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"God doesn't call upon us to do great things,
but to do small things in a Great way."
Mother Teresa
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Childhood Cancer Facts
- More than 12,000 young people are diagnosed with cancer in the US each year
- Research has improved cure rates which now approach 75-80 percent
- Still more than 2,000 young people in America die of cancer each year
- The goal of Children’s of Alabama is "Total Cure for All"
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What is Soccer For A Cure?
Click here for two stories in Southern Soccer Scene with the answer.
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Why do we ask for donations as small as $1.00?
When Soccer For A Cure was launched in 2008, our focus was to pursue donations of $5.00 and under.
- Non-profits could not exist without donors like you.
- We know that there are many well deserving non-profit organizations that help
families in need as often as resources allow, as is the case of
Soccer For A Cure.
- We believe that asking for small donations
gives everyone at every economic level the opportunity to more
easily become involved in supporting multiple organizations.
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We also know that it isn't easy to convince people that a $1.00 to $5.00 donation
is not a waste of their time and that every $1.00 to $5.00 doation WILL make a difference.
We'll be contacting as many potential donors as possible during the month of September through
the end of 2014 with the hopes that
at least 2,500 or more will take the time to make a donation
and consider it a Random Act of Kindness.
Without your help we cannot meet our goal of 2,500 donors by the end of 2014.
Please help us meet that goal
by making a donation and then encouraging your friends and
family to make a donation as well.
If you have any doubt that a donation of $1.00, $2.00 .. up to $5.00
is a waste of your time and will not make any difference to families with a child
battling cancer,
that simply is NOT TRUE.
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We certainly welcome donations of any amount.
Although our enphasis has always been on encouraging donors to make small donations,
anyone wishing to make donations of $10.00 or more is like winning the lottery
for Soccer For A Cure.
Our goal is not to raise a certain amount of money
but is instead to have 2,500 donations by the end of the year.
As mentioned already, convincing everyone that a $1.00 to $5.00 donation when bundled
with 2,499 additional donations will be "Priceless" to families
with children battling cancer at Alabama Children's Hospital.
A True Story that illustrates how several small donations can make a difference
One morning last September, I arrived at Children's of Alabama about an hour earlier than a scheduled
meeting with hospital staff to discuss the 6th UAB Soccer For A Cure Classic.
I decided to get breakfast in the hospital cafeteria.
As I was finishing my breakfast, I noticed a man that seemed to be in distress as he fumbled to pay
for the breakfasts he ordered to take to his child's hospital room.
The coupons he had to pay for his breakfasts had expired and he didn't have any cash on him.
I was able to resolve the problem by offering to pay for his breakfast.
Only a few dollars out of my pocket but a huge timely help to that family.
This short story shows what Soccer For A Cure is about.
Every dollar donated has value to those in need when it is combined with small donations from friends and family members.
Please help us help the families with children in treatment at Alabama Children's Hospital by making a donation
in any amount.
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Progress Toward a Cure
- Childhood cancer cure rates have risen more than 50 percent in the last 30 years
- Each year, about 150 Alabama children are diagnosed with cancer.
- There are more than 13,000 visits annually to “The Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders”
clinic with an average of 25 children hospitalized each
day, receiving inpatient medical care or evaluation.
- The diagnosis include leukemia, lymphoma, brain and spinal cord tumors,
solid tumors of muscle and bone, kidney and liver tumors, and rare childhood cancers.
- The Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders is much more than a place.
It is an extraordinary partnership of local, national and international centers of
excellence that provides care of treatment for 90 percent of the pediatric hematology-oncology
patients in the state.
- Several important chemotherapy drugs were developed in Birmingham at UAB and Southern Research
Institute
- Children’s and UAB was one of the 10 original in the US to study the long-term effects of childhood cancer
treatment
- The Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders is one of only 21 programs in the U.S.
approved by the National Cancer Institute to offer the newest cancer drugs to children
- Researchers at UAB have made important discoveries in the care of children with Sickle Cell Disease and
are actively working toward curative treatment options for this serious blood disorder
- More than 90% of all Alabama children diagnosed with cancer or a serious blood disorder are treated, offered
specialized treatment or participate in one of a number of research projects at “The Alabama Center for
Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders” of Children’s of Alabama.
- Currently, the 15 pediatric hematology and oncology specialists at Children’s of Alabama provide care to over 300
new patients each year, ranging in age from birth to young adults.
- Today, the 275-bed hospital is the 10th busiest pediatric medical center in the US. It is one of only about 45
freestanding acute care hospitals of its kind in the nation and the only hospital in Alabama dedicated solely to the care
and treatment of children.
- It also has one of the largest pediatric outpatient centers in the nation.
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