September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is observed every September. It focuses on raising visibility and driving real progress in the fight against childhood cancer.
What is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month?
Awareness Month is a time when families, doctors, researchers, and advocacy groups around the world come together to focus on children and teenagers who are living with cancer, including brain tumors.
When people learn about childhood cancer, they are more likely to donate, volunteer, and advocate for better treatments. This support helps fund research studies and clinical trials that focus specifically on children.
Learn more about how you can raise awareness in the fight to Lose No Child to cancer.
Share the Lose No Child campaign to raise awareness
Sharing is one of the simplest and most powerful ways to help. Share with your community and networks:
PNOC Foundation’s Lose No Child campaign page
PNOC Foundation’s Lose No Child video.
Engage Your Broader Community
You can bring Childhood Cancer Awareness Month into spaces you already know well:
Your workplace can host a brief talk, share stories in internal newsletters, or create a matching donation program.
Your child’s school can organize an awareness day, invite a nurse or social worker to speak, create supportive cards for kids in treatment or organize a Lose No Child fundraiser.
Faith groups or community organizations can raise awareness about the urgent funding needs of childhood cancer, and organize a community fundraiser.
Make Direct Contributions That Fuel Research
If you are in a position to give financially, direct donations can have a real impact on research and clinical trials. By supporting PNOC Foundation you will help accelerate clinical trials and research for the deadliest childhood cancers. You can make:
One-time and monthly contributions through our Donate page
Support and share our Lose No Child campaign, a $50 million effort to speed up progress in pediatric brain cancer over five years
Speak to the PNOC team to discuss other ways to give including DAF contributions, Crypto or stock donations, corporate partnership.
Every contribution, no matter the size, helps support research that aims to develop safer, more effective therapies for children.
-
Pediatric brain tumors are among the most serious childhood cancers, yet they have not always received as much attention as other types. September helps shine a light on brain tumor–specific research and clinical trials, so more people understand the need for specialized treatments. Organizations like PNOC use this time to highlight trials and resources focused just on pediatric brain and central nervous system tumors.
-
Awareness alone cannot guarantee a new treatment for your child, but it can support funding, research, and new clinical trials that may benefit them now or in the future. Greater attention also helps networks like PNOC connect families with expert centers more quickly. Over time, this can lead to more treatment choices and better long-term care for children with brain tumors.
-
“Meaningful” can be very small and still very powerful. You might share one accurate article, tell your story when you feel ready, or support brain tumor–focused research through campaigns like PNOC’s Lose No Child. Sharing accurate information, asking questions, and staying engaged with your child’s care team are all meaningful forms of advocacy.
-