One in 320 children will be diagnosed with cancer before the age of 20. Childhood cancer is the number one leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15 in the United States yet it only receives 4% of government funding for cancer research. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and there will many opportunities in the Over the Mountain area to … [Read more...]
Fighting Childhood Cancer: Advocates Give Families Tools to Take on Disease
By Kaitlin Candelaria Every day in the United States, 720 children are diagnosed with cancer. It is the leading cause of death for children under the age of 15, yet research is consistently underfunded. These statistics led families of children suffering from cancer to push for naming September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. In 2008, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution … [Read more...]
Ashley By Design: Hoover Woman Designs Clothing and Advocates for Women With Down Syndrome
By Emily Williams In June 2012, a dream came true for Hoover resident Ashley DeRamus and her mother and business partner Connie DeRamus. At the National Down Syndrome Congress’ annual convention in Denver, Colorado, the creation of Ashley’s clothing line, Ashley by Design, was announced. Ashley has Down syndrome, an aspect of her life that she says does little to confine … [Read more...]
Kulture Change: KultureCity Works to Create a World Accepting of Autism
By Kaitlin Candelaria One out of every 68 children in the United States will be diagnosed with autism. That’s 3.5 million people living in the United States who fall somewhere on the autism spectrum, a number that has more than doubled since 2000.These are the statistics behind the mission of KultureCity, an international nonprofit based in Vestavia Hills. KultureCity … [Read more...]
A Berry Merry Reunion: Hoover School’s First Graduates Will Reunite in June
By Kaitlin CandelariaBerry High School’s first graduating class swapped their tassels over in 1965. Now, they are gearing up for their 50th class reunion.“Even though a lot of us live in the Birmingham and the Atlanta area, we don’t see a lot of each other,” said Jane Gore Graham, planning committee member. “It’s still a special treat. There is a specialness about our … [Read more...]