September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and we are participating in the CancerFree KIDS 100 Mile Challenge to support childhood cancer research! Throughout the month, altafiber employees will be completing 100 miles of activity and fundraising to support CancerFree KIDS' mission.

Did you know that pediatric cancer research receives just 8% of all funding from the National Cancer Institute? Because of this, many treatment options for children are often outdated and can be harmful to kids' bodies. CancerFree KIDS funds critical, early-stage research to give bold ideas the opportunity to revolutionize the way we treat childhood cancer. 

By donating to CancerFree KIDS, you are helping to provide gentler, more effective treatment options for our smallest fighters.

Meet Lily!

Lily is one of the kids inspiring our efforts! Lily was diagnosed with B-cell Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in April 2023. She spent just over a month inpatient receiving intense treatments. After the induction phase of treatment, she returned home with no leukemia blasts detected in her body! Since then, she has been receiving outpatient treatments to help keep her cancer-free.

Lily entered the maintenance phase of treatment in November 2023 and has been able to go to school and participate in dance, 2 things she loves to do! Lily and her family are especially excited that as of June 2025, she got to ring the bell at Cincinnati Children's and is finished with treatment! 

Lily hit another milestone this year: learning how to ride a bike! She is so excited to join all of the 100 Mile Challengers this month by riding her new bike to support CancerFree KIDS.

We choose to support CancerFree KIDS in honor of Lily and all kids like her who have gone through so much because of a cancer diagnosis.

To donate to an altafiber employee, support the team, or CFK click here.