SOCO GOLD OUT

Stallion

 

SOCO GOLD OUT

in support of

Emma Jordon

 

www.kidzfightingcancer.org

                                                          

South County vs. Hayfield

Friday- September 6, 2019

7:00 P.M.

South County High School Stadium

Adults: $6.00 Students: $5.00

SCAA Youth wearing their football jersey are free with an adult paid admission!

DISCLAIMER: These materials are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Fairfax County School Board, the Superintendent, or this school.

 

 

Childhood cancer FACTS: did you know …

  • Childhood Cancer is the #1 killer of American children by disease under the age of 19- more than all other childhood diseases combined.
  • Every day 43 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer- over 15,000 per year.
  • 1 in every 285 U.S. children will develop cancer before their 20th birthday; 1 in every 5 of these children will die at the average age of 8 years old.
  • Childhood cancer rates have increased by 24% over the past 40 years.
  • There are more than 12 major types of childhood cancer and over 100 subtypes.
  • Only 4% of all Federal government cancer research funding goes to study pediatric cancer- childhood cancer non-profit organizations are critical.
  • 96% of all Federal funding for cancer research goes to adults yet children makeup 20% of our population
  • In the last 20 years, only 4 cancer treatments have been specifically developed and approved for children.
  • Childhood treatments require very different drugs than adult protocols yet most use a variation of adult drugs due to a lack of research and trials.
  • Because of the treatments they had as children, more than 99% of childhood cancer survivors with have a chronic health problem and 96% will have severe or life-threatening conditions.

 

Awareness + Funding + Clinical Research +

New Drug Development + Trials =

Our Children’s Lives Saved

 

CCAM