Color Outside the Lines
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and this year's theme at Children's is Color Outside the Lines.
The drawing of a rocket ship hurtling through space embodies the experience of living with a childhood cancer diagnosis: Their illness takes them on new paths outside the lines they otherwise would have followed, both as children and adults.
The artist for this year is Jacob Brown, a spunky, dinosaur- and animal-loving 6-year-old from Wylie, Texas. As a newborn, he was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a form of liver cancer, and was treated at Children's.
T-shirts are available at Children's with Jacob's design. The navy cotton shirts may be purchased for $10 at the gift shops at Children's Medical Center Dallas and at Children's at Legacy in Plano.
ACE Program provides long-term support
This year's national childhood cancer awareness month coincides with the 20th anniversary of the After the Cancer Experience (ACE) Program at Children's.
The ACE Program provides long-term monitoring for children, adolescents and young adult survivors of childhood cancer and is the oldest comprehensive cancer survivor program in the North Texas area. The nationally known program is one of the few long-term follow-up programs in the nation that bridges the medical care from childhood to the adult life within a centralized medical system. Learn more about the program.
See cancer survivors at local venues
A photography exhibit celebrating children who have survived cancer — and their families — including Jacob, is currently on location throughout the Dallas area from now through Thursday, Oct. 1, as well as online. The photographs are by Louis Curtis, the staff photographer for the Public Affairs department at Children's.
Six-year-old Jacob Brown's drawing is featured on T-shirts in honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
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