Orlando Heroes: Kids Beating Cancer

orlando family magazineAfter Orlando mom Margaret Guedes watched her young son John lose his four-year battle with leukemia, she vowed to help make access to treatment easier for other Central Florida families dealing with pediatric cancer, leukemia and other deadly diseases. She established the John Voight Memorial Foundation in 1992, just a few months after John’s death, changing the name to Kids Beating Cancer in 1996.

Back in 1988, John had to go to a pediatric transplant center in Seattle. Guedes had to leave her Central Florida home, say goodbye to family and friends, and travel with John, his younger brother and his newborn sister to stay in Seattle for the duration of John’s treatment—100-plus days.

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To read about just a few of the brave, young heroes Kids Beating Cancer has helped, check out the article I wrote in the August 2016 issue of Orlando Family Magazine, now online.

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