New 2014 Crush Kids' Cancer Ornaments Are Here!

What better way to shop on this Cyber Monday than to purchase this new 2014 Crush Kids' Cancer ornament? 

A portion of the proceeds is donated to Crush Kids' Cancer: David Archuleta's Angels.

Go HERE to purchase! 

Happy Holidays!

Message from Team Captain PecanPie

Hello SU2C team!

As most of you know, the next Stand Up to Cancer broadcast will air this Friday, Sept. 5th 8PM EDT/ 5 PM PDT. In addition, September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month which makes this the perfect time to donate to the Crush Kids' Cancer team. We've already raised over $92K and we'd like to break the $100K mark this year. The closer we can get to this mark by the broadcast, the louder the voice we give to this still underfunded group of patients.
For those of you who have already donated, thank you so much for your generosity! If you haven't had the chance to donate, you can click HERE to donate!

With a team membership over 1100, even a $1 donation can help, but if you'd like to show your support with or without donating, please join our Thunderclap through your Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr account by clicking HERE!

A HUGE "Thank You" to Ashley, President of The Kids' Chapter for spearheading the thunderclap and this year's fundraising campaign.

OK. Go Getters, Go Get 'Em!

Pecan Pie out!

Welcome Back, David Archuleta!

Thank you to everyone who participated and donated to Crush Kids' Cancer for our Welcome Back, David gift! 

Since we began on March 17, 2014, Crush Kids' Cancer: David Archuleta's Angels has raised $913! 

We cannot wait to tell David and we're sure he is going to be thrilled to learn of our project and our gift to him.

'Welcome Back, David' Mission

Crush Kids' Cancer: The Kids' Chapter is about to set out on our own mission just before David gets back from his!

In case you haven't heard, David is due to come home from his mission at the end of this month. The Kids' Chapter has decided that as a Welcome Back present for David, we're about to begin our own fundraising mission! Starting Monday, March 17, 2014, our goal is to get as many donations to Crush Kids' Cancer: David Archuleta's Angels as possible. This project will run until April 1, 2014 and we will announce the total amount that was raised, as well as let David know about this wonderful Welcome Back gift from all of his fans!

To donate, go HERE and click Donate To This Team. Remember, no amount is too small! And if you aren't able to donate, you can always simply help us spread the word about this new project! We appreciate all forms of support! :)

2013 David Archuleta Christmas/Birthday Project

As many of you may remember, last year around this time, The Kids' Chapter held our David Archuleta Christmas/Birthday Project, selling ornaments with proceeds going to Crush Kids' Cancer: David Archuleta's Angels as our Christmas and Birthday gift to David.

This year, we're at it again with a newly designed ornament made by The Kids' Chapter team member Lynsey!

From now (Nov 1) to the end of the year (Dec 31), you have the chance to purchase this new ornament and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Crush Kids' Cancer as our Christmas/Birthday gift to David!

The ornament is $13.95 and will hang nicely on every Archie's Christmas tree, or could be a great stocking stuffer! If you do not celebrate Christmas but still want to be a part of this project, you can always purchase an ornament and give it to someone you know will love it, or donate it to a local hospital, etc.

Like last year, after this project concludes, we will be letting David know how many ornaments sold and how much was raised for Crush Kids' Cancer!

Last year's project was a success, let's make this year's project an even bigger success! 

You can go HERE to purchase our new Crush Kids' Cancer ornament!

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of this awareness month, the Zakim Bridge in Boston is lighting up in gold (the gold ribbon is the symbol for Childhood Cancer) starting yesterday until September 7th.

Thanks erinmarie31080 for the photo!

Thanks elee615 for the photo!

What is YOUR community, city or state doing for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month? Send us an email or tweet and let us know and we'll post it on the site! If there isn't anything going on, MAKE something happen! Hold a fundraiser, volunteer at a local children's hospital, or simply give a donation to Crush Kids' Cancer by clicking that big Donate button on the right or just click HERE!

Spread the awareness this month and continue to Crush Kids' Cancer!

Buy a David Archuleta Print & Support Crush Kids' Cancer!

The Kids' Chapter is excited to start a new project! Running from today until June 3rd, you have the chance to buy a print of a David Archuleta sketch, made by the talented Roselyn Garcia. 

Seven different prints will be available for the next two weeks, and can be purchased for $20.00 each, with Roselyn generously donating half of the proceeds to Crush Kids' Cancer! 

