Candle ceremony for Childhood Cancer Awareness month
Posted Sep 12, 2017
More than 100 honored victims, survivors and family of childhood cancers and blood disorders at Banner University Medical Center, Sept. 12, 2017, Tucson, Ariz. Aminata Sesay, center, holds her daughters Abigail Mansaray, left, and Ann Marie Mansaray while listening to the speakers at the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona’s candle lighting ceremony to raise awareness of childhood cancer, blood disorders and sickle cell disease at Banner University Medical Center, Tuesday, September 12, 2017, Tucson, Ariz. Nationwide, more than 13,000 children, and more than 300 in Arizona, are diagnosed with cancer per year. About 100 people attended the ceremony to remember and honor the victims, the survivors and those currently battling the diseases.