One Mission, 51 Childhood Cancer Researchers, $3.4 Million in Grants
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research Awards $3.4 Million in Grants This year, 51 researchers from 31 institutions across the country and worldwide will receive a total of $3.4 million in grants from Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. “Rally Foundation has now awarded $25.4 million in grants for childhood cancer research since we started in 2005,” says Dean Crowe, Founder and CEO. “From the beginning, our mission has been to fund the best research wherever it may be to help find better childhood cancer treatments with fewer long-term side effects and, ultimately, cures.” Rally grants are awarded based on a competitive dual peer-review process conducted by Rally’s Medical Advisory Board, which is made up of 60 leading childhood cancer experts. These grants fund all levels of research, from science at the bench to translational, and they include second- and...
This Month, Go Big with Zaxby’s for Rally Foundation
Zaxby’s believes in promoting “Zax of Kindness.” Doing good to help others is part of their brand mission to enrich lives, one person at a time. Starting this year, they are asking Zaxby’s fans to do a simple Zax of Kindness: When you “Go Big,” you Go Big for the Kids! For a select time, when you upsize – or “Go Big” to a large drink and large fries – Zaxby’s will make a donation up to $100,000 over the course of the year to designated charities. This month’s charity is Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. Available at participating locations for a limited time. #ZaxOfKindness #GOLDSTRONG #RallyOn
Pediatric Cancer Dad Discovers a Promising Novel Approach to Wilms’ Tumors
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research (Rally) likes funding outside-the-box ideas and, at times, funding outside-of-the-box researchers: those who we normally not consider as a scientific researcher. Rally is thrilled to share recent developments from an outside-the-box researcher and his study of Wilms’ Tumor. The study emerges from the Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute (cc-TDI) in Beaverton, Oregon, in collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Rally-funded researcher Andy Woods leads the study published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer (link Pediatric Blood & Cancer). But first, who is this outside-of-the-box researcher Andy Woods? Andy Woods is a college-educated stone and tile mason from Montana. He is also a Dad. A dad who heard the devasting words, “Your child has cancer.” When his daughter, Stellablue, was four years old, she was...
What are Oncolytic Viruses?
A key part of Rally’s mission is to find better treatments with fewer long-term side effects, and for almost a decade. Rally has invested for almost a decade in oncolytic virus treatments. A promising, cutting-edge, targeted immunotherapy. Oncolytic viruses are genetically modified viruses or naturally occurring viruses that are reprogrammed to selectively replicate in cancer cells killing the cancer without damaging normal cells. Pretty cool. Josh Bernstock, M.D., Ph.D., shares, “Oncolytic virotherapy is a rapidly progressing field in oncology that uses oncolytic viruses to selectively infect cancer cells and cause an antitumor response through direct destruction of the tumor and stimulation of the immune system.” “This direct targeting of tumor cells is efficacious and non-toxic. In the article below we highlight critical components of the immune microenvironment of brain tumors. In...
Rally Foundation Receives Perfect Score from Charity Navigator
We are thrilled to share that Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research (Rally) has received a perfect score of 100 for financial health and transparency from Charity Navigator, the nation's largest independent charity evaluator and leading donor advocate. Rally is now the top-rated childhood cancer charity funding research in the U.S. and worldwide. Charity Navigator explains, “Less than one percent of the thousands of charities rated by Charity Navigator have earned perfect scores. We applaud these charities for exceeding industry standards and outperforming other organizations performing similar work.” “To earn this perfect score is exciting! It is the result of our team and Board working diligently to make sure Rally is achieving our mission while paying close attention to our financial health. This includes measures of stability, efficiency and sustainability with a focus on...
One step at a time, one prayer at a time
Normal is defined as conforming to a standard; usual, typical or expected. My name is Sarah Gossling and I am one of Rally Kid Grant’s older sisters. Almost eight years ago, on June 18, 2014, my brother was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. My world was shattered. I was about to go into third grade when Grant was diagnosed, and I can remember trying to keep any bit of the normalcy that I had before I learned the word cancer. Before Grant was diagnosed, we were your average family. Four kids (and one addition later on), a whole lot of crazy, and not a care in the world. We loved traveling and going on adventures. We loved to swim together, play together and drive mom and dad crazy. If you caught us on a good day and the house was clean, it wouldn't be long before my brothers Grant and James were making messes. We were just kids being kids. Once Grant was diagnosed, it was harder to...
One Mission, 51 Childhood Cancer Researchers, $3.4 Million in Grants
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research Awards $3.4 Million in Grants This year, 51 researchers from 31 institutions across the country and worldwide will receive a total of $3.4 million in grants from Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. “Rally Foundation has now awarded $25.4 million in grants for childhood cancer research since we started in 2005,” says Dean Crowe, Founder and CEO. “From the beginning, our mission has been to fund the best research wherever it may be to...
This Month, Go Big with Zaxby’s for Rally Foundation
Zaxby’s believes in promoting “Zax of Kindness.” Doing good to help others is part of their brand mission to enrich lives, one person at a time. Starting this year, they are asking Zaxby’s fans to do a simple Zax of Kindness: When you “Go Big,” you Go Big for the Kids! For a select time, when you upsize – or “Go Big” to a large drink and large fries – Zaxby’s will make a donation up to $100,000 over the course of the year to designated charities. This month’s charity is Rally Foundation for...
Pediatric Cancer Dad Discovers a Promising Novel Approach to Wilms’ Tumors
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research (Rally) likes funding outside-the-box ideas and, at times, funding outside-of-the-box researchers: those who we normally not consider as a scientific researcher. Rally is thrilled to share recent developments from an outside-the-box researcher and his study of Wilms’ Tumor. The study emerges from the Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute (cc-TDI) in Beaverton, Oregon, in collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center....
What are Oncolytic Viruses?
A key part of Rally’s mission is to find better treatments with fewer long-term side effects, and for almost a decade. Rally has invested for almost a decade in oncolytic virus treatments. A promising, cutting-edge, targeted immunotherapy. Oncolytic viruses are genetically modified viruses or naturally occurring viruses that are reprogrammed to selectively replicate in cancer cells killing the cancer without damaging normal cells. Pretty cool. Josh Bernstock, M.D., Ph.D., shares, “Oncolytic...
Rally Foundation Receives Perfect Score from Charity Navigator
We are thrilled to share that Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research (Rally) has received a perfect score of 100 for financial health and transparency from Charity Navigator, the nation's largest independent charity evaluator and leading donor advocate. Rally is now the top-rated childhood cancer charity funding research in the U.S. and worldwide. Charity Navigator explains, “Less than one percent of the thousands of charities rated by Charity Navigator have earned perfect scores. We...
One step at a time, one prayer at a time
Normal is defined as conforming to a standard; usual, typical or expected. My name is Sarah Gossling and I am one of Rally Kid Grant’s older sisters. Almost eight years ago, on June 18, 2014, my brother was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. My world was shattered. I was about to go into third grade when Grant was diagnosed, and I can remember trying to keep any bit of the normalcy that I had before I learned the word cancer. Before Grant was diagnosed, we were your average family. Four...