The Dallas skyline is lit in gold to mark September’s arrival and the start of Childhood Cancer Awareness month.
Last year, Christine Martin's 12-year-old daughter Izzy lost her battle to bone cancer.
Continuing her daughter's mission, Martin is spearheading an effort to get North Texas to"go gold" as September kicks off Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.is partnering with dozens of schools across Dallas ISD and a handful in other parts of the metroplex to go gold in the classroom and on the football field throughout the month of September.
“Izzy’s favorite line is, 'We're not just cute bald kids.' She's like, 'We're more than that and we need more.' And I think it was about looking beyond the kid and seeing, this is what's really happening. And we need to do something more and stand up and shout about it so that the priority has shifted so that we get more funds and more dedicated funding for cancer research,” said Martin.
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