Greenwich, CT-- Pediatric Cancer Foundation is hosting their biggest fundraising event of the year, PCF Walks!, on April 24^th, 10am at Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut. They are expecting 1,000 walkers with the goal of raising $500,000 in the fight against children’s cancer.

Registration: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/pcfwalks

Sponsorship opportunities: bit.ly/pcfwalkssponsor

Pamela Strauss Peligri, President of Pediatric Cancer Foundation remarks, “Pediatric Cancer Foundation is thrilled to announce PCF Walks!, a fun-filled event featuring food trucks, a DJ, live music, refreshments, and children’s activities.  This year, we are honoring Greenwich Academy’s Katie Kennedy, a 2nd grader who kicked cancer to the curb in 2020. I am so proud to be part of the spirit, commitment, and energy surrounding our first PCF Walks! fundraiser. We invite everyone to participate by donating, registering as an individual walker, or joining a team to help raise money and awareness for childhood cancer.”

In the past 51 years, Pediatric Cancer Foundation has distributed close to $20 million dollars to doctors and researchers who have been instrumental in increasing the cure rate for pediatric cancer from 58% to over 80% today.

Pediatric Cancer Foundation currently supports 11 promising projects at 9 leading research hospitals: New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at NYU Langone Medical Center; Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York; Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center; Mount Sinai Health System; The University of Chicago Medicine, Comer Children’s Hospital; The Ohio State University College of Medicine; Children’s National Hospital, Washington DC (visit: www.pcfcares.org to learn more about the projects we fund).

Contact: Nancy Joselson, Director, Pediatric Cancer Foundation, 914.777.3127