Isaac Goby’s fistful of hair dangled next to his face mask, concealing the smile beneath. The fifth-grader was elated to donate his blond locks to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a childhood cancer fundraiser championed by his school, Calusa Elementary in Boca Raton. “I did this because my neighbor has cancer and I wanted my hair to…
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Dad tattoos son’s cancer scar on to his own head, wins father-of-the-year contest
The father of a child suffering from cancer has won a “father of the year” photo contest after a picture he submitted of him and his son went viral.
Local moms hope to increase funding for pediatric cancer research
Source: KWTX / Madison Adams Cancer is a word no one likes to hear especially when it involves the life of a child. More than 10,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year and many of them utilize hospitals and clinics in Central Texas, which offer life-saving treatments. Amy Gilstrap’s son, Blain Lenoir, was diagnosed…