Canines-N-Kids Gets $250,000 Grant From Petco Foundation

SOUTH RIDING, VA — The Canines-N-Kids Foundation announced this week it has received a $250,000 grant from the Petco Foundation.

Canines-N-Kids, a nonprofit, works to find cures for cancers that both children and dogs face, including bone cancer, brain cancer, lymphoma and leukemia.

Part of the funding will be used to raise awareness of the advancements in comparative oncology research and the support the first Canines-N-Kids "Paws for a Cure Summit," June 11-12 at the National Press Club in Washington.

"We all know a family touched by childhood cancer, even right here in our community. Yet few people are aware that because of the difficulties inherent in designing and implementing pediatric oncology clinical trials, there are scant resources dedicated to R&D for new pediatric treatments for the 16,000 kids diagnosed with cancer in the US each year," said Ulrike Szalay, long-time Loudoun resident, founder and executive director of Canines-N-Kids.

"Only three new medicines have been developed for pediatric cancer in the last 30 years, only 4% of the NIH’s budget goes to kids’ cancer, and virtually no pharmaceutical funding goes to pediatric cancer research. For the 6 million pet dogs diagnosed with cancer each year, the outlook is no better."

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