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Go Gold 2025
Raising Awareness for Childhood Cancer
We are a group of people who have been affected by childhood cancer. Our mission is to turn the world gold in September to raise awareness for a disease that is affecting far too many of our children. Join us as we unite for the future of our youngest warriors.
Super Star Sarah
Officer Sarah Simons
When Sarah was 4 years old she was diagnosed with a severe form of Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID) that impacts her body's ability to fight infections. This CVID affects her B Cells, T Cells, and NK (Natural Killer) Cells. As a result of this disease and how long she went before diagnosis, and after a watch and wait approach for 3 years due to her adrenal insufficiency, her body developed Stage 3 Non Hodgkin Lymphoma. She fought lymphoma and the complications from treatment for 1,273 days, undergoing numerous treatments, Car-T therapy, and over 123 nights in the hospital. She rang the bell ending treatment in October 2023. She continued on aggressive immunotherapy to treat her CVID and keep her body in remission while also dealing with heart issues and major complications of Adrenal Insufficiency (a condition where her body doesn't produce adrenaline to adapt to stress and illness).
In September of 2024, after a trip to Washington D.C for Curefest, advocating for the pediatric cancer community and her non profit, Sarah's Warriors, she developed a tumor on her right eye. After urgent scans and imagining, she was diagnosed with a Lacrimal Gland Sarcoma and is now undergoing treatment for this new cancer.
She runs Sarah's Warriors, The Officer Sarah Simons Foundation a 501c3 that she formed when she was 8 years old with her sister Payson. They support pediatric cancer families by sending care packages to pediatric cancer warriors and advocating for better research, funding, and a cure. Her dream since she was a toddler is to be a police officer like her father, and her grandpas on both sides. She is an honorary Police Chief with the city of Encinal, and has been sworn in as an honorary officer with Victoria County Sheriff's Office, Victoria Police Department, the Texas Rangers, the city of Freeport. She was the first ever honorary Game Warden with the state of Montana, and she was sworn in by Governor Abbott as an honorary Bee County Deputy.
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Facts About Childhood Cancer
Did you know...
* Gold is the color for childhood cancer awareness and September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
* Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children.
* In the U.S.A. about 47 kids per day are diagnosed with cancer.
* More than 17,000 kids in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer each year.
* The 5-year survival rate for childhood cancer is around 80%, but just because they make it to 5 years does not mean they will survive it.
* For the children that do survive and beat the cancer, 2/3 of them will have a chronic health condition and 1/4 will have a life-threatening effect later on in life (heart damage, lung damage, infertility, second cancer, and more).
* Most of the time the cause of childhood cancer is unknown.
* Around 1,800 children each year die in the U.S. because of their cancer.
1800 pairs of shoes to represent the 1800 children that die EACH YEAR from cancer. CureFest 2024.
What Can you do to Make a Difference?
Go Gold 2025 - Supporting Education
Here are some ideas you can use to bring more gold to your community this September:
* Wear gold every day as a conversation starter. When someone says something, take the opportunity to let them know what the gold represents.
* Buy some gold ribbon and safety pins to begin making gold ribbons as early in the year as possible. At the beginning of September, take them to local stores to leave out for customers to take along with a card showing the link to the GoGold2025 website.
* Contact the athletic director of your local high school to see about them having a Go Gold game in September.
*Ask your school district to have a Gold Out day for the students and staff to wear gold.
* Have a bake sale or lemonade stand in September - donate the proceeds to an organization of your choice that provides assistance for children battling cancer.
* Post on social media, or share other's posts. If your child had cancer, share their story if you are willing, share statistics and facts, share that childhood cancer is not as easy as chemo for a little while then cured for life.
* Hang up posters around town, with permission.
Have more ideas to share? Send them to ErikaS@gogold2025.com
Shiny gold pants get comments, which means opportunities to share about childhood cancer.
Organizations that Support GoGold2025's Mission
The Brooklynn Miller Foundation
The Brooklynn Miller Foundation
The Brooklynn Miller Foundation
The Brooklynn Miller Foundation provides customized gifts to children battling cancer, Couples Care Kits to couples with a child on hospice care, and gifts to families on the one-year anniversary of their child's passing.
Battlecorn Care Packages
The Brooklynn Miller Foundation
The Brooklynn Miller Foundation
Battlecorn Care Packages strives to spread smiles and joy across the country and as far as their support can fly.
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The Brooklynn Miller Foundation
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