Eat at Chili’s and fight childhood cancer

A friend who works at a pediatric cancer ward told me it’s one of the most difficult places to be in. To see children suffering from cancer breaks the heart of anyone who works and visits there. And yet it is also a place where courage runs high.

Childhood cancers are the number 1 disease killer of children. One in every 300 children will develop cancer before the age of 19. Now while the death rate from cancer has dropped significantly, about 2,300 children still die each year from cancer. Although 75% of children are cured, some forms of cancer are just so resistant that prognosis is very poor.

The Stand Up to Cancer episode last week reminded us of just how much work still needs to be done. So what can we do to help?

Chili’s is giving away 100% of its profits on September 29 to St. Jude Foundation, to helpf fund cures and help children fight the disease.

No, really, it’s easy. Just eat at Chili’s. It’s seems a weird way to help out right, but Chili’s has been a partner of the hospital fro five years, and they are doing a great job.

For more ways to volunteer or help, visit BrownBagforACure. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.