Every September, we recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month—a time to raise awareness, support families, honor childhood cancer survivors, remember the children we've lost, and advocate for continued progress in pediatric cancer research.

For families facing childhood cancer, however, awareness doesn't end when September does.

Cancer changes a child's world. Suddenly, days that should be filled with school, sports, birthday parties, and playdates can instead include hospital rooms, blood draws, scans, chemotherapy, radiation, and surgeries.

At Chemo Kits, September holds a special place in our hearts because one of our missions is making those incredibly difficult treatment days feel just a little more comforting for kids.

Childhood Cancer by the Numbers

Childhood cancer is considered rare compared with cancers diagnosed in adults, but its impact is enormous.

According to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 9,550 children from birth through age 14 were expected to be diagnosed with cancer in the United States in 2025.

Cancer also remains the leading cause of death from disease among children in the United States.

There has been tremendous progress. Cancer death rates among children declined approximately 70% between 1970 and 2020.

But progress hasn't been equal across every type of childhood cancer, and some children who survive cancer can experience long-term effects from their disease or treatment.

That's why continued awareness and research matter.

Why Is the Childhood Cancer Ribbon Gold? 🎗️

Gold represents the preciousness of children and has become the color associated with childhood cancer awareness.

Throughout September, you may see gold ribbons, clothing, social media graphics, fundraisers, and events encouraging people to Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness.

But going gold should be about more than changing a profile picture. It's an opportunity to learn, advocate, donate, support childhood cancer organizations, and show families facing pediatric cancer that they haven't been forgotten.

7 Ways to Support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

1. Share Childhood Cancer Facts

Awareness starts with education.

Share credible information about childhood cancer with your friends, family, and social media community. One post may introduce someone to an organization, fundraiser, research initiative, or family they otherwise never would have known about.

2. Support Childhood Cancer Research

Research has helped dramatically improve outcomes for many childhood cancers, but progress is still needed.

Consider supporting reputable organizations funding pediatric cancer research this September.

3. Support the Entire Family

When a child is diagnosed with cancer, the entire family is affected.

Parents may spend weeks or months going back and forth to the hospital. Siblings may experience major changes to their routines. Families may be juggling work, childcare, transportation, meals, and medical appointments simultaneously.

Practical help can make a huge difference. Consider delivering dinner, sending a grocery gift card, helping with siblings, walking their dog, offering transportation, or simply checking in.

Sometimes the best thing you can say is: “I'm thinking about you. You don't have to respond.”

4. Send a Little Fighter Chemo Kit 🧸

Kids going through cancer treatment deserve moments that still feel like childhood.

Our Little Fighter Chemo Kits were created specifically for children undergoing cancer treatment and are filled with comforting, fun, and practical items to help brighten difficult treatment days.

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Whether you're sending one to your child, grandchild, niece, nephew, friend's child, or another little fighter in your community, it's a tangible way to remind them:

You are loved. You are supported. And there are people cheering you on.

5. Go Gold 🎗️

Wear gold during September and use it as an opportunity to start conversations about childhood cancer.

You can also shop cancer awareness accessories and totes through Chemo Kits.

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6. Remember the Siblings

Childhood cancer can be incredibly difficult for brothers and sisters, too.

Their routines may change overnight, and much of their parents' attention understandably shifts toward the child receiving treatment.

Small gestures—taking them somewhere fun, bringing them a gift, helping with homework, or simply spending one-on-one time with them—can help remind siblings that they're important, too.

7. Keep Showing Up After September

This may be the most important one.

When October 1 arrives, childhood cancer doesn't disappear.

Families still have scans. Children still have treatments. Parents are still sitting beside hospital beds. Survivors may continue dealing with the long-term effects of cancer treatment.

Use September as the beginning of your support—not the end of it.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Is Personal to Us

Chemo Kits was founded by a Stage IV cancer survivor who understands firsthand what it's like to spend countless hours receiving cancer treatment.

That experience inspired a simple mission:

Make cancer treatment a little more comfortable and remind patients that they are never alone.

Our children's Chemo Kits bring that mission to some of the smallest—and strongest—patients.

Every child deserves comfort. Every family deserves support. And every little fighter deserves to know that an entire community is standing behind them.

💛 This September, Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness.

Send Some Love to a Little Fighter

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