Could Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson be any more of a standup guy? We think not. Wilson raised the "Strong Against Cancer" flag on top of the Space Needle over the weekend to kick off Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, which is in September.
Wilson is Strong Against Cancer's Team Captain through his Why Not You Foundation, whose philanthropic efforts aim to put an end to pediatric cancer with the support of the community.
There’s currently potentially game-changing T-cell immunotherapy clinical trials underway at Seattle Children’s Hospital. "It could be my kid, it could be your kid one day and hopefully, together we can make a difference," said Wilson. T-cell immunotherapy harnesses the power of a child’s own immune system to seek and destroy cancer.
According to Seattle Children's Hospital, more than 10,000 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer this year, but pediatric cancers receive less than 3% of the National Cancer Institute budget for research.
For more information on how you can help, visit www.strongagainstcancer.org.
