PHILANTHROPY

Rally for Rhyan

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Rhyan is pictured above.

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Loos family pictured above.

Rhyan was diagnosed with leukemia Fall of 2015. She has fought since day one and has been cancer free since December 2016.

LACK OF FUNDING

The National Cancer Institute has a research budget of nearly five billion dollars. Unfortunately, only about 4% of this is dedicated to pediatric cancer research. Pharmaceutical companies make up about 60% of funding for adult cancer research but for children this percentage drops to around 1%.