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Hugz from Bugz is a Non-Profit Organization
created to help other families in Central Florida
coping with childhood cancer. Every dollar donated
is used for gift cards, gas cards, care packages for
newly diagnosed children, toys, parties, and so much
more. Hugz from Bugz was created in January 2009
when parents Chad and Christy Ebbert's daughter,
Haley "Bugz" Ebbert was diagnosed with Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Haley finished her
treatment at Arnold Palmer Hospital in July of 2011,
she is cancer-free and full of energy.
3rd Annual Hugz from Bugz Golf Tournament
The 3rd Annual Hugz from Bugz Charity Golf
Tournament is coming up soon. Be sure to get
Registered now to save your spot.
(Click Here to go to
Registration)
Childhood Cancer Facts
- Close to 75% of children diagnosed with cancer can ultimately be cured!
- Childhood leukemia once was a most dreaded disease that meant almost certain
death for a child diagnosed with it. Today, thanks to advances in research and
medical treatments, over 80% of childhood leukemia patients survive!
- The
“rate of survival” for children with cancer has improved over the years more
than for any other age group due to the successes in pediatric oncology
research!
- Even with the amazing progress in recent years, childhood
cancer is responsible for killing more children and teenagers every year than
any other disease!
- One person out of every 330 will develop cancer before
age 20!
- Each day, 46 children are diagnosed with cancer.
- Although
cure rates are steadily increasing, 35% of children cancer patients will die.
- Cancer remains the number one disease killer of children; more than genetic
anomalies, cystic fibrosis, and AIDS combined.
- In 2006 approximately
9,500 new cases of pediatric cancer occurred in children between the ages of
infancy through 15.
- Among ethnic groups, white children are most likely
to develop cancer.
- Childhood cancer is not a single disease, but rather
many different types that fall into 12 major categories. Common adult cancers
are extremely rare in children, yet many cancers are almost exclusively found in
children.
- Childhood Cancers are cancers that primarily affect children,
teens, and young adults. When cancer strikes children and young adults it
affects them differently than it would an adult.
- On the average, 12,500
children and adolescents in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer each year.
- On the average, 1 in every 4 elementary school has a child with cancer. The
average high school has two students who are a current or former cancer patient.
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