June 2024

Happy June, the beginning of summer, school is out, kids visiting back home from college, Cancer Survivor's Day, and Pride Month!

We are thrilled to show you the new artwork that was installed in the inaugural playroom at Riverside Methodist Hospital! If you have friends, family members, or medical providers locally please tell them about the two family playrooms. The more people that know about the service available, the more families and couples that will be helped.

If you work for a hospital system outside of Columbus, please show them Alex's Sunnyside Playroom! We want to continue to help families battling cancer outside of Columbus.

Playroom #2

We are excited to celebrate playroom #2 opening at OSUCC-The James next Saturday evening! The playroom opened at the end of 2023 on the 14th floor, near the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. We hope that you will bid on exciting silent auction items to continue the funding for the room, that includes two child life specialists. Thank you for all your support since 2018! The silent auction will launch on Thursday, April 18th and conclude at the event on April 20th at 9:00 p.m. Any Swifties out there?!

September News

#BloodCancerAwarenessMonth #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth

Today is the first day of September where we celebrate Blood Cancer Awareness and Childhood Cancer Awareness. Have you ever heard #GoGoldInSeptember? AYA stands for adolescent and young adult cancer patients (ages 15 to 39). These cancer patients are a distinct population within the oncology community due to the unique challenges they face through their disease projection. Oftentimes they are hitting big milestones like driving, graduating high school, going to college, getting married and starting families. Alex fell into this unique group with his diagnosis of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. ALL is typically diagnosed in children.

How are we celebrating this month? First, we have partnered with Network for Good to make donating to Alex's Sunnyside Playroom a more seamless process. Check out our new donation page: https://alexssunnysideplayroom.networkforgood.com/projects/202397-support-alex-s-sunnyside-playroom

Secondly, we are excited to announce the incredible design firm iCrave took our small non-profit on as a client. It's been such an honor and privilege to work with a dedicated team of individuals that really "get it"! They are the award-winning design firm that worked on healthcare and wellness experiences for Memorial Sloan Kettering and St. Jude. https://www.icrave.com/hospitals

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