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A Voice for Children With Cancer and Late Effects Advocate- Una Voz Para el Cรกncer Infantil

Photos from Lishy's Gift's post 07/16/2026

Just purchased my Lishyโ€™s Gift merchandise! ๐Ÿ’œโ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿข

Iโ€™m so proud to serve as a board member for Lishy's Gift and support this wonderful local nonprofit.๐Ÿซถ

Lishyโ€™s Gift was created by my dear friend, Andrea Guillard, and her family in loving memory of their beautiful daughter, Lishy, whose life continues to inspire hope and compassion for young adults facing cancer.๐Ÿซถ

Andrea Guillard has one of the kindest, most giving hearts, and she holds a very special place in mine. As she celebrates her 60th birthday, ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฅณ I hope youโ€™ll help us celebrate her by supporting the mission that means so much to her and her family.

There are lots of great options available in the Lishyโ€™s Gift online store, so take a look and purchase something you love. Every order helps support this meaningful organization and the young adults it serves.

The campaign runs now through August 3rd! Please consider making a purchase and sharing the post to help spread the word! ๐Ÿ’œ

07/03/2026

Excellent resource for our childhood cancer families! ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ’ฏHelp us celebrate The Brain Bodega, LLC and their incredible work and efforts helping students thrive!! 5 years celebrating!! ๐Ÿ˜โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ“๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ‰

07/01/2026

We SURPASSED our goal!!!๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿซถ๐ŸŽ—๏ธ

As National Cancer Survivors Month comes to a close, we are so grateful to share that our Beyond the Bell BeholdBeGold fundraiser not only reached our $400 goal, but surpassed it, raising $600 to support childhood cancer survivors beyond treatment!๐Ÿ’›๐ŸŽ—๏ธ

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who donated, shared our fundraiser, encouraged us, and continues to support BeholdBeGold in so many meaningful ways. ๐Ÿซถ๐ŸฅนYour generosity reminds us that we have a strong and caring community behind us, one that believes survivors deserve to be seen, supported, celebrated, empowered, and connected long after treatment ends.

Every contribution helps us continue our work through survivor milestone celebrations, outreach, peer connection, survivor socials, education, advocacy, and community support.๐Ÿซถ

We are grateful. Thank you for helping us go the and continue showing up for childhood cancer survivors and their families!

With much appreciation,
Juanita Prada
Founder & President
BeholdBeGold

Patient Story - Juanita Prada | Carilion Clinic Foundation 06/30/2026

BeholdBeGold has raised $315 toward our $400 National Cancer Survivors Month fundraiser, which means we are only $85 away!

Help us reach the finish line for childhood cancer survivors!

Donate here:
https://givebutter.com/beyond-the-bell-supporting-childhood-cancer-survivors-ruc8qe

This Carilion Clinic Foundation story is very special to me because Carilion Clinic has been part of my life in so many meaningful ways. It is the hospital where I was treated twice for childhood cancer, the place where I had the honor of volunteering for over 7 years, and later, a place where I experienced a full-circle moment through employment. I am so grateful to Carilion Clinic and the Carilion Clinic Foundation for inviting me to share my story and helping bring awareness to the lifelong impact of childhood cancer treatment!

Although I do not work at Carilion today, Carilion will always be part of my story and my second home. Over time, I realized that the work I felt called to do through BeholdBeGold needed to grow beyond the hospital walls, into the community, and into the moments after treatment when survivors are often expected to simply move on.

BeholdBeGold became the way I could take my own pain, trauma, setbacks, resilience, gratitude, and survivorship journey and turn it into purpose, creating spaces of where survivors and families feel seen, supported, celebrated, and reminded they are not walking this road alone!

That is why this monthโ€™s fundraiser, in honor of National Cancer Survivors Month, is called โ€œBeyond the Bell.โ€ Ringing the bell is a beautiful and significant HUGE milestone, but survivors still deserve support, connection, empowerment, and community long after treatment ends.

THANK YOU so much to everyone who has contributed, shared, encouraged, and believed in this fundraiser already! If you feel led to contribute or share, no matter how big or small, every bit helps us reach the finish line and continue showing survivors they are seen, supported, and never alone!

Read my story here:
https://www.carilionfoundation.org/cancer-campaign/patient-story-juanita-prada

With gratitude,
Juanita Prada
Founder & President, BeholdBeGold

Patient Story - Juanita Prada | Carilion Clinic Foundation Patient Story - Juanita Prada Article by News Team on April 16, 2026 Juanita Pradaโ€™s story is one of resilience, survival, and hope. A two-time pediatric cancer survivor and Carilion Clinic patient, she lives with the late effects of childhood cancer. She continues to advocate for a future with sa...

Patient Story - Juanita Prada (Full) 06/23/2026

Help BeholdBeGold reach our $400 National Cancer Survivors Month goal!

Donate here: https://givebutter.com/beyond-the-bell-supporting-childhood-cancer-survivors-ruc8qe

During the final full week of National Cancer Survivors Month, I wanted to share this video from Carilion Clinic .It shares a piece of my story as a two-time childhood cancer survivor and the heart behind why I founded BeholdBeGold.

I survived childhood cancer, but treatment left a lasting impact on my body and my life. I still live with late effects, and many of them are not visible. Ringing the bell was a beautiful moment, but it was not the end of my journey.

