September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and is symbolised by a gold ribbon, worn to commemorate the event. This is an annual international awareness month to raise support, funding and awareness of childhood cancers and the impact for sufferers and families!

Every year during September, our efforts will be focused on raising awareness about issues that childhood cancer patients, their families, and survivors face around the globe. This year we want to invite our community to show their commitment to our cause by inspiring and strengthening hope among our children.
Participating in this campaign is expressing solidarity, standing up and being a gift of hope!

#Social Media 

Show your support towards Childhood Cancer awareness by sharing a photo on your social media with our #GoldSeptember frame. We will create collages of pictures of all our members, to show that together we are strong and we can make a change.

STEP 1: On any web browser go to https://www.twibbonize.com/goldseptember
STEP 2: Upload a photo from your phone or computer.
STEP 3: Download the photo with the frame.
STEP 4: Share the photo on any social media using the hashtags #GoldSeptember and #SupportKidsWithCancer

Light It Up Gold!

As we have done in the past, we want to call upon our community to advocate and honor the children and adolescents who are currently undergoing cancer treatment and their families by joining the “Light It Up Gold!” campaign.

Prominent buildings, national monuments and significant natural sites around the world are invited to participate in this campaign by lighting them up in GOLD or by hanging huge gold ribbons in their facades.

Please send your picture(s) (incl. the name of the building/landmark, city and country) to info@siop-online.org, or post it in your social media using the hashtags #GoldSeptember and #SupportKidsWithCancer

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Also, do not miss out on our other activities and mark them in your agenda:

September 9, 2022
SIOP CEDAR Webinar Series
In collaboration with the International Pediatrics Association (IPA), SIOP will be hosting a series of educational webinars on childhood tumours. The first webinar of this series is titled “Outcomes of Childhood Cancers: Gaps and Disparities to be addressed”.
This online event will take place on Friday 9 September 2022 from 2 – 3 pm UTC.
Register here (free of charge)

September 29, 2022
SIOPE & MAC Webinar for Gold September: Championing the importance of the Paediatric Regulation in the future revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation
Hosted by: MEP Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Renew Europe, FR), MAC Interest Group Co-Chair
Co-organised with the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL) and in cooperation with Childhood Cancer International – Europe (CCI Europe)
Register here (free of charge)

September 30, 2022
SIOP Annual Congress, Barcelona, Spain
Fun Run & Walk – Join us for our traditional congress morning run & walk,  where we will hand out Gold September branded t-shirts to all attendees. More information can be found on our congress website here