaning the arm, thigh, shin and pelvis. On rare occasion, Ewing sarcomas can occur in soft tissue like cartilage or nerves. These are called pPNET tumors and can be found in the nerve tissue in many parts of the body; if a pPNET is found in the chest,...
What is Rhabdomyosarcoma?
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a type of soft tissue cancer that most commonly affects children and adolescents. It’s often found in skeletal muscle tissue or organs, such as the head and neck area, the urinary system, the reproductive system or appendages like the arms and legs. Rhabdomyosarcoma is part of a larger grouping of cancers called sarcomas which emerge in the body’s connective tissues, like muscles, fat, bones, blood vessels and joints. There are 50 different types of sarcomas. There...
What Is Osteosarcoma?
Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer in children and adolescents. The tumor often originates in the long bones of the body, and while osteosarcoma frequently starts in a particular bone, it can potentially move to other sites in the body, such as the lungs and other bones. This movement, known as metastasis, makes the disease more difficult to treat. “For patients that present with no evidence of metastatic or disseminated disease, the overall prognosis is about 70-75%,” said...