Four distinct events support a common cause and remember Emmie Brooks with a whole month of

 fundraising,

awareness and

advocacy

encourage even more people to get involved!!!

A cascade of support!

   In November, Elevate shared the very firstElevate kid”, Emmie Brooks! It has been a great honor to come alongside Emmie’s mom, Tracy Brooks, in the creation of this awareness, advocacy and fundraising site in memory of Emmie. We hope you will take the time to visit the EmPower page at Elevate kids and learn more about Emmie’s fierce and feisty personality!

 

 

Elevate wants to thank the entire EmPower community for your efforts!

You came together throughout the month of September, individually and collaboratively, to use your resources and gifts to raise awareness for childhood cancer and money for Elevate—all of this effort was done to remember and honor Emmie and her family! 

Teddy Bears and Cancer Research

Elevate loves collaborations and creative fundraising that benefit many organizations! Tiffany Rice, a consultant for Paper Pie, held a drive that supported Riley Hospital for Children, The Scott Carter Foundation and Elevate Childhood Cancer Research and Advocacy. A portion of the sale of the Cuddle Bear Book and Bear set was donated to The Scott Carter Foundation, the items were donated to Riley Hospital for Children, and Tiffany donated her commission to Elevate

 Elevate loves this collaboration!

   The Em’Power‘ of T-shirts

 

Thank you Lindsey Foreman for hosting this t-shirt sale!

   These shirts helped promote awareness about childhood cancer, and they even made the local newspaper! They also provided Elevate with the money needed to begin work reimagining the way we treat children with cancer

 

 

 

Elevate Your Fitness &

Pediatric Cancer Research with

DUAL INSTRUCTOR SPIN!

 


Tracy’s gym, Training by Tracy, hosted two spin classes to bring awareness and raise money for childhood cancer! This fun and sweaty event raised money, awareness and camaraderie!

Training by Tracy instructors made everyone feel welcome, even those newbies to the world of spin proving it’s not daunting to demonstrate support for this worthy cause!

    [See more photos from the event below!]

EmPower’s Kitchen Warriors:

Cooking with the Kirks!

    Danielle and Andrew Kirk supported Elevate by advocating for those with childhood cancer throughout the month of September! Using their business, the Kirk’s shared important facts about childhood cancer and raised critical funds! They went above and beyond by matching contributions made during the fundraising campaign! Interested in some last minute gifts?

Check out their site here. Thank you to everyone involved!

 

   Elevate is thrilled to share that these initiatives throughout September then motivated a whole host of giving to the EmPower Elevate kids platform.

One EmPower supporter chose to collect donations through their workplace totaling $300!

 

   If you would like to contribute to fundraising or awareness efforts through the EmPower Elevate kids platform, we are happy to help you set up your very own fundraiser! Maybe you’d like to host a birthday fundraiser this year in honor of Emmie, or a product party or an event…we are to help

 

 

 

More photos from the Spin classes!

How You Can Help

Volunteer

Elevate values your unique gifts and talents in this community of coalition builders. 

 

Donate

Generous monetary donations will help accomplish Elevate’s mission to get the money and resources where they are most needed.

Advocate

Voices matter, we need you to share yours at Elevate. Join a workgroup or help advocate and fundraise through our Elevate Kids division!

Send Us A Message

12 + 9 =

Please help us keep our site secure by solving this math problem.

We respect your privacy and will never sell or share your information.

Tatum and Maisie Moving Mountains

"The challenges of being a pediatric cancer family are innumerable. Every time you think you’ve found the worst thing, something else rears its ugly head. These past few weeks we’ve witnessed a hefty serving of that humanity, led by two young girls, Tatum Pillor and...

Outwork the Noise

Don’t listen to those voices. Let your hard work, sweat and exertion drown out the noise.  Outwork the noise. -Justin Spoon Outwork the noise means something different for each of us. Robyn Spoon, Elevate Founder shares what this meant to Justin, and what it means to...

A Son, Brother, Collegiate Runner and Asbury Graduate Diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma

"Today, you don't have to do something special. You don't have to do anything amazing or overwhelming. You just gotta get of bed and do something."    - Justin Spoon - A mother's share:     Sitting in a small Lexington, Kentucky clinic room with my then 21-year-old...

Ewings Sarcoma Mom Shares

"Her diagnosis story is probably best classified as ‘trust your gut and ask for the extra tests’."    - Aimee Formo, Ewings Sarcoma Survivor's mom & Childhood Cancer AdvocateGuest Blog by: Aimee Formo    Ewings sarcoma, also abbreviated EWS,  is an aggressive type...

Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Bereaved Mom Shares

Guest Blog by: Cindy Cleveland   Matt Cleveland 2/5/1997-3/8/2023  "From the time Matthew was little, he could most frequently be found playing baseball," Matthew's mom Cindy shares with Elevate.   "His love for the game started with T-Ball at the age of 4, continued...

First Look: Parents Share How They First Discovered Their Child Had Rhabdomyosarcoma

"A small, relatively painless lump near his left nostril had a name- Rhabdomyosarcoma"    - Robyn Spoon, Elevate CEO & Founder    "Rhabdomyosarcoma is rare, with only about 500 total diagnoses in the US each year and only a small percentage of those above the age...

Multi-Stakeholder Engagement for Wilms Tumor that Puts Children in the Center

“Organizing ideas for presentation is one of the best ways to learn. What we learn we can teach. I learned a new concept through working on the poster—design thinking. And learning about this subject was the beginning of teaching it in our role as advocates, a...

Elevate Wilms at the 12th International Pediatric Renal Tumors Biology Meeting

"Five years ago I was sitting across from the oncologists, today, I sit with them."    - C. Comer MTS, BSN, RN,Mike Ortiz, MD and Robyn Spoon, Elevate CEO       Great things that happened in New York to make a difference for Wilms tumor. Elevate Wilms...

Change Starts From the Ground Up

"Elevate provides a space to work towards solutions and a platform to make effective change."    - C. Comer MTS, BSN, RN,Guest Blog by: C. Comer MTS, BSN, RN       In the past, people with a common cause may have had coffee. Today, they zoom or form social media...

Isaiah Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma Survivor’s Story

           “I took Isaiah to urgent care because he had back pain and couldn’t walk after a fall. They found he had a compression fracture. I knew at that moment that this couldn’t be good- kids don’t just break their back.”    18 months later, Ayla Benavides,...

@2023 ELEVATE Childhood Cancer Research
and Advocacy, Inc.
is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
EIN: 93-2185372

Join us! Stay up to date with our work and mission.

5 + 2 =

Please help keep our site secure and solve this problem.

We respect your privacy and will never sell or share your information.