The Kids Walk for Kids with Cancer is organized by students to support pediatric research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Since 2001 the Kids Walk has raised over $1,320,000 and we have all of you to thank! Planning is now underway for the May 2012 Kids Walk in NYC, New Jersey, and new this year, Connecticut and Kansas!
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The Kids Walk began in 2001 as an 8th grade homeroom project at Packer Collegiate in Brooklyn NY. One student's little brother was finishing a 3-year treatment for stage IV neuroblastoma at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, so the students wanted to raise funds to help cure pediatric cancer. The 8th grade walkers raised $35,000, and they vowed to keep walking for kids with cancer. In 2002 the Packer students recruited teams from six other NYC schools, and every year thereafter new teams and new generations of students have joined the cause. To learn more visit our About page.
100% of the proceeds from the Kids Walk support pediatric research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the world's oldest and largest private cancer center. Kids Walk funds research which is used to find new treatments for hard-to-cure pediatric cancers. Click here to find more about how the funds raised in 2011 were used.
100% of proceeds benefit pediatric cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center!