SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – It’s a tough but important topic to discuss: childhood cancer.
According to the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation, 43 kids in the U.S. are expected to be diagnosed with cancer each day.
Only 4 percent of the billions of dollars the government spends on cancer research goes to treating childhood cancer said Jenny Wilkins, the Special Events Manager of CURE Childhood Cancer.
That’s where fundraisers like Catie’s Gathering come in.
It’s a special dinner named after Catie, Wilkins’s daughter who died of childhood cancer.
Now, every year survivors and parents rally together to honor the children battling cancer, all with one goal which is to raise funds to find a Cure.
Wilkins said Catie was a little mischievous and liked to pull pranks on her father.
She said life will never feel the same as it did 16 years ago before she lost her first-born daughter Catie who was just four years old.
Source: Group raises money for research to fight childhood cancer
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