Making a Difference

Meet Kate:

Kate, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, a malignant neuro endocrine tumor November 18, 2015. She began walking abnormally and was brought to the ER. After abnormal imaging, she was transferred to Lurie Children's Hospital in downtown Chicago. After more imaging, blood work, biopsies and many amazing doctors conferring, they provided her diagnosis. Her prognosis is 65% survival at 5 years and Kate has chosen to be the 65% that live. We believe in the power of prayer and the power of positive intention.

We believe that if the message is sent out to the world that Kate will live, then she will. So sing it from the mountains, shout it to the sea, tell anyone and everyone you see to say it out loud. "Kate will live." And then, believe it in your heart. We truly believe this is what will be the key to her survival. We're supporting the research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a donation was made in the name of Kate.

MSK Kids, the pediatric program at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), is the largest oncology program for children and young adults in the country. Our researchers work together to lead breakthroughs that improve the standard of care for challenging childhood cancers. Among these is neuroblastoma, a rare cancer of the nervous system.

Meet Logan:

CURE Token has committed a donation to the family of Logan who is being treated in Miami, FL.  

Logan is a 2 year old who was diagnosed with Leukemia at 7 months of age. He has been undergoing treatment since 2019 when he immediately went into remission. While still undergoing his treatment for almost 2 years, he recently relapsed. He is currently undergoing aggressive chemotherapy in hopes to get him back into remission and in preparation for his bone marrow transplant.

His single mother only has a few close relatives nearby and the rest of the family is out of state.  He is a super sweet boy who is loved very much.

CURE Token was able to offer a grant to this family as the result of the generosity of The Beckley Foundation. Thank you CURE Community.

Meet Alex:

When CURE found out about Alex and his sad situation, for Jacob it wasn’t a case of if the project could help, but how. After discussing with Dan and Amelia, CURE set up a monthly consistent donation amount, which will take care of all medical bills associated with Alex’s care.

“We are so thankful to CURE, they have been a godsend,” says Amelia. “This has made such a difficult situation slightly easier to bear.” Unfortunately, Alex still has a very long and hard road ahead of him to get to the stage where he can live his remaining years comfortably. His treatment program completes at the end of November, and from there it will take a further six weeks until the family will even be informed of how things went. Afterwards, it will be a case of planning the next course of action, heading into the New Year.

Meet Lukas:

Lukas is a 4-year-old kid in pre-kindergarten. His smile is contagious. He has never met anyone he doesn't like and loves an audience to watch him do silly things. He loves hard and give the greatest monster hugs he can. He loves fiercely. Lukas has a huge heart. Loves spending time with his family (aunts/uncles/cousins/grandparents). He is wise beyond his years. He’s an old soul. He's only 4 years old but has LOTS to say. He's also the most happy human I’ve ever met- he has a permanent smile on his face or his is making silly faces to makes you smile.

Looking at Lukas, you would never know that he is battling a beast like cancer. He will never let on that he doesn't feel good or that something hurts him. He is a champion -- a warrior! Lukas loves to swim, ride his bike, play outside, ride his scooter, watch his iPad, trains, play with hot wheels, anything toy story, sing and dance. He loves to listen to music and his special “cancer songs” and always asks to play “Choo Choo Soul," and wants to be a train conductor when he grows up. Lukas loves to play with trains and hot wheels and snuggle with Mommy watching his iPad, but his big brother is the one who makes him laugh the hardest and who he wants to be with at all times. Those bothers have the most special bond imaginable. Jakob cares for Lukas like he is his own kid, and you can see how much Lukas looks up to him as his idol. Lukas is sweet and funny and a very independent little man!

Our family sometimes struggles with maintaining normalcy for both Lukas and his older brother Jakob, working, attending doctor appointments at the hospital, scheduling caregivers for our children while we work, maintaining a husband/wife relationship, etc. We haven’t taken a real family vacation before. We try to do things as a family to try to give them “normal” kid experiences.

In March 2019, at 21 months old, we found pin-dot red marks on his neck and stomach. Doctors immediately did blood work and we found out that he had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. What was supposed to be a life of fun and exploring as a toddler turned into a fight for his life. He had to put his childhood on hold to engage into a war that he didn't ask to join!

He started treatment immediately. For the first six months, Lukas faced the hardest part of treatment – frontline treatment for leukemia. During those six months, he went to the clinic every week for IV chemo and visited the hospital regularly for spinal taps and surgeries. In December 2019, Lukas entered the maintenance phase of his treatment. He’s taking oral chemotherapy every day, and every 12 weeks he receives spinal taps and IV chemo.

He is currently in the maintenance phase of his chemo treatments which will last for a little over three years. We have about 375 days left if all goes according to plan. We’re excited to see him finish treatment in May or June of 2022, right around his fifth birthday! His parents and older brother are proud of Lukas, he is a strong cancer warrior.