The Harlem Shake seems to be the new trend, but when Kent State University students dance, they dance to raise money for Akron Children’s Hospital.
Dance, dance Kent State Students raise $14,000 for childhood cancer patients
April 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Wishing our prince and princess a happily ever after Young cancer patients honored at Kent State University homecoming
November 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Kent State University’s 2012 Homecoming Court– Queen Ann Miller and King Thomas Ream – welcomed a special girl and boy into their royal family. During the Oct. 20 homecoming game against Western Michigan, Cassidy Brozovich, 11, of Howland, was named Kent State’s Homecoming Princess and Ben O’Daniel, 13, of Kent, was named Homecoming Prince.
Dashing toward a cancer cure
August 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Showers Family Foundation is encouraging the community to fight for a cure with Cash Dash for Cancer, an online fundraising campaign that will take place Aug. 23 – 25. The foundation plans to match every dollar donated online by the public and donations will go toward cancer research. The money will go toward cancer research at Akron Children’s Hospital.
Giant Eagle Spotlight: More than a cough
June 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Aerabella was only 9 months old when she was diagnosed with stage 2A neuroblastoma, a malignant tumor that develops from nerve tissue. After 4 surgeries and 4 rounds of chemotherapy, Aerabella is now cancer free.
Meet Dr. Hord – Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
June 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In this year’s TV campaign, we’ve turned the camera on our doctors, so you can see how intensely they care for every child – and family – they treat. One of these doctors is Jeffrey Hord. He’s the director of the Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Akron Children’s Hospital. Dr. [...]
Austin back in the game after bone marrow transplant
December 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In 2009, Akron Children’s Hospital featured teen athlete Austin Weaver of Rootstown, Ohio, in one of its documentary-style TV commercials. The hospital’s Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders had diagnosed then 13-year-old Austin with a severe type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a cancer of the lymphatic system, which requires high doses of [...]
