Oprah, Please Do A Show on Childhood Cancer

On September 3, 2010 a MASSIVE Facebook campaign was launched asking Oprah to do a show on childhood cancer during this, her 25th and final season. (www.facebook.com/Oprah4KidsCancer) In just a few short months over 50,000 people worldwide have joined this page and formed an ARMY to finally give these kids a voice!

Childhood cancer is the #1 disease killer of kids - yet it gets almost NO funding, NO research and NO awareness. 80% of children are at Stage 3 or Stage 4 at the time of diagnosis. The lack of awareness means symptoms are missed. These missed diagnoses are costing children their lives.

If people knew how overlooked and underfunded childhood cancer was - they would RISE UP and they would HELP!

Since our campaign launched, several TV news stories and radio interviews have aired all across the country about our plight. Stories have been published both online and in local newspapers and the Kansas City Chiefs endorsed us to over 220,000 of their fans on Facebook. In addition, more than 150 celebrities and professional athletes have been REGULARLY helping us spread the word on Twitter.

This video tells our story. We hope you'll share it with everyone you know. No child should live without hope for a future - simply because people are unaware of childhood cancer. Our hope is that Oprah shines a light - on what DESPERATELY needs to be seen.

"OPRAH, Please Do A Show On Childhood Cancer - Our Kids Need Your Help!"

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Oprah
• Childhood
• Cancer

[nycosmopolitan]

It was a clever idea: if FB ppl could get Betty White to host SNL, maybe they could get Oprah to do a show on childhood cancer during her final season. 55K ppl pulled together, but could not convince her to skip another segment on marital infidelity or self-aggrandizing celebrity.

[MP99312]

For Alexander Whipple who died of neuroblaston a 21 month old baby last friday went to be with Jesus. Please Oprah!!!!

[boisestatewon1]

my five year old friend passed away from cancer. she was like my sister, always loving her and taking care of her. but now she doesn't have to suffer from cancer, because she is in a place where cancer is not aloud, the kingdom of god.

Gizelle-Rest In Peace I love you

[MarissasAngels]

amazing

great video

[daisyfund]

Great video, but it includes only US stats. Oprah is GLOBAL, and childhood cancer is a GLOBAL issue. More than 200,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year worldwide - every 2.5 minutes a new family is told the devastating news. 180,000 of these children will die! 

[LucyGar23]

I support breast Cancer, because that is what my mom died of. I know will support child hood cancer too, you are right ONE child is too many, thank you for spreading your word.

[lcc1211]

I wish I had more FB friends & Twitter followers - not for my ego - but so I could spread the word even further. I hate CANCER. It has killed several members of my family. Let's do all we can to finally rid the world of this vile child killer.

[nycosmopolitan]

JOIN the campaign on FACEBOOK: Oprah Please Do A Show On Childhood Cancer - Our Kids Need Your Help (I never wanted to think about childhood cancer -- I mean, who the hell *wants* to think about something so sad, so scary, so complicated, so devastating? Then one day comes, and there is no choice -- A kid in you life is told, you got it. the kids look differently after that, and you can't ever look away again. )

[ladyozma]

Caramon - Hero 8 year survivor of WIlms' Tumor now working on his Eagle Project to help other sick kids by making pillowcases... Oprah - he's only 14 but he wants you to feature kids who are just like he was... fighting the battle of their LIVES! Feature true heroes that have survived. And most of all? Feature the ANGEL HEROES that lost their fight and gained their wings far too young!!!

I'm embedding this on our scout project blog. We only just started it, but any extra viewers is good...

[mcmullin72]

Wow!! I had no idea. I deal with depression so I knew it was a leading killer of young adults, but it never even occurred to me to think cancer kills so many kids. Let's do something about it. Are you on twitter too?