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How Rally Kid Keren Lets Her Light Shine
No matter how you look at it, childhood cancer is devasting for everyone involved. From harsh treatments to emotional trauma, there’s no...
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Rally Volunteer Kayla Raised $10,000 at Her Sporting Clay Fundraising Event
Kayla, a 15-year-old Rally volunteer, organized a sporting clay event to raise money and awareness for Rally Foundation. Through this...
Rally Kid Keren Shares Her Journey with Cancer and How She Stays Positive
“It was the worst day of my life,” Rally Kid Keren said of the day she was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancerous tumor that occurs...
Shopping For a Cause: How Dress Up Raised Money for Rally Foundation
If you love keeping up with the latest trends, you probably enjoy shopping for new styles at your favorite clothing stores. But what if...
Strong, Kind & Determined to Beat Soft Tissue Cancer: Meet Rally Kid Keren
A vivacious 12-year-old, Rally Kid Keren loves being active and enjoys everything from soccer and swimming to cheering on her favorite...
Community Partner Spotlight: Two Pitchers Brewing Company
Rally Foundation for Childhood Research is fortunate to partner with a number of community groups and businesses to help further our...
#GOLDSTRONG United Against Childhood Cancer
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Join Rally in supporting the universal battle cry of the childhood cancer community by...
Rally Kid Making a Difference as a Rally Community Partner
By Kayla Colson, Ewing's Sarcoma Survivor My name is Kayla Colson. I am a Rally Kid and a realtor in Nashville, and I have joined Rally as...
46 Miles for the 46 Kids Diagnosed With Childhood Cancer
By Adam Cohen, Senior Events Manager I am excited to introduce our new program, the Rally 46-Mile Challenge, for the month of September!...
My Promise
I volunteer with Rally because I made a promise... People ask why I volunteer to coordinate the fundraising efforts for Lost Mountain...
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Rushing to Beat Childhood Cancer
It takes a village to beat childhood cancer and anyone, anywhere, can make a difference in the fight against the #1 disease killer of children in our country. From simple Facebook fundraisers to outside-the-box ideas, Rally will help you get started! Griffin Caldwell dedicated his 2019 football season to raise funds for Rally in honor of Rally Kid Lex, an 11-year-old who is fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Below Griffin shares his experience. He hopes to inspire you to set up your...
A Letter from Elaine
It’s been fifteen and a half years since a malignant tumor the size of a grapefruit was removed from the left kidney of our son, James. The feelings of despair and the fear of losing our eleven-year-old constantly gnawed at our hearts. Every time I meet a parent of a child faced with cancer, I empathize deeply with them. As James’s treatment progressed, we muddled through the pains and disruption of surgeries, tests and multiple days and nights in the hospital. It dawned on us that, while this...
A Letter from Sophie
ANYONE can make a difference in the fight against childhood cancer—just ask Sophie! Read about her creative fundraising efforts below. You, too, can join the fight against childhood cancer. Just click the button to learn more!Help Us Rally
The Gift of Tomorrow
By June Gossling The gift of tomorrow. This phrase echoes in my mind as I attempt to put thoughts to paper about this week’s Giving Tuesday Now. My husband, Michael, and I are often given the opportunity to share with others the story of our son, Grant, who battled neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer. The research grant that Rally is trying to fund today has special meaning to us. Just a few days ago we were able to share Grant’s story via Zoom with a team of researchers from...
The CARES Act: Great News for Taxpayers and Charitable Donations
Our world has been turned upside down in 2020. The spread of COVID-19 has brought about feelings of fear, worry and uncertainty throughout the world—especially in those who are immunocompromised, like our precious Rally Kids. These children and their parents already know what it’s like to live in fear of getting sick. Sanitizing every surface, homeschooling, wearing gloves and masks in public, and next-level hand-washing are just a handful of the precautions these kids take on a regular basis....
A Heartfelt Note of Thanks to Jurrell Casey of the Tennessee Titans
Dear Jurrell, I first had the pleasure of meeting you at our inaugural Nashville Rally On the Runway event four years ago. We were following Rally Atlanta’s template for the fashion show event in order to create something similar and special, yet we faced one significant problem. In Atlanta, the Falcons were the escorts for the Rally Kid models and, at that time, we had no personal connection to our local Tennessee Titans. Fortunately, ‘luck’ was on our side. Wesley Johnson, an NFL player who...