The Kolbe Fund was started by Kate and Aaron Schnittman, the parents of Maximilian (Max) Kolbe Schnittman. Max was diagnosed with a brain tumor in February 2011. Together as a family they journeyed to seek the medical team that would make Max healthy again. Their travels, long days and nights in a hospital, and two surgeries later they became acutely aware of the challenges families face while ...
Childhood Cancer
Alex’s Lemonade Million Mile Run
Did you know that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month? Everyday 46 children are diagnosed with childhood cancer--and everyday a family begins the fight of their life. Childhood cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease for children under age 15. Lily Adkins, the daughter of my dear friend Trish, was diagnosed with a brain tumor called ependymoma when she was 14 months ...
2 Great Ways to Support Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation-Guest Post
Think as one person you can't make a difference in the world? The late "Alex" Scott was 4 years old in 2000 and decided she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to find a cure for children's cancer. Although Alex passed away in 2004 of cancer herself, today her mission lives on and Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) has thousands of supporters and has raised millions of dollars to ...
Worthy Wednesday: Mix. Pour. Find a cure!
Today's Worthy Wednesday post is written by my dear, sweet, wonderful, powerful friend Trish Adkins. Without having found Trish, my life would be boring and missing a key element of that amazing, supportive friend that always tries to push you towards goodness, cheers you on and never is competitive only complimentary. I hope I am half the friend to Trish that she is to me.....Please take a ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Ella’s Retreat
When my son Ryan was in Kindergarten, since it was all new to me, I made sure to meet the other parents. One mom stuck out at me, as she was pregnant too (I was 8 months pregnant with Owen), so I thought we could commiserate about having a kindergartener and a baby. So Audrey and I were friendly, as the years went on. I would see them at school events and such. One day I heard her ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Awareness is Action
By Liz Scott Alex’s Mom/Co-Executive Director Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Anyone else wonder where the summer went? I know we say it every year, but I’m becoming more and more convinced that the month of August is getting shorter. So here we are in September – the kids are back to school (we just dropped our oldest at college recently for the first time), the laissez-faire attitude of ...
