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MLS WORKS launches sixth annual #KickChildhoodCancer campaign

This September, MLS WORKS, the League’s social responsibility platform, will conduct the 6th annual Kick Childhood Cancer campaign to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Oncology Group.

Why Childhood Cancer?

  • Every day, 40 children are diagnosed with cancer
  • 1 out of 5 children who are diagnosed with cancer dies
  • 3 out of 5 who survive children’s cancer suufb00er late-eufb00ects, such as infertility, heart failure and secondary cancers.
  • Across all ages, ethnic and socio-economic groups, cancer remains the number one cause of death by disease in children.