That is why BeholdBeGold! We are here to make sure survivors are not forgotten after treatment ends. Through education, advocacy, community connection, outreach, and survivor-centered resources, we help survivors and families feel seen, supported, and less alone. We also continue speaking up for safer, less toxic treatment options for future children!

So far this year, BeholdBeGold has already been able to support 9 survivors, and we are just getting started! Your donation helps us continue showing up for survivors when they need support most!

I am deeply grateful to Carilion Clinic for the wonderful care my family and I received during my two childhood cancer treatments and for the opportunity to share my story! A special thank-you to Macy Ware, Program Director of Children's Miracle Network Southwest Virginia at Carilion Children's for inviting me to share my story with her marketing team and helping make this opportunity possible! I also appreciate the Carilion Clinic Foundation for featuring my story through its cancer campaign and for helping advance the future of cancer care in Southwest Virginia!

I am also proud to serve as an Ambassador for the LifeRing Foundation Fighting Kids Cancer campaign! A special thank-you to Life Ring Foundation Co-Founders Kelly Woolwine, President, and Jessica Woolwine, Vice President! Their passion, knowledge, hard work, and commitment to strengthening pediatric cancer care close to home first helped me understand the importance of proton therapy and what it could mean for future children and families.

Their familyโ€™s own pediatric cancer journey has inspired a powerful commitment to helping other children and families receive exceptional care close to home. I am grateful for the awareness they have brought to our community, the Carilion family, and me personally!

The future feels hopeful! The new Carilion Taubman Cancer Center, advances like proton therapy, and the people working behind the scenes all reflect a community coming together for something bigger than ourselves.

BeholdBeGold is proud to be a voice and stand alongside these community partners as we continue raising awareness, supporting survivors, and helping build a brighter future for children, families, and survivors!

Please watch and share this video, and consider making a gift to BeholdBeGold through the donation link above. Your support helps us continue showing up for childhood cancer survivors with education, advocacy, community connection, and survivor-centered resources long after treatment ends!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpxftEMiCJ0

Patient Story - Juanita Prada (Full) Juanita Prada, a two-time childhood cancer survivor and founder of ...

06/12/2026

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06/02/2026

๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ’› Celebrating 5 Local Childhood Cancer Survivor High School Graduates! ๐Ÿ’›๐ŸŽ“

Recently, BeholdBeGold had the incredible honor of celebrating five local childhood cancer survivors as they reached an important milestone: high school graduation!

We were grateful for the opportunity to connect with these graduates and their families at the recent ASK ChildhoodCancer Foundation Fun Walk, where we personally delivered graduation gifts and encouragement cards to recognize their achievements.

Because of your support, five local survivors were reminded that they are seen, valued, celebrated, and that their future is worth believing in!

For many people, graduation is a milestone.

For survivors, it can mean so much more.

Behind every diploma are years of treatments, hospital visits, many missed school days, learning challenges, uncertainty, setbacks, and incredible resilience.

Many survivors continue to navigate the late effects of treatment long after therapy ends. These challenges can include learning difficulties, cognitive late effects, fatigue, anxiety, physical limitations, ongoing medical appointments, and other invisible struggles that can impact school, daily life, and future goals.

As a childhood cancer survivor-led organization, we understand that high school graduation is not just about earning a diploma. It is a celebration of perseverance, hope, courage, resilience, and the strength it takes to keep going, even when the road is difficult.

For many survivors, graduation is not only a celebration of academic achievement, but also a testament to their ability to adapt, overcome obstacles, navigate late effects, and continue pursuing their dreams despite the challenges they may face.

For some survivors, there were moments when simply getting through treatment was the goal.

Moments when the future felt uncertain.

Moments when milestones like high school graduation may have seemed so far away.

Yet here they are!

Graduating.
Dreaming.
Moving forward.
Building a future.

At BeholdBeGold, these are the moments that matter! These are BeholdBeGold moments, celebrating resilience, recognizing accomplishments, and reminding survivors that they are never alone on their journey!

Through our pillars of Community Connection and Survivor-Centered Resources, we were honored to celebrate these incredible survivors and remind them that they are seen, supported, celebrated, and deeply valued.

Moments like these are only possible because of YOU, our supporters, donors, volunteers, and community partners. Every donation, every share, every volunteer hour, and every act of encouragement helps us continue creating meaningful moments of connection, recognition, and support for survivors and their families.

To our graduates, Jack, Nicholas, Kevin, Terek, and Kadence:

๐Ÿ’› We see you!

๐Ÿ’› We celebrate you!

๐Ÿ’› We are proud of you!

Congratulations on your high school graduation and all that you have accomplished! We cannot wait to see where your journeys take you next.

The best chapters are still ahead!

Keep dreaming big.
Keep believing in yourself.
Keep moving forward.

๐Ÿ’› Behold and Be Gold! ๐Ÿ’›

๐ŸŽ“ Join us in congratulating Jack, Nicholas, Kevin, Terek, and Kadence on this incredible milestone! Leave them a message of encouragement in the comments below. Let's show them how proud our community is of all they have accomplished! ๐Ÿ’›

04/30/2026

Happy 11th Birthday to our Unicorn Warrior Princess friend Charlotte! ๐Ÿฆ„
Thank you for speaking up for kids fighting cancer through LifeRing Foundation and sharing hope with everyone around you! ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅณ

Photos from LifeRing Foundation's post 03/21/2026
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