Teaching what we do is the goal in collaborating with the University of North Carolina Graduate School of Social Work. The School has chosen Children’s Cancer Partners (CCP) as an internship site, assigning one of its Master of Social Work (MSW) candidates for fieldwork experience alongside their classroom studies. Students are supervised while at CCP […]

During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Children’s Cancer Partners was pleased to have the support of several leaders across the Carolinas.  “We thank all these Carolina leaders for standing behind Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and helping to create awareness for the very important mission of Children’s Cancer Partners,” said Laura Allen, Executive Director of Children’s Cancer […]

In February 2021, Burkley was diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma, cancer that forms incertain types of nerve tissue, at the tender age of three. She had a large tumor in her abdomen withmetastasis to her lymph nodes as well as her bone marrow. Genetic testing found the tumor to bethe more aggressive form of Neuroblastoma, […]

Children’s Cancer Partners recently partnered with Benjamin Weeks, Founder and Communications Director of Slang Creative. Benjamin shot his first film when he was in the fourth grade. Using a stationary 8 mm film camera and stop motion control, the ten second animation entitled, “Man Falls on Banana” inspired this thing he calls a career.Later in […]

Diagnosed with Wilms tumor, a type of childhood cancer that starts in the kidneys, in September 2021, Perry was an active four year old with no medical history concerns. Perry and her sister, Bailey were outside playing when she fell. Mom, Brittany, rushed to see what was the matter when she heard Perry screaming a […]