The B+ Blog

Check out our blog to get monthly updates about all things B+ from our President and Co-Founder, Joe McDonough.

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Thurs. Dec. 15th

Please say a prayer for 16 yr old B+ Hero, Miranda Ram-Nolte, who starts her second battle against cancer tomorrow with the resumption of chemotherapy at A.I duPont Hospital in Wilmington, DE.

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Mon. Dec. 12th

Last week, I had the true pleasure of spending time with B+ Hero, Miranda Ram-Nolte and her Mom, Diane, over at A.I. duPont Hospital prior to a periodic CT scan.

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Mon. Dec. 5th

It’s been a busy week for The B+ Foundation. Last Wednesday, Katie Wilson (Program Director) and I presented to about 1,000 people at a national conference of fraternity, sorority, and university administrators in St. Louis, MO

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Sat. Feb. 4th

a big ‘thank you’ to St. George’s Technical HS in Middletown, DE for inviting me and B+ Hero, Nathan Silpath (and his Mom), to speak at an assembly last Thursday.

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Wed. Nov. 30th

As you know, one of the initiatives that we helped fund in 2009 was the High Throughput Screening (HTS) device at the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research (NCCCR).

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Mon. Nov. 28th

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Since 75 million people will do some online shopping from work today, I thought it only fitting to remind you about our B+ Amazon link.  🙂

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Tues. Nov 22nd

First, a qualifer…today’s item is not intended to be self-serving, but to raise awareness for blood and blood product (i.e. platelet) donations. 

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Sun. Nov. 20th

Within our world of childhood cancer, there is a podcast called “This Week in Pediatric Oncology” (TWIPO). 

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Wed. Nov. 16th

PLEASE save the link below — and send it to all your friends!  You know you’re going to be doing a lot of online shopping during the upcoming holidays and much of that may be on Amazon.com. 

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Tues. Nov. 15th

Well, it was certainly an exciting high school football game fundraiser for The B+ Foundation last Friday night on 11/11/11. 

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Thurs. Nov. 10th

First, let me begin by expressing our condolences to the family of Bryanna Christie.  Bryanna was one of our local B+ Heroes who will be laid to rest tomorrow. 

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Mon. Oct. 31st

As you know, we have been blessed to be selected as the beneficiary of Northwestern University’s (NU) 2012 Dance Marathon. 

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Fri. Oct. 21st

I got a sad call the other day.  Brandi, the Mom of 17 yr old Zavier, called me to thank us for the $600 check that she had just received that morning. 

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Tues. Oct. 18th

Check out the nice note that we received from one of our B+ Families.

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Sat. Oct. 8th

Katie Wilson and hundreds of students at Towson University organized a Fall Festival today that benefited The B+ Foundation today.

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Thurs. Oct. 6th

Twenty one years ago today, my life was so changed for the better as I gained the best title in the world – “Dad”.

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Sun. Oct. 2nd
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Sun. Oct. 2nd

On Monday, we held our “5th Annual B+ Foundation Golf Outing, Dinner, & Auction” at the DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, DE. 

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Sat. Sept. 24th

This was a very busy week in Washington, DC for the Childhood Cancer Community. On Wednesday, I attended the “46 Mommas Shave for the Brave” at Union Station. 

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Mon. Sept. 19th

I would like to thank Reservoir HS in Fulton, MD for not only inviting me down to speak, but also for holding a “B+ Bake Sale” to raise awareness and money for the battle against childhood cancers. 

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