Each print is a laser print on thick satin paper, 8.25x11.75 inches. Each print comes with a backing board to avoid getting all wrinkled and is sealed in a waterproof bag for protection.

(Note: Due to prints being shipped from the Philippines to the US, please allow for 1-3 weeks shipping. Thank you.)

Don't miss out on getting a piece of these beautiful sketches by Roselyn!

Prints can be purchased HERE on Crush Kids' Cancer's Etsy shop.

New Years Resolutions from The Kids' Chapter team

Now that we are three months into the New Year, are you still keeping up with your New Years Resolutions? Some Crush Kids Cancer team members share their personal new years resolutions here, and share their overall resolution of continuing to crush kids cancer throughout 2013!

Crush Kids' Cancer 2013 Calendars + Ornaments Update!

With just one month left of 2012, we're wrapping up what has been a great year (well, since June) for Crush Kids' Cancer and The Kids' Chapter! Now it's almost time to welcome 2013 with a Crush Kids' Cancer calendar!

Not only do a portion of the proceeds from the calendars go to Crush Kids' Cancer, but each month holds a different quote or song lyric from David!

You can go HERE to purchase a calendar and also view all of the calendar pages!


Also, there's only one month left of our David Archuleta Christmas/Birthday Project!

33 ornaments have sold in the month of November! That's more than one ornament each day! Thanks everyone! I'm sure David will love to know how many sold and how much was raised as his Christmas/Birthday gift!

You can go HERE to learn more about this project and how to purchase a special Crush Kids' Cancer ornament.

Our David Archuleta Christmas/Birthday Project

With the holidays and David Archuleta's birthday nearing, The Kids' Chapter is starting our Christmas/Birthday Project!

Starting now until the end of the year, you have the chance to purchase this special Crush Kids' Cancer ornament! A portion of the proceeds from this ornament will be donated to Crush Kids' Cancer as our Christmas and Birthday present to David this year!

The ornament is $12 and will hang nicely on every Archie's Christmas tree, or could be a great stocking stuffer! If you do not celebrate Christmas but still want to be a part of this project, you can always purchase an ornament and give it to someone you know will love it, or donate it to a local hospital, etc.

Project starts Nov 1 until Dec 31, 2012, and at the end we will be letting David know how many ornaments sold and how much was raised for Crush Kids' Cancer! We know David will love this Christmas/Birthday present from all of his fans this year!

You can go HERE to purchase a Crush Kids' Cancer ornament.

It's the season of giving (and celebrating David's birthday) and The Kids' Chapter is excited for this new end-of-the-year, holiday project!

Also be sure to check out these other new Crush Kids' Cancer products, 

all great gifts for the holiday season!

Raffle winners announced!

It's been a slow and steady process, but we're finally announcing (most of) the raffle winners from this past summer! Some of the $25 item winners are still being chosen, so please be patient everyone, but the rest are listed below!

Congrats to:

• Ellie and Millie, who won the David Archuleta VIP tickets (upon his return)! 
• Collegemom, who won the Crush Kids' Cancer t-shirt autographed by David!
• Marthazz, who won the personalized drumhead and drum sticks from Steven J. Robinson! And she sent us a picture!

Love it!!

• CM(yakima), who won the Nandito Ako poster autographed by David!
• Angelica, who won the Barton Hollow record autographed by The Civil Wars! 
• ITTO88, who won the Barton Hollow CD signed by The Civil Wars!
• MaggieFOD, who won The Other Side of Down unopened CD and The Other Side of Down CD booklet autographed by David! 

Congrats to all of you! Some have already received their prizes and some are still waiting, so like I said, please be patient! And thank you to EVERYONE who donated and helped out with the fundraising challenge this summer and helping get a step closer to 

CRUSHING kids' cancer!!!

BEGIN. your iPhone5 experience with a Crush Kids Cancer case!

Buy an exclusive Crush Kids Cancer case for your new iPhone5 HERE at our Zazzle store! 

Portion of the proceeds goes to Crush Kids' Cancer.

Ashley recaps the Stand Up 2 Cancer event

After a long flight from Boston to L.A. early Friday morning, the day went by fast as the Stand Up 2 Cancer show was going to begin in just a few hours. After getting ready and heading to the Shrine Auditorium, I picked up my tickets and soon met up with PecanPie! It was great getting to talk to her again. Soon after, Mary Lou (Pastel) and Marge arrived! It was awesome getting to meet them!!

