Case Study: Kids Acting Against Cancer

“How to Survive a Plague” is a documentary movie which depicts the early years of the AIDS epidemic and the efforts of ACT UP and other groups. ACT UP, founded in March 1987, is an advocacy group which supports legislation and medical research and treatment of AIDS-victims. The film used archived footage of news coverage, interviews, protests, meetings, and conferences to chronicle the struggles of AIDS activists from the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York City. It focused on the efforts of these activists to obtain meaningful responses from medical

St. Jude Children 's Research Hospital is asking for help from parents to support the hospital’s funding. This hospital was established in February 4, 1962 and their purpose “is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment” (StJude.org). The survival rate has arised and children are able to stay at no cost due to donation. They have raised survival of childhood of cancer from 20% to 80%. The St. Jude Children’s Research hospital advertisement is highly effective because it uses three different rhetorics. Firstly, it uses ethos to appeal to the credibility of the hospital by

St. Jude Children’s hospital was established in February of 1962 with the “sole purpose of conducting basic and clinical research and treatment into catastrophic childhood diseases” (StJude.org). They have raised survival of childhood cancer from 20% to 80% since their opening through their research (Cancer.org). Even with an average of 7,800 patients a year and a 1.8 million daily operating cost, parents never pay anything for their child’s stay (StJude.org). The survival rate has raised and children are able to stay at no cost due to donations. Most of these donations come from people around the world that see St. Jude’s effective and strong advertisements. I will be analyzing three rhetoric’s ethos, logos, and pathos the hospital used to raise funds and make it effective.

In 1983, Osmond Studios in Utah aired a Telethon resulting in $4.8 million raised for 22 children’s hospitals. This fundraiser led to the formation of the Children’s Miracle Networks by Marie Osmond, John Schneider, Joe Lake and Mick Shannon (About Us, 2016). CMN’s partnership with corporations, celebrities and individuals displays positive public relations and tactics by which other non-profits can model.

Cancer is a word which evokes many different images and emotions. Nothing in this world can prepare a person for the utter devastation of finding out someone has been diagnosed with cancer, especially when this person is a child. Over the past twenty five years the amount of research and the survival rate for children suffering with cancer have increased dramatically. Despite these successes, the funding for new research necessary to keep these children alive and healthy is miniscule and too dependent on short term grants. Of the billions of dollars spent each year on cancer treatments and research less than a third is contributed to researching pediatric cancer. Given the media focus on adult cancers, research for pediatric cancer is

The American Cancer Society is a big part of cancer. This ACS (American Cancer Society) is an organization that raises money to help researchers find cures and ways to prevent cancer. Raising money for the ACS will help them, doctors, and scientists discover treatments and lifesaving research. It is known that one in every four deaths is from cancer and approximately 1,500 people a day dies or are diagnosed with cancer. The American Cancer Society wants to change that. Donating to the ACS will help them grow and encourage other people to make a change. The American Cancer Society helps saves lives and prevents suffering from the deadly disease called cancer.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is asking for help from parents to support the hospital’s funding. This hospital was established in February 4, 1962 and their purpose “is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment” (StJude.org). The survival rate has arised and children are able to stay at no cost due to donation. They have raised survival of childhood of cancer from 20% to 80%. The St. Jude Children’s Research hospital advertisement is highly effective because it uses three different rhetorics. Firstly, it uses ethos to appeal to the credibility of the hospital by using doctors in the advertisement. Secondly, it uses familiar logos as a means of instilling confidence through brand recognition, and thirdly, it uses pathos to stimulate an emotional reaction by showing sick children lying on the bed.

With this is a copy of my justification report on the subject of funding and support of research in pediatric cancer and assisting poor parents of children suffering from cancer. This statement is a review of my findings from the most recent year of working in X Cancer Specialty Center, and a separate research that other researchers have conducted outside the center. This paper will be useful in justifying the funding of extensive research in pediatric cancer, and the necessity to assist parents of the cancer patients to meet medical costs. I have completed this report at no cost to the organization, and I carried out and completed this research during off hours.

b. Our cells are programed to know when to grow, divide, and when to die, with that said just like any other machine, if these “parts” within our DNA do not work then that is when our machine goes off track and starts breaking down.

You never know how essential a person is to you until they are no longer in your life. 7.6 million pure lives are lost every year due to this distressing disease. The volleyball team of Ontario High School was fortunate enough to promote awareness for various types of cancers. Our creative way to get the school and community involved is hosting a volley for a cure match and auctioning prizes off and having a bake sale. This hits home with me because my papa battled this life threatening disease for over thirty years. Thousands of dollars are raised in creative ways and donated in optimism to finding a cure to kick cancer's butt.

Teen Axn League is a small portion of Girls Rock, North Carolina which is a non-profit organization. While Teen Axn League is not yet a non-profit because it is new and still growing, the more my peers and I work to raise money and get people in our community involved, the closer we are to becoming a non-profit. Although my future with Teen Axn League is uncertain because of college, I will still work my hardest to make sure the camp will be amazing for the next group of girls and trans kids who will embark on the wonderful journey of Teen Axn

As established in the National Cancer Institute, “Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide for children and adolescents in America, accounting for more than 91,250 children that lose their lives to this disease” (National Cancer Institute). Cancer is not considered a terminal illness, but more of a chronic illness because of the intense treatment that the individual has to endure. As a result of this treatment the chances of survival for children suffering from pediatric cancer has increased around 80 percent. The increment in the survival rate has made it possible for many parents to not have to go through the acceptance that they are about to lose their child to a terminal illness, but have coping strategies that will make them adapt to the fear of the reoccurrence of that illness. This illness has a great impact on the patient as well as the family because not only do they have to adapt to this illness physically, but also mentally. Research has shown that there are both short term and long term effects that come into effect when the child is both in treatment and also years after the treatment. The type of cancers that these adolescents have to endure range from leukemia, brain tumors and other cancerous tumors that have appeared in recent medical studies. These tumors can either be benignant, an acute case that is non-cancerous or malignant, a cancerous case that will need intense treatment over an extended period of time.While many would say there is more of a

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In the United States, a notably charitable nation, there are many organizations created solely for the betterment of the human race. These groups serve a wide variety of purposes ranging from helping the homeless to fighting disease. Some are large nonprofit companies making sizable donations to a cause, while others are school clubs improving their communities a single step at a time. However, many overlook these charities, having no understanding of their work. In fact, many organizations provide only a small glimpse into the effects of their efforts. The VH1 Save the Music Foundation, an organization dedicated to restoring the music programs of America, consistently builds character in its volunteers and provides them with

A Free Bird is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts education organization dedicated to helping young people, ages 4-18, affected by cancer, fight their disease through the therapeutic benefits of the arts. The organization provides the artistic resources to hospitals and their patients so these kids can express their ideas and passions while they undergo their treatments. With the generosity of esteemed companies such as Broadway, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, American Ballet Theatre, New York Philharmonic, Gotham Chamber Opera, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall and Children’s Museum of the Arts, children and their families who are dealing with the hardships of cancer are able to take a step outside of their struggles and see how the arts can bring joy, hope and a new means of