Today I posted my #MoreThan4 selfie on every social media site that I have. If you would like to print out the poster you can go to www.tinyurl.com/ncimorethan4 , or make your own. Along with posting to social media, tagging @theNCI and using the hashtag #MoreThan4 , feel free to email NCIadvocacy@mail.nih.org. I did! And since I am just now deciding to make this into a blog post, I decided to just show you what I sent off to the NCI and wanted to encourage you to show your support and do the same! So with that, here is my email from earlier:
"National Cancer Institute:
On behalf of the 46 children in the United States that will
be told they have cancer today, the 7 children in the United States that will
die from cancer today, and the 50,000 children that are in hospitals fighting
cancer today, I would like to say that 4%
is not enough.
Research proves
that childhood cancer is biologically different from adult cancers. However, your
institute continuously invests only 4% of your research budget specifically on
childhood cancer. How is that acceptable? How can you be okay with that?
If it was your child who was diagnosed with cancer, would
you still be okay with that? Would you
still be okay with seeing the facts about childhood cancer and not doing
anything more to change them?
I would like to know that my tax dollars are paying for
something more than a slap in the face to thousands of children and their
families. Please, make difference.
Thank you for your time,
"
Please consider posting a #MoreThan4 selfie and join many others in prayer and determination to see NCI funding for childhood cancer raised from 4%.
