Stand Up To Cancer

Jennifer White

A 29-year-old fighting colon cancer, White has been undergoing treatment for over three years. Now, thanks to donations from friends and members of the Florida community where she lives, she's traveling everywhere she's ever wanted to go: an ocean cruise, the Grand Canyon, and hopefully New York City, to fulfill her childhood dream of holding up a poster in the background of the Today Show. "Once they read [her story], it's affected a lot of people because she is so young," said a former coworker, who donated her yearly bonus to the cause. Meanwhile, White has already planned what she wants her poster to say when she stands outside the Today Show: "Jen Rocks."
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2010/05/07/woman-fights-for-life-to-the-end.html

Ray Johnston

After an open tryout landed him a spot with the Dallas Mavericks in 2004, Johnston, 31, thought all his dreams had come through. Three months later, however, his leukemia diagnosis ended his short NBA career. Now in remission, Johnston has a new passion: the guitar. His Ray Johnston band recently toured the country promoting their new CD "Sweet Tooth." "Proverbs 17:22 captures it perfectly," Johnston says of his optimistic attitude. "It says, 'A cheerful heart is good medicine to the soul, a down cast spirit dries up the bones.'"
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Cancer-Survivor-Finds-New-Dream-in-Music-93245624.html

Malcolm Sutherland-Foggio

After being diagnosed with an aggressive bone cancer at the age of 10, Malcolm decided to fight back. First he recorded a six-minute video about his disease and treatment called "One in 320," because one child in 320 faces cancer in the US; then he led a bike-a-thon to raise money for pediatric cancer research. Meanwhile, his friends help out any way they can - most recently, some of them raised $1,000 for cancer research through a bake sale. One of his friends said that learning his friend had cancer scared him, but that "friendships matter, and you just keep going.''
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100509/COMMUNITIES/100508045/1005/NEWS01/Cancer-survivor--12--leads-bike-a-thon-for-pediatric-cancer

Tamika Poe

After facing choriocarcenoma, cancer of the uterus and overies, in 1987, Poe was told she'd never have children again. But after a partial hysterectomy, several surgeries, chemotherapy and other treatments, three years later she found herself pregnant again. "After they did the tumor removal, they removed half my left tube, half my left ovary, all my right tube and right ovary," she said. "They told me I could never have kids again." Today, Poe's youngest is 19, and her cancer has been in remission for almost two decades. She's a volunteer for her country's Relay For Life, and says she looks forward to many more Mother's Days with her kids.
http://adaeveningnews.com/local/x334276936/Survivor-celebrates-miracle-motherhood

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