Friends of ASK at VCU

Thanks to those who came out to our meeting last time and helped create these cute St. Patrick's Day goodie bags for the children receiving treatment at the ASK Clinic.

Thank you to those who came out to or meeting tonight. We put together paper plate turkey craft kits for the kids being treated at the ASK Clinic. Happy Thanksgiving!

We will be having a General Body Meeting tonight, November 17th, in Virginia Room B from 6-7 PM. Hope to see you there!

Happy Halloween, Friends of ASK! At our last meeting, our members created Halloween goodie bags for the children being treated at the ASK clinic. Thanks to everyone who helped assemble the bags and provided items to go inside!

We will be at the Siegel Center today for the Fall SOVO Fair from 3-6 PM. Come see us for some candy and ways to get involved this semester. Hope to see you there!

We are excited to announce the newly elected officers for the 2016-2017 academic year! Jamie Parkerson will be filling in for executive director/president, and Lindsay Kunik and Saloni Desai will both hold office as vice presidents. All 3 officers have been a part of FASK previously, and have been involved in many of our volunteer activities/events. Many thanks to Rachel Balow, a current medical student at MCV and former president, for creating an amazing organization at VCU dedicated to working with children at the ASK clinic. Thank you also to the officers for 2015-2016: president Esther Eom, vice president Lindsay Kunik, treasurer Kelsey Grimes, membership engagement committee members Paige Greene and Maddie Centanni, and out-of-clinic coordinators Kate Escobar and Naveen C. Kotha for all of your work! We are excited to see what the upcoming year has in store for FASK at VCU!

Some of the members of Friends of ASK at VCU came out to the first meeting of Spring 2016 semester to make Valentine's Day cards for our fellow cancer patients at the Nelson Clinic. Thanks to these students for their time and dedication despite their busy school schedules!

As the holidays roll around and Adopt-a-Family commences again, we are sad to share that Sebastian Winters has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Friends of ASK adopted the Winters family during the 2014 holiday season. Please join us in sending thoughts and prayers to his family and loved ones.

Last night, we brought our second dinner to the ASK Office for the families and kids attending their support group. We enjoyed pizza, salad, fruit and homemade desserts - and even made turkeys. Thanks to Lindsay, Paige, Kate, and Alisha for volunteering! Gobble gobble!

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Many remain unaware that cancer is the number one disease killer of children under the age of 15, and that even survival comes with a lifetime of side effects and risks. ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation is highlighting some of their fantastic ASK Kourageous Kids this month and we hope you'll follow along!

Meet our friend, Katie!

September is . In honor of that we want to put the faces and stories of real ASK Kourageous Kids to the abstract term "childhood cancer" with our .

From mom Amanda:

This is Katie. She was diagnosed with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on January 24th, 2015 at the age of six. Katie has taught me more about life in the last eight months than I have learned myself in 33 years on this earth. Katie is my hero every day. She makes it so easy to be strong and brave for her.

Thank you to the officers of Friends of ASK, Esther Eom, Lindsay Kunik, Kelsey Grimes, Jamie Parkerson, Paige Greene, and Kate Escobar for helping out at the VCU SOVO Fair! They were able to spread Friends of ASK's mission and goals to incoming VCU students.

Making Life Better for Children with Cancer Buy a t-shirt to support ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation. Please share!