American Internet Tech donates to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (June 2018)
Dealing with a childhood cancer diagnosis can be one of the most devastating and frightening experiences for a family to face. Childhood cancer is made up of over a dozen different types and countless subtypes. Cancer in children can begin virtually anywhere in the body. The causes of most types of childhood cancer are not known and are not strongly linked to lifestyle or environmental risk factors, unlike many adult cancers. Researchers are beginning to understand some of the genetic mutations that might cause certain types of childhood cancer and use that information to search for cures.
While childhood cancer treatments are available across the United States, not every town has access to those treatments. Families often have to travel —whether it is for frontline treatment or a clinical trial following a relapse. Treatment brings a financial and psychological burden on families who have to juggle cancer treatment with distance, lost days at work, separation from family, lack of local support systems and the financial cost of flights, hotels and gas.
At St. Jude, families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. That is why we should all try to participate in raising funds for this amazing research hospital. So that it can continue to provide treatments to those who need it, free of charge, as it should be for everyone.
American Internet Tech makes one more monthly donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital because finding cures means saving children.
