At the age of 14 in 2014, Sara Willis was diagnosed with a form of Brain Cancer known as Bifocal Pure Germinoma. Her mother Angie will talk about her daughter and what Sara went through to in the 1st year of her treatment, which led to being in remission one year later.
Unfortunately, Sara relapsed and passed away in November of 2018 when she was 18 years old.
After her passing in 2019, Angie started the Non -Profit Sara's Acts of Kindness, which has twin objectives of raising money for Brain Cancer research, and in performing simple acts of kindness which is what Sara would have wanted most.

Eric Newman was diagnosed with a very rare from of Liver Cancer when he was 3 years old. His cousins Shannon and Nicole, at 3 years old and 5 years old respectively, also were diagnosed with cancer with both eventually passing away. Eric will talk about how these situations effected him and some of the difficult times he endured, especially as a long term survivor in 2008.

Always maintaining Hope however, Eric started the Roc Solid Foundation which builds play sets for Pediatric Cancer patients, and also provides Ready Bags for these kids upon entering the hospital for their individual cancer treatments. 

Nick Giallourakis's brother Steven is a 4 time cancer survivor, a journey which began when he was 15 years old. As a result of that, the Giallourakis family started the Steven G Cancer Foundation. 
Nick decided to add to his family's efforts by starting his own non-profit, Elephants and Tea.
This non- profit focuses on the adolescent and young adult cancer population, which is a group which can go unnoticed as it falls right between the lives of  Pediatric and Adult cancer patients.
Nick will talk about his novel organization which publishes a beautiful quarterly magazine, written by patients and others who have a direct knowledge of what it is to experience a difficult disease at such a difficult time in their lives. 

Dr. Michael Jensen has been working on Cart T Cell Therapy for many years, and his work is proving to be very beneficial for pediatric cancer patients who have leukemia. This type of therapy is very much in the forefront for future types of treatment, and his hope is that some day there will be a time when children can receive far less toxic medicines that lead to a far less painful cure .

Carolyn Breinich was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia just before her 14th birthday in 1994. From the beginning, Carolyn experienced many setbacks along the road to recovery including a bad experience with her resident doctor while hospitalized, a sometimes hard road after returning to school, bouts of depression, and while a Child Life Specialist, hearing that her boss thought she could not do her job properly BECAUSE she was a Pediatric Cancer survivor. 

Carolyn will talk about her journey on today's podcast and the fact that she is in a good place today, a place good enough that she can honestly say that she truly loves life.  

Dena Sherwood's son Billy was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma when he was 13 months old in July of 2008. Fortunately, Billy is now thriving and a soon to be 15 year old.

Dena will talk about Billy and his very difficult early days, including a diagnosis that did not come as quickly as it should have.
She will also discuss the Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation that she and her husband started, that has proven to be such an important part of the overall fight against Pediatric Cancer.
Included within her foundation are such well known programs as the Truth 365 and Curefest, both of  which she co founded. 

After an early childhood which included modeling and soccer, Cole Eicher was diagnosed with the Pediatric Brain Cancer Medulloblastoma when he was a 12 year old 6th grader.  As he entered the hospital , Cole noticed that there were many younger patients that were fighting their own cancer battles. He instinctively knew that this was not right and that he wanted to be a voice for these kids. 

So began the amazing advocacy work for so many children that Cole started  as a 12 year old while a patient himself,  and that this pediatric brain cancer survivor continues today. 
Cole will talk about setting up a meeting with American Cancer Society CEO Gary Reedy and  asked him to support the ideas that he had to help these children, including expanding the Relay For Life program . After Cole heard the word YES to his ideas , the Gold Together Non profit that he and his mom Laura started was well on its way.

Colleen Kisel's son Martin was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 7 years old in 1993.  Martin is now 36 years old and has been able to live a very productive life following his cancer battle. Colleen will talk about Martin and how she would give him a toy after each type of cancer procedure that he had to go through.

This gesture led to her deciding that other pediatric cancer patients would love to receive toys as well, which then gave Colleen the idea to start the Pediatric Oncology TREASURE CHEST FOUNDATION, which now has donated toys to children in 64 hospitals in 21 states throughout the country. 

Scott and Pammy Kramer's daughter Maddie was diagnosed with an Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor in her spinal cord just before her 3rd birthday in April of 2017. Scott will talk about their beloved daughter who was only able to live for 8 1/2 months after her diagnosis. As you will hear in this podcast, Maddie was able to continue being as normal a kid as possible, despite everything that she was forced to go through during her cancer treatment.

Scott will also talk about the 2 books that he wrote after Maddie's passing, plus the non profit DANCING WHILE CANCERING that he and Pammy started in Maddie's memory .

Juanita Prada was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when she was 10 years old in 2003 and relapsed in 2006. She is now a long term pediatric cancer survivor who has gone through many side effects and difficulties as she tries to live her best life possible. Juanita will talk about these side and after effects which have included problems emotionally, physically, socially, and spiritually. 

Juanita also will discuss her advocacy group BEHOLD BEGOLD which she describes as a voice for kids with cancer, and an " unstoppable force of positivity, ambition,  and resiliency within you that arises while going through late effects."