by: WSPA Staff Posted: Aug 12, 2020 / 02:35 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 12, 2020 / 02:35 PM EDT (WSPA) – Camp Victory, put on for kids battling cancer, went virtual this year. Families were sent packages called “camp-in-a-box” with all of the items needed for the fun activities. This included all of the ingredients for s’mores, water […]

Updated: 12:00 AM EDT Aug 10, 2020 Joe Ripley  Anchor Every three minutes, a child gets cancer, according to Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas. The organization cites cancer as the number one disease that kills children. And yet, they’re providing hope one box at a time. They put a twist on the traditional summer […]

July 22, 2020   Any parent’s instinct is to protect their child. Imagine being the mom or dad of an immunocompromised child with cancer in need of lifesaving treatment during a pandemic. This is what the 1,100 families across the Carolinas served by Children’s Cancer Partners are facing. Their battle to keep their children healthy […]

Thomas Lott |  Jul 8, 2020 Updated Jul 9, 2020   COVID-19 is making the already devastating prognosis of pediatric cancer even more challenging across the Carolinas. The novel coronavirus doesn’t care how old someone is or where he or she stands socioeconomically. It can infect anyone and wreak havoc on their lives, whether with serious symptoms […]

By Ardie Arvidson | SC Now – June 26, 2020 FLORENCE, S.C. – The United Way of Florence County announced on Thursday at its Community Investment Committee (CIC) Allocation Luncheon that it will be partnering with 22 agencies that will share $850,750 in 30 programs during the 2020-2021 fiscal year that begins Wednesday. The event was […]

By Adam Mintzer | May 16, 2020 at 4:37 PM EDT – Updated May 17 at 5:25 AM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Children generally have more mild symptoms of COVID-19 than adults, according to the CDC. But some parents are sure contracting coronavirus could be life-threatening for their kids. Children with cancer have weaker immune systems and therefore are […]

Forest Companion Magazine By Jessica Ayala April 2020   Tell us about Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas? How long has it been active and what is the mission? Cancer is the #1 disease killer of children in the Carolinas, attacking over 600 more children every year. One in five will not survive, but the […]

Pediatric Cancer patients face additional hardships during COVID-19. (Source: Children’s Cancer Partners) WECT News By Emily Featherston April 1, 2020  https://www.wect.com/2020/04/01/coronavirus-presents-new-challenges-pediatric-cancer-patients/   SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA (WECT) – For children battling pediatric cancer and for their family, the novel coronavirus presents a special set of problems. Due to the immune suppression caused by many cancer treatments, […]

Students at Summerville Catholic dubbed Reece Kolar as their favorite superhero. Schools in the diocese raised more than $6,000 for cancer research. The Catholic Miscellany By Theresa Stratford March 30, 2020 https://themiscellany.org/2020/03/30/schools-raise-funds-for-cancer-research-to-help-kids-like-reece/   SUMMERVILLE—Rachel Kolar has a love/hate relationship with the date of March 9. On one hand, she loves it because it is her […]

UPSTATE PARENT UPSTATEPARENT.COM pg 12 Paige Melick hasn’t let her age hold her back in making a difference for families in need. Paige, age 12, is in sixth grade at Campobello-Gramling School in Campobello. She founded a fundraising program, Kidz in Lids, that directly benefits families of children who have cancer, and she is advocating […]