Art With A Heart to feature a silent auction of children's art Updated: Wed, Feb 8, 2012 Art With A Heart is an annual fundraiser for the Oklahoma Children's Cancer Association. Read More

New book: Baking cookies for a cancer cure Updated: Thu, Oct 13, 2011 Can you fight cancer with a cookie? How about 96,000 cookies? That was the genesis for the nonprofit Cookies for Kids' Cancer, an initiative that was born when Gretchen Holt-Witt held a larger-than-life cookie fundraiser to bring in money for research into pediatric cancer, then realized that she'd... Read More

Hispanic community donations will help battle cancer Published: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 Latinos pledge more than $100,000 during the KTUZ Radiothon to help St. Jude fight childhood cancer. Read More

Affair of the Heart Updated: Wed, Oct 20, 2010 Big doesn't even begin to describe An Affair of the Heart, where thousands of exhibitors sell arts and crafts, custom furniture, seasonal and decorative items, jewelry, clothing and one-of-a-kind merchandise. Read More

Scholarships awarded to students with history of childhood cancer Updated: Fri, Jul 17, 2009 Thirteen Oklahomans are among 201 childhood cancer survivors throughout a six-state area chosen to receive scholarships from The American Cancer Society, High Plains Division. The 2009-2010 Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship recipients are students with a history of childhood cancer. The award gives young... Read More

Clinical trials Published: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 Clinical trials are often a last resort for cancer patients — yet fewer than 5 percent of adults with the disease take part in them. Clinical trials are how doctors and researchers ensure new treatments are safe and effective. They include drugs, medical devices and surgical procedures. More than 60... Read More

Cancer blogs Published: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 “When your 3 ½-year-old tells you that his pee looks like a strawberry slushie, you sit up and take notice.” Oklahoma City mother Carrie Black vividly recalls the Sunday in July 2005 when she realized something was wrong with her middle child, Ian. The next day, Ian visited his pediatrician, but... Read More

Pin of hope: The story behind the gold ribbon Updated: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 Bob Stoops' visor carries two familiar markings – the interlocking OU and the Nike swoosh. And one not so familiar. Off to one side, Stoops attaches a gold ribbon pin, denoting neuroblastoma awareness. Neuroblastoma is one of the most common solid tumors found in children under 10. The pin is a promise to Cody... Read More

Hope on Wheels gives boost to childhood cancer fight Updated: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 Isaac Newberry stood at the front of a group of youngsters, wide-eyed and smiling as he waited to plaster his painted palm on a white Hyundai Tucson sport utility vehicle. The 2-year-old from Edmond pressed his palm on a paint pad, then placed it on the SUV, leaving behind his mark of hope for a cure to pediatric... Read More

Car dealer to host fund-raiser for children's cancer research Updated: Sat, Jun 10, 2006 EDMOND - When their son was 8 months old, Heidi and Charles Gilbert took him to the pediatrician to check out a lump in his cheek. Doctors soon discovered that the tumor and a grapefruit-sized mass in Tanner's abdomen were cancerous, and immediately started chemotherapy. After more than a year of chemotherapy,... Read More

Tripp Lewallen Foundation reaches goal of endowed chair of Pediatric Oncology Updated: Wed, Jun 19, 2002 Remember the deluge of rain on Redbud Race day! Like real troopers, Oklahomans stuck it out and in doing somade our state a better place for children. You see, when you did the Redbud you weren't just running for the fun of it; you were helping fund a chair in pediatric oncology at OU Medical Center's Children's... Read More

Redbud Classic benefits Tripp Lewallen Foundation Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2002 The Redbud race celebrates spring and promotes health for sure, but it's also run for a very good cause, the Tripp Lewallen Foundation. Tripp Lewallen had acute myloid leukemia and died at the age of 8. In his memory, his parents want to get an endowed chair in pediatric oncology at children's hospital - a doctor... Read More