We can beat cancer. We just have to keep trying. While our goal is to provide information and support to the families whose children are suffering from this life-threatening disease, our mission is to raise funds for research that will ultimately cure all children with cancer early in the millennium. All of the artwork in this calendar was created by children with cancer, either as inpatients at Children's Hospital's recently renovated Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman Oncology Unit and the Jeffery Jay Weinberg Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, or as outpatients during their visits for treatment. We thank these marvelous, courageous youngsters for sharing their feelings and emotions with us.
Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death from disease in children in the United States today.
However, cancers considered incurable 25 years ago now respond to treatments which produce remarkable recovery rates. The proceeds from calendar sales benefit The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Cancer Research Center. We deeply appreciate the many businesses and individuals who have sold calendars in the past and who are selling them again this year. Many thanks for your interest and support, thereby assuring a brighter future for your young patients. Heartfelt gratitude and appreciation go to our friends at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories for continuing to underwrite this entire calendar project.