Childhood cancer

The Dudes’ 5th Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand – Why This Year Is Special

June 7, 2018
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It’s craaaazy to think that this is our 5th year holding an Alex’s Lemonade Stand! (The photo to the left shows Middle Dude working at our very first stand!) You have all been so generous and supportive of our efforts over these past four years and we hope you will once again support raising funds for […]

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4th Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand…Why We Continue To Do This

June 5, 2017
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For the 4th year in a row, we are holding our Alex’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser to raise money for a cause that means SO much to us: childhood cancer. Middle Dude and I are getting ready to make our homemade lemonade and we hope you’ll be eager to drink a cup either in person or donate to our stand online… Did you […]

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Why We Are Donating Our Son’s Umbilical Cord Blood (After Storing it for 13 Years)

January 25, 2017
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[NOTE: I used the least gross picture of an umbilical cord that I could find.] When I was pregnant with Big Dude back in 1997, I didn’t know anything about umbilical cord blood and why people might pay to store it. However, when I was pregnant again two years later, I started to hear more about it […]

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A Mom, Her Son and The Hope Of One More

September 14, 2016

As many of you know, the cause I support the most now and always will be to help raise funds for childhood cancer research. Sometimes, however, I like to support fundraising for happy reasons too and this one is a goodie. The woman I am about to tell you about has photographed my children on […]

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3rd Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Why We Do This

June 7, 2016
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For the 3rd year in a row, we are holding our Alex’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser to raise money for a cause that means SO much to us: childhood cancer. Middle Dude and I are getting ready to make our homemade lemonade and we hope you’ll be eager to drink a cup either in person or online and help us raise […]

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Middle Dude’s 2nd Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand

June 8, 2015
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  It’s that time of year again…lemonade time! It also means it’s time to raise money for a very important cause: childhood cancer. Middle Dude and I are already preparing to make our homemade lemonade (with a little help from Ina Garten’s recipe) and we hope you’ll be ready to drink a cup and help […]

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Drinking Lemonade and Fighting Childhood Cancer…………One Cup At A Time

June 3, 2014
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If you’ve been reading my blog over the past year, you’d know I’ve changed its focus a bit. The humor is still there (I hope), but the subject is serious — childhood cancer. That phrase went from something we thought only happened to other people’s kids to suddenly invading our family and turning our world […]

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