DAYTONA BEACH When thousands of Jeep vehicles and the people who love them roll into Volusia County for the annual Jeep Beach celebration this week, it marks another welcome sign of optimism for the area’s tourism industry, hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic over the past year.
Hoteliers anticipate sold-out rooms over much of the event, which shifts into high gear on Monday and runs through Sunday, April 25. Likewise, restaurant managers and other tourist-related businesses also are expecting the Jeep fans to boost sales.
The beachside Hard Rock Hotel, the event’s headquarters hotel, will be Ground Zero for many of the week’s activities. The list includes “Jeeps At the Rock,” two days of beach activities on Wednesday and Thursday that feature a surf school, games, vendors, prize raffles, drink specials and a pool party.
In its first-ever report on child cancer rates, the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) last week revealed that 542 people under 18 years old were in 2018 diagnosed with cancer, the equivalent of nearly 1.5 every day.
While boys were more likely to develop cancer at 308 cases to 234 among girls, leukemia was the most common type for both groups, comprising 30 percent of new diagnoses, the report showed.
The next most-common types were lymphoma, germ cell tumors, central nervous system tumors and carcinoma.
However, children have a better five-year survival rate than adults at 80 percent to about 60 percent, HPA Cancer
Three students restore 1956 Ferguson 20 vintage tractor and raise €64k for children’s cancer charity
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Three Strokestown TY students - Andrew Jordan, Jack Beirne and Mark Rogers - restored a 1956 Ferguson 20 vintage tractor and raffled it off, raising just over €63,700 for Childhood Cancer Foundation );
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Three Strokestown TY students restored a 1956 Ferguson 20 vintage tractor and raffled it off last month to raise just over €63,700 for Childhood Cancer Foundation Ireland, a national charity providing vital play services for children with cancer.
The trio were also selected as Connacht winners of the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Special Recognition Awards, in acknowledgment of their work for their community during Covid-19.
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Durban - International Childhood Cancer Day, on February 15, hopes to raise awareness about childhood cancer and to support children and adolescents with cancer, as well as survivors and their families.
The campaign also highlights the need for more equitable access to treatment and care for all children with cancer.
Globally, every year, more than 400 000 children and adolescents under 20, are diagnosed with cancer. The rate of survival depends on the region, with at least 80% survival in most high-income countries but as low as 20% only in low- and middle-income countries.
The South African Children’s Tumour Registry reports about 1 000 new cases a year for children under the age of 16. This is an increase from 10 years ago. The survival rate of children in South Africa is about 55% and seems to be on the rise.
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