2010 News

ABC-TV News ran a great story on B+ Hero Aryn's trip to "Toy Story on Ice."  Video

Beautiful article on Andrew and The B+ Foundation on website Amer-I-CAN.

Two great articles on Joe and the Foundation together with some wonderful pictures.   Article

Many don't realize that after the first round of chemotherapy, Andrew was leukemia-free.  It was sepsis and a fungal infection that severly complicated treatment.  Joe was invited to write an article for SepsisAlliance.org to tell Andrew's story.   Article

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The Senate of the State of Delaware issued  a Senate Tribute to Andrew on the occasion of his graduation from Salesianum in June. The tribute begins: "The Senate celebrates the life of this outstanding young Delawarean, whose exemplary life story and whose heroic struggle in the last days serves as an inspiration for all who knew him and for many more who never had the privilege of knowing him personally...."

 

The News Journal (DE) ran a great story about the B+ Foundation and Joe as one of "25 Who Matter."                                                                                           Article  |    Video

CBS3 (Philadelphia) ran a nice story about Sammy Bradly’s bone marrow drive on June 13th in Newtown Square, PA, for fellow B+ Hero, Noxah Palomo.   Joe got a chance to remind viewers that a simple cheek swab could save the life of someone anywhere in the world.                            

UDance, the largest student-run philanthropy at the University of Delaware, raised over $100,000 to benefit The B+ Foundation and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.    Article  

Ali was interviewed by the University of Delaware's newspaper The Review.  It's a great article about Andrew, The B+ Foundation, and UDance.    Article

Joe was interviewed by Todd Welch, author of Trust, How to put "it" back in business and the 1,000 day Trust Tour.    View Interview (Day 102)

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Thanks to you -- and all the friends and family you encouraged to vote for us -- The B+ Foundation received over 5,000 votes in the Chase Community GivingContest Round 2.  That wasn't enough to win the $1Million, but we were the top childhood cancer group.  AND the contest judges, including Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), David Robinson (NBA), and Kim Davis (Chase) were so moved by our Foundation that they awarded us an additional $37,000!  Combined with our Round 1 award, the Chase/Facebook contest has awarded us $62,000!  Plus, we've increased awareness for the foundation and childhood cancer nationwide. Thank you all! Press Release

 

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Andrew and The B+ Foundation were featured in the Nemours Partnership for Children's Health publication.   The article briefly describes Andrew and his illness, the mission of the foundation, and our recent grant of $250,000 to their affiliated facility, the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research.    Article (p. 10)