The Jockeys’ Guild is also supplying the jockeys at all the tracks with a live meet during September, with patches that have the official Childhood Cancer Awareness gold insignia to wear on their trousers or boots during the month.
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Miller Park is set to be lit up gold on Monday night. The campaign is spreading every year with buildings across Ireland and the United Kingdom joining global landmarks.
It’s estimated that thousands of children will be diagnosed with childhood cancer in the U.S every year.
You’re encouraged to “go gold” this month in support of children fighting the battle of their lives. My own daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2013 and prior to that I was completely unaware of childhood cancer.
More than 40,000 children undergo treatment for cancer each year.
“That’s 4 families each week who hear the devastating news that their child, brother, sister or grandchild has cancer”.
At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Mayor Jim Blevins presented the city with a proclamation naming the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
There are approximately 375,000 adult survivors of children’s cancer in the United States.
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“We are just delighted at this show of support”, Jordan said.
