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Curing Kids' Cancer today awarded the annual Killian Owen Research Grant to the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

$80,000 was donated to the Aflac Cancer Center's Clinical Research office in memory of Killian Owen, who lost his battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2003 at the age of nine after a four year battle with the disease. Killian is the inspiration for the charity Curing Kids' Cancer.

"It is virtually impossible to explain how valuable Curing Kids' Cancer is to the children of Atlanta and the surrounding southeastern region," states Dr. William G. Woods, Director of the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. "Philanthropic entities like Curing Kids' Cancer make it possible for our staff of physicians and nurses to fight pediatric cancer and get kids back to being kids."

Curing Kids' Cancer has two national grassroots fundraising programs -- Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer and Teachers Curing Kids' Cancer. Both programs urge parents and children to donate money to pediatric cancer research in the name of their coach or teacher rather than buying them traditional gifts.

Inspired by nine-year-old Killian Owen's battle with leukemia, Curing Kids' Cancer Inc. is a unique, national grassroots movement which aims to raise both awareness and money to find cures for all types of childhood cancer.

Labels: cancer, children, cure, funding