{"id":464,"date":"2014-09-25T20:45:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T00:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourtypicalguy.com\/?p=464"},"modified":"2014-09-25T20:45:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T00:45:48","slug":"curefest-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yourtypicalguy.com\/?p=464","title":{"rendered":"CureFest  2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend I went down to the National Mall in Washington DC to show support for an amazing girl who lives in my Neighborhood\u00a0along with support for hundreds of other children with cancer. \u00a0She&#8217;s a really good friend to my children and we are very close to the whole family. \u00a0Childhood cancer is a really tragic disease&#8230;there is not enough research, funding and the treatments are antiquated. \u00a0These are our children!! \u00a0There must be more awareness, funding and action to help improve treatments and to find cures for our children. \u00a0Yes, OUR! \u00a0Maybe today you are unaffected&#8230; &#8220;thats someone else&#8217;s kid&#8230;&#8221; \u00a0but you could blink and it could be your child, your friend&#8217;s or someone in your family. \u00a0Take the time to learn more about this horrible disease and make one or two minor changes in your life that could help in the efforts to promote awareness, research and possibly a cure!<\/p>\n<p>One group making strides with awareness is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruth365.org\">thetruth365 organization<\/a>. \u00a0Please visit their site, watch their videos and sign any petition you can get your hands on. \u00a0Its worth it!<\/p>\n<p>This is a short montage music video of the event. \u00a0It just captures a few scenes of a truly amazing day. \u00a0I plan to put together a more in depth video as some of the speeches and displays of absolute courage were truly moving and deserves to be shared.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_5LzgJvdo6E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend I went down to the National Mall in Washington DC to show support for an amazing girl who lives in my Neighborhood\u00a0along with support for hundreds of other children with cancer. \u00a0She&#8217;s a really good friend to my children and we are very close to the whole family. \u00a0Childhood cancer is a really tragic disease&#8230;there is not enough research, funding and the treatments are antiquated. \u00a0These are our children!! \u00a0There must be more awareness, funding and action to help improve treatments and to find cures for our children. \u00a0Yes, OUR! \u00a0Maybe today you are unaffected&#8230; &#8220;thats someone else&#8217;s kid&#8230;&#8221; \u00a0but you could blink and it could be your child, your friend&#8217;s or someone in your family. \u00a0Take the time to learn more about this horrible disease and make one or two minor changes in your life that could help in the efforts to promote awareness, research and possibly a cure! One group making strides with awareness is thetruth365 organization. \u00a0Please visit their site, watch their videos and sign any petition you can get your hands on. \u00a0Its worth it! 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