Children’s Cancer Partners

Virtual summer camp held for child cancer patients

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 […]

22 United Way agencies − including four new ones − share $850,750

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 […]

How parents of children with cancer are navigating COVID-19

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 […]