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St. Patrick's Day and the "Luck of the Irish", to bring HOPE to KIDS with CANCER and their families and find a CURE for Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma (a childhood cancer) by raising money to fund Dr Giselle Sholler's research lab at the Vermont Cancer Center. 
It's up to US....parents, family, friends and the COMMUNITY to Join hands as a TEAM...TO SAVE OUR KIDS. 

An ANGEL'S Story

MELINA ELIZABETH RINIOLO
August 9, 1996 - June 3, 2010 
  

                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                 HOW YOU CAN HELP

                                       I'd like to share my sister Lisa and her husband Joe's thoughts about how people can help.

"PLEASE HELP US SUPPORT THE NB ALLIANCE.ORG IN THERE SEARCH FOR A CURE.  Many people offered to host a benefit for our family to help with the financial burdens and travel expenses.  Many come up to Joe and I with so much love and say 'tell me what we can do'.  There were times I didn't know how to answer these questions but now five years into this journey, five different trials behind us, seven surgeries completed I think I've got it.  Right now we are floating... we're ok but... Melina...Melina needs options more than we need a benefit...right now.  Options are what give her a chance at a future and beating this monster.  Her best options are the ones in the labs right now... being worked on... trying to get opened, needing funding.  The direction Dr Shollers lab is going is very promising.  Of course there are no guarantees (every NB parent is more than aware, believe me) but I believe in following my gut.  My gut tells me 'RAISE AWARENESS', Lisa... raise funds... get things moving... support that lab...Melina's answers may be in there'.  SO if you want to know what you can do for us... HELP us with our fundraisers, hold one of your own...a bake sale, sell bracelets, a dress down day at work.  Absolutely anything and every dime helps!!"

                                         This website and fundraiser is dedicated to Melina Riniolo who is fighting Neuroblastoma. 
                    It is our family's HOPE that Melina will benefit from Dr Sholler's research and bring her illness to a happy ending.

CURE ME I'M IRISH fundraiser started because of a little boy, Will Lacey from Quincy Mass., who was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma age 7 months.  This will be his families third annual "Cure Me..... fundraiser.  Will's dad thought it would be great to invite other Neuroblastoma (NB) families and friends in the community to host their own "Cure Me I'm Irish" event in whatever city or state they lived in, on the same day.  So this year there are four "Cure Me....fundraisers happening on March 6, 2010.  Who knows, maybe next year there will be 10 different fundraisers going at the same time for the love of THE KIDS. 
I can't think of a better way to celebrate St Patrick's Day!

     SOME DEVASTATING STATISTICS   
 
LESS than 3% of funds allocated for Cancer research goes to childhood cancers.  NEUROBLASTOMA (NB) gets a minimal amount of those funds.   We need to raise MONEY and AWARENESS for Childhood Cancer so researchers can unite together and share their data and FIND A CURE  to save these kids.  We need everyones help to make this quest successful.  Spread the word of our fundraiser and bring your family and friends to the event and unite with US (Melina's White Light) .

A CHILD with Neuroblastoma DIES every 16 hours.

About 600 KIDS Year are DIAGNOSED with Neuroblastoma.

Their is NO CURE!!!