advocate stories

Meet some of the children and families, friends, advocates, and others across Virginia directly or indirectly affected by childhood cancer who are sharing their "why" behind joining the #glowgoldva movement this September.

Meet Alana

I glow gold for my beautiful daughter Alana. She was diagnosed with AML-M7 at the age of 3. Today she is 15 years cancer free and a...

Meet Ava

We go gold from my daughter, Ava Thomas, who bravely fought Medulloblastoma brain cancer, and is currently thriving and kicking cancers...

Meet Pierce

Our son Pierce is a courageous five year old who triumphed over a Wilms tumor before the age of two. This September, as Childhood Cancer...

Meet Julia

I “Glow Gold” every September for my bold, beautiful, brave daughter Supergirl Julia. She was diagnosed with a Grade II Ependymoma brain...

Meet Lily

My daughter Lily was diagnosed with high risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at age 3. She is currently in remission after almost 2 1/2...

Meet Nikolas

We are glowing gold for Nikolas and his fight with leukemia. Submitted by James

In Memory of Alejandro

My son Alejandro was diagnosed with ALL ph+ on March 2021, he was 7 years old when he got diagnosed and he completed his 2 year treatment...

In Memory of Maya

I am lighting up in memory of my daughter Maya, who was diagnosed with Medulloblasta, a brain tumor, in 2017 at age 11. She battled for...

Meet Camden

My son, Camden, age 16 was diagnosed this past July with osteosarcoma. He is currently going through chemo at this time and is homebound...

In Memory of Lynlee

Our daughter Lynlee passed away in 2016 after a valiant fight against a very rare cancer- poorly differentiated chordoma. We traveled the...

Meet Kyleigh

Our close family friend, Kyleigh, was diagnosed with stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma 2 years ago and is still fighting. Her fight is our fight...

Meet Kristin

My youngest sister, Kristin, was diagnosed with Leukemia at age 2. This year we celebrated not only her high school graduation, but her ...

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