NY Childhood Cancer Summit

🕚 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Check-In & Connection Time

Arrive, settle in, and begin connecting with fellow attendees and community partners.

 
🍽️ 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch & Advocacy Panel

Hear from powerful voices leading the charge in childhood cancer advocacy:

Jim Kennedy – VP of Government Affairs, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
 

🤝 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Connection & Community Time

Explore partner tables, visit our Tribute Wall, and spend time with new and familiar faces.

Optional Breakout Sessions (1:45 PM – 2:45 PM):

·        Self-Care

·        Journeying Through Grief

 

💛 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Main Program

-Emceed by Childhood Cancer Survivor and Paige's Childhood Cancer Fund Board Member: Elijah Conte
-Dance performance of "Survivor" by local childhood cancer survivor Katrina Hutz and dancers of The Ballet and Dance Center
-Keynote Speaker: Tim Conners – Inspirational speaker, author, and childhood cancer survivor
-Candlelight Vigil: Led by Ellen Yeomans and Chris Arnold, parents of Paige Yeomans Arnold who passed away at the tender age of eight, as the result of a bone marrow treatment she received in her fight against CML. Each person who has lost someone to childhood cancer will be invited to cross the stage and speak their loved one’s name.

 

💬 Additional Features:

• Tribute Collage – Honoring fighters/survivors and angels

• Resources Available for:
  -Teen/AYA (Adolescent & Young Adult) Survivors

  -Caregivers

  -Bereaved Families

  -Advocacy

• Private Space for Bereaved Families

 

🤝We welcome our Community Partners:

• 13thirty Cancer Connect

• Angel Flight

• Advocacy

• Camp Good Days

• CureFest USA and TheTruth365 

• Griffin's Guardians

• Make-a-Wish of Central New York

• Maureen’s Hope

• Patrick Wiese Foundation

• Paws of CNY

• Ronald McDonald House of Central New York

• The KEYS Program

• Waters Center for Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders at Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital

 

During the NY Childhood Cancer Summit, we will have Tribute Beads available for free for attendees.

Tribute Beads are beaded necklaces that act as a simple way to share a part of your story, if you choose.  They are completely optional. Wearing them may help you connect with others at the Summit who share a similar journey, helping you to find your people… and perhaps a bit of Comfort & Hope.  

Click here for more information on Tribute Beads we will be offering at the event.