September Awareness Ideas

Each September we focus our attention on the entire Childhood Cancer Community. We invite you to “Go Gold” with us and focus a light on the stories that are childhood cancer. For many like us, the reality is life without a family member.  Yet even for...
Ian Charles Romaine

Ian Charles Romaine

Ian Charles Romaine On March 4, 2023, Ian Charles Romaine left his earthly body to live forevermore in the presence of his greatest hero, his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Ian passed away after an 11-month battle with one of the most aggressive terminal brain cancers...
Braylee Vaughn

Braylee Vaughn

Braylee Vaughn Braylee was a girl with a true heart of gold. She was a healthy and active 10 year old girl who had played in a volleyball game the day before her diagnosis. A diagnosis none of us saw coming. Braylee was diagnosed with a very large, inoperable brain...
Heather Serafin

Heather Serafin

Heather Serafin On October 25, 2013, Heather Serafin’s life changed forever when she was diagnosed with a rare and terminal form of brain cancer- Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. Heather’s story is not an easy one to tell, but this is where The H...
Dr. Amy Smith

Dr. Amy Smith

Dr. Amy Smith, Advisory Council Spotlight Dr. Smith is the Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Neuro-Oncology at Orlando Health-Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. She has spent her career caring for infants, children, and young adults fighting...