Who doesn’t look forward to school breaks? Both children and parents are so looking forward for the school year to end. I am a parent to a 5-year old who started going to pre-school and some day care of sorts since he was 2-and-a-half. Though not continuously: the first year we lasted only a month, the 2nd year 4 months, the 3rd year he finally finished the whole school year (yeeha!).

Now is the 4th year my son is attending school. He’s in prep now and is raring to go always. Today was his first day at school. We are in the Philippines and so June is actually the start of the school year — after 2 months of our own version of summer break (April and May).

So yeah…who doesn’t look forward to school breaks? We all do. And what does school breaks got to do with cancer? A lot I think, as no household in the world wouldn’t benefit from school breaks — with or without cancer in the family.

Speaking of cancer stories that has to do with school or school breaks, I found the following of note today:

Cancer doesn’t slow down pilot

When he learned that his Hodgkin’s disease was out of remission two months ago, he was determined not to let it slow him down.

In fact, it made him move faster.

The 27-year-old Hanford resident recently earned his sport pilot license in seven days — quite an accomplishment given it normally takes a pilot six months to a year to accomplish.

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Speaking of SharingHope.tv, I have been browsing the site and I am seeing potential in there.

The American Cancer Society is right of course that the success of the said community depends on the contribution of people with cancer stories to tell.

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I was notified of something really interesting that will be of huge help (I hope!) to cancer patients — from the American Cancer Society (ACS) via Paul McGee.

Pretty much like YouTube, ACS has launched its own, cancer specific, video and picture sharing site called SharingHope.TV.

SharingHope.tv allows users to create an account and upload video, audio, photos and artwork in order to tell their stories of cancer in ways that work best for them. Visitors to the site can view the content, share what they like with others, or find hope and inspiration for their own fight against cancer.

Cancer survivors and their loved ones are already avid users of online community Web sites, and with SharingHope.tv, the American Cancer Society hopes to engage new and existing users of online media. “Many people share their stories of cancer on Web sites like You Tube, Flickr, and personal blogs.

Now they have a chance to come together in a single online community, with an organization and an audience that really cares about cancer,” said David Neff, American Cancer Society High Plains Division director of web and interactive strategy.

Hey do check it out! Please go to www.sharinghope.tv or you can read the full press release.

Wow. Isn’t that something?!