Another "local" teen's video urges for help:

Caramon, the Million Pillowcase Kid, and I read this news article today about a DC Metro Area teenager that plays guitar, collecting money for a friend with not one but two cancers. This teenager has reached out on youtube to help generate votes for Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation in the Pepsi Refresh Project.

This is something you can do... voting ends on September 30th. But really? It's free. And if Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation wins, Pepsi will give them a grant to help fund research into pediatric cancer.

Why is this important? Pediatric Cancer gets such little national funding and the child mentioned? The treatment for her cancer is so toxic it actually gave her a second cancer. I mean, how awful is that?

I know we're generating a growing audience of people across the nation. It's truly amazing that you are sharing this blog with those you are close to. I know that many of you are just wanting to give Caramon moral support. Many of you have no real way of helping us with this Eagle project. This is something you CAN do to make a difference.

There's plenty of good causes vying for the grant from Pepsi. This is just the one that touches our hearts.

Here's the video:


--Lady Ozma and Caramon, the Million Pillowcase Kid

PS: Currently this charity is number 3 in the polls. The top two will receive $250k.

A short video

Caramon and I wanted to share this video with you because he is an eight year cancer survivor. That's right, he was not quite 5 when we received the devastating phone call that changed our lives.

Did you know that Childhood cancer gets less then 3% of the funding set aside for cancer research? Oprah has covered everything else, but not childhood cancer. There's a huge drive for her to cover this for her last season.

There is just a lot of good information. I will warn you... you might need a tissue when the slideshow of kids comes along. I'm not a crier but it brought tears to my eyes.



Caramon will be coming to you soon with his very own video about his project. For now, grab a tissue and learn something about what he went through.

We are not gearing the pillowcases gathered towards only cancer patients, but it IS where his heart goes.

--Lady O and Caramon, the Million Pillowcase Kid