Oh, What a Year!
Oh, what a year! As you know, we take every dollar given to Rally seriously. It could be the dollar that finds the cure for children fighting cancer. And sometimes kids, like Keren, must fight more than one cancer. Your donations matter. Every dollar matters. Please give today #ForTheirFuture. Thank you for entrusting Rally with your generous gift. Without you, none of what I am about to share would be possible. For the second year in a row, Rally has received a PERFECT SCORE OF 100% FROM CHARITY NAVIGATOR. This makes Rally the highest rated childhood cancer charity funding research nationally and internationally and providing family support. This year through Rally’s dual peer review grant process, we granted $3.4 million to fellows, young investigators, independent investigators and consortiums bringing our total to $25.4 million and 457 research projects across the U.S. and...
Rally Kid Keren is a True Advocate
“I have been fighting cancer and the side effects since 2017,” shares Rally Kid Keren, who beat rhabdomyosarcoma almost five years before being diagnosed with a completely different cancer, osteosarcoma, in 2021. Dealing with this new cancer diagnosis has been a hard road for Keren and her family. They have found a way of understanding and coping with the harsh treatments and difficult procedures. Just ask for clarification. Keren’s mom Kelly proudly explains, “Keren has really learned how to be an advocate for herself. She is kind but clear when she asks to learn more. This is truly an amazing feat – many people much older than her do not wish, or do not know how to speak up when the doctor or nurse prescribes or implements a certain treatment or process. She really is an impressive role model. Keren empowers us, her parents, as well as other childhood cancer patients, to go ahead and...
Rally Foundation Benefit Bash Raises $3.36M for Childhood Cancer Research
Donors Surpass Ed Bastian’s $2M Fundraising Challenge at 15th Annual Benefit Bash ATLANTA, November 17, 2022 – On Friday, November 11, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research hosted its 15th Annual Benefit Bash, sponsored by Delta Air Lines, raising more than $3.36 million in critical funding for advances in the fight against childhood cancer. This brings the total funds raised by this event to $13,860,000 since 2007. Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, served as the inaugural Corporate Chair of this year’s event. Upon accepting this new role, he set a challenge for all sponsors and guests of the 2022 event: to raise more than $2 million and fund additional cutting-edge dual peer-reviewed childhood cancer research projects. “Delta has been honored to serve as the title sponsor of the Rally Foundation Annual Benefit Bash for the past 13 years. Together we are making a difference...
Meet Rally Kid Keren. Again.
Yes, you have met her before. Five years ago, Rally Kid Keren was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer. Her fight included chemotherapy, radiation and an amputation. Throughout treatment Keren showed her resilience and kept a positive outlook. With the unwavering support of her parents, Kelly and Jonathan, and her older brother Jacob and younger sister Lyla, Keren rang the bell in 2019. She had to continue with physical therapy and deal with multiple side effects from her treatment. A heavy blow came in 2021 to Keren, her family and friends. Doctors diagnosed Keren with a new cancer, osteosarcoma, a bone cancer. Unfortunately, it is a side effect of her initial cancer treatment. Cancer. Again. More brutal chemotherapy. Radical shoulder surgery. So many nights in the hospital. Missed the first semester of high school. But, through it all Keren remained resilient and...
Durbin Keeps Asking New Questions
Passion for Pediatric Cancer Patients and Research Drives Meaningful Discovery “Every day, I’m motivated to discover more through research that will enable us to better treat children with cancer and improve outcomes with fewer side effects.” Since his first lab job in the summer between his freshman and sophomore year in college, Adam D. Durbin, MD, PhD, of the Division of Molecular Oncology, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has been fascinated by medical research. “I couldn’t believe that I was getting paid to work in Dr. Avrum Gotlieb’s lab. I learned so much that summer and the following ones. I found that this experience really put me ahead in my studies,” Durbin said in a recent interview. “I thought it was so cool that I was working on new research and able to publish papers. It really made me question my direction after undergraduate school: Should...
$56 Million In New Federal Funding
ATLANTA (September 1, 2022) – After six years of intense advocacy with Department of Defense (DOD) Subcommittee members, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is excited to announce $56 million in new federal funding this year for cancers affecting children, adolescents, and young adults (AYAs). The $56 million is being awarded from the DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs’ (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program directly to researchers, funding 44 projects. Rally Foundation’s Founder, Dean Crowe, who never stops looking for new funding, learned six years ago that the DOD has a $1.5 billion medical research program. At the time, about $300 million was allocated to cancers where the average age of diagnosis was 66 years old — even though almost 90% of active military personnel are 39 years old or younger with an average age of 25 years. In addition,...
Oh, What a Year!
Oh, what a year! As you know, we take every dollar given to Rally seriously. It could be the dollar that finds the cure for children fighting cancer. And sometimes kids, like Keren, must fight more than one cancer. Your donations matter. Every dollar matters. Please give today #ForTheirFuture. Thank you for entrusting Rally with your generous gift. Without you, none of what I am about to share would be possible. For the second year in a row, Rally has received a PERFECT SCORE OF 100% FROM...
Rally Kid Keren is a True Advocate
“I have been fighting cancer and the side effects since 2017,” shares Rally Kid Keren, who beat rhabdomyosarcoma almost five years before being diagnosed with a completely different cancer, osteosarcoma, in 2021. Dealing with this new cancer diagnosis has been a hard road for Keren and her family. They have found a way of understanding and coping with the harsh treatments and difficult procedures. Just ask for clarification. Keren’s mom Kelly proudly explains, “Keren has really learned how to...
Rally Foundation Benefit Bash Raises $3.36M for Childhood Cancer Research
Donors Surpass Ed Bastian’s $2M Fundraising Challenge at 15th Annual Benefit Bash ATLANTA, November 17, 2022 – On Friday, November 11, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research hosted its 15th Annual Benefit Bash, sponsored by Delta Air Lines, raising more than $3.36 million in critical funding for advances in the fight against childhood cancer. This brings the total funds raised by this event to $13,860,000 since 2007. Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, served as the inaugural Corporate...
Meet Rally Kid Keren. Again.
Yes, you have met her before. Five years ago, Rally Kid Keren was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer. Her fight included chemotherapy, radiation and an amputation. Throughout treatment Keren showed her resilience and kept a positive outlook. With the unwavering support of her parents, Kelly and Jonathan, and her older brother Jacob and younger sister Lyla, Keren rang the bell in 2019. She had to continue with physical therapy and deal with multiple side effects from her...
Durbin Keeps Asking New Questions
Passion for Pediatric Cancer Patients and Research Drives Meaningful Discovery “Every day, I’m motivated to discover more through research that will enable us to better treat children with cancer and improve outcomes with fewer side effects.” Since his first lab job in the summer between his freshman and sophomore year in college, Adam D. Durbin, MD, PhD, of the Division of Molecular Oncology, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has been fascinated by medical...
$56 Million In New Federal Funding
ATLANTA (September 1, 2022) – After six years of intense advocacy with Department of Defense (DOD) Subcommittee members, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is excited to announce $56 million in new federal funding this year for cancers affecting children, adolescents, and young adults (AYAs). The $56 million is being awarded from the DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs’ (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program directly to researchers, funding 44 projects....