Dear Friends,
On November 5, 2022, we will host the sixth annual Fashion Funds
the Cure pediatric cancer fashion show at the Town Center
at Boca Raton. We host Fashion Funds the Cure in honor of our
son Theo, the little boy shown on this page, who passed away
from cancer in October 2016 at 19 months old. Theo was diagnosed
at five months old with an aggressive childhood cancer called
rhabdomyosarcoma, a type of tumor that had metastasized before
it was discovered. In 2015, and still now in 2022, no effective
treatments exist for metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma. Sadly, the
same can be said for many other pediatric cancers. We would be
grateful for your support to help us change that.
Every day, 43 children will be diagnosed with cancer, and more than 40,000 children
are in treatment every year. In the last 20 years, only four cancer treatments have been
specifically developed and approved for children with cancer. The brutal truth is that
1 in 285 children will be diagnosed with cancer, and 12% of them will not survive.
When a child dies from cancer, an average of 68 years of life are lost. And unbelievably,
pediatric cancer research receives only 4% of the federal government’s funding for
cancer research. That’s why pediatric cancers like Theo’s don’t have cures. More research
is desperately needed to find better treatments for kids like Theo—the funding of which
is largely dependent upon philanthropy. That's what makes fundraisers like this one, so incredibly important.

Thank you for partnering with us to honor Theo in this meaningful way. 

With love and gratitude,

Leah & Ricky Huff