Bowtie and Scarf Monday
Tie One On for the Cause
This Week's Cause: The Pablove Foundation
The Pablove Foundation is named after Pablo Thrailkill Castelaz. Pablo was six years old when he lost his valiant yearlong battle with bilateral Wilms’ Tumor, a rare form of childhood cancer. The Pablove Foundation is dedicated to the daily, global fight against childhood cancer and the suffering that comes in its wake.
Too many families are placed on a similar journey, with no warning or guidance. The Pablove Foundation is dedicated to our unique approach of addressing childhood cancer through art + science to realize our mission to:
- Improve the lives of children living with cancer through the arts
- Invest in underfunded, cutting-edge pediatric cancer research
Today, Pablove Shutterbugs, our signature photography program for kids 6-18 with cancer, has served 1,500 students in eight cities across the country, and we’ve provided more than $2.5 million in seed funding for daring pediatric cancer researchers on the leading edge of their fields worldwide.
Contributions can be made in the office of the Vice President for Student Services (110).
Why Childhood Cancer?
- Today, 46 families were told their child has cancer
- Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15 in the United States
- Cancer in children occurs regularly, randomly, and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or geographic region.
- Only four pennies of every dollar spent on cancer research are dedicated to childhood cancer.
- Over the last 37 years, only three new drugs have been approved to treat childhood cancer