The United States Senate passed a resolution (Senate Resolution 200) designating September 12, 2009, as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day.
The resolution pledges to make the prevention and cure of cancer a public health priority. The resolution also urges public and private sector efforts to promote awareness, invest in research, and improve treatments for childhood cancer.
The resolution pledges to make the prevention and cure of cancer a public health priority. The resolution also urges public and private sector efforts to promote awareness, invest in research, and improve treatments for childhood cancer.
Contact your Senator and ask him/her to honor this pledge by supporting full funding of the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act and increasing funding for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute.
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