Eventually we took our seats and the show began. A lot of the stories shown were really sad but it made for an interesting feeling throughout the entire room as everyone watched these stories of people all going through the same thing, the thing that we were all here to stand up to and CRUSH. But it was really cool to see Justin Timberlake, Sofia Vergara and Robert Pattinson, to name a few, plus see Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys and Tim McGraw perform! It was also cool to see how a live show is done, and how quickly people have to move to keep it going.

Soon after, it ended and we met up with Mary Lou and Marge. We were all invited to a reception that Pecan would be speaking at afterward, so Mary Lou and Marge offered to bring us with them in their car so we would all be together. There was quite some confusion finding their hotel, but I didn’t mind because I got to see a lot more of L.A. that I originally wouldn’t have! lol

Finally we did make it to their hotel and hung out with them for a bit before taking a cab to the place where the reception was being held. It was a party with fancy food and swanky people, but I just liked getting to hang out with Pecan, Mary Lou and Marge. Then Dave Filice came! It was awesome getting to officially meet him and talk with him!

Then Pecan made her speech, and she did great. She talked about David and Crush Kids’ Cancer, then said little blurbs about each of us who were there and why we’re so dedicated to the team. I really liked how David and Crush Kids’ Cancer were still being celebrated that night, even though David isn‘t here.

Dave Filice, Marge, Mary Lou and myself

The rest of the night seemed to fly by and eventually we took off back to our hotel. It was a great first time in L.A. and a really special event to have gone to. It was awesome getting to see Pecan again, and also meeting Mary Lou, Marge and Dave!! They’re all some of the nicest people I’ve ever met and it was so much fun getting to hang out with them all.

CRUSH KIDS' CANCER during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Watch below as everyone CRUSHES KIDS' CANCER in this fabulous video made by the awesome Allie!

To support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, The Kids' Chapter will be selling Crush Kids' Cancer t-shirts all September long! A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Crush Kids' Cancer. Let's see how much we can raise during the whole month of September! 

Go HERE to purchase your Crush Kids' Cancer t-shirt now!  

The winner of our Kids' Chapter fundraising challenge is....

Roselyn Garcia!

There were some great fundraising activities going on this summer, but Roselyn wins with her sketch of David Archuleta, that was auctioned off for a donation to Crush Kids' Cancer.

Congrats Roselyn, you win the free copy of David's new album BEGIN.

Thank you everyone who participated and be sure to stay tuned for more great projects from The Kids' Chapter!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

What a week for Crush Kids' Cancer! 

Trending worldwide on Twitter and coming in 3rd on Stand Up To Cancer with 

over $20K donated! 

Crush Kids' Cancer has raised almost $90,000 since 2008, the most of any SU2C team!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

to all of the Archie fans and everyone who donated! 

Also a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who gave raffle items; Team Archuleta, Steven J. Robinson, Jeff LeBlanc, The Civil Wars, Preston Powis, MonteMar 

and some awesome Archie fans!

And last but not least, THANK YOU to team captain PecanPie and the entire 

Crush Kids' Cancer team!!

Reminder: ALL raffles have ended! Winners will be announced soon!

Breaking News!

The Crush Kids' Cancer team continues to pour its heart out through donations in this last fundraising campaign. To encourage us to continue this generous spirit tonight, Team Archuleta has generously offered to everyone who donates from 7 pm EDT to end of team competition tonight, August 29th 11:59 pm EST, the following:

Every $25 contribution to Crush Kids' Cancer will be eligible to win a special package: Two (2) Special Meet and Greet Passes and two (2) tickets for the performance concert of your choice upon David Archuleta's return! No accommodation or airfare is included in this gift package. This gift applies to international performances as well.

So, if you donate $25 tonight, you get one chance at the gift. If you donate $250 , you get 10 chances. This gift applies to donations to Crush Kids' Cancer made from 7 pm to end of team competition only. Although previous donations are not included in this particular gift opportunity, all donors are eligible for David Archuleta gifts outlined previously. The winner will announced the week of Sept. 3rd.

IF YOU ARE AN INTERNATIONAL FAN AND ARE UNABLE TO DONATE BY CREDIT CARD, you can donate as follows:

Send your donation to the following Paypal email: mlsinclair@sympatico.ca with the following Subject Line: Donation for Crush Kids Cancer. We will deposit it directly to the SU2C team. Please do so before 11:30 pm EST Wednesday, August 29th to allow time for us to process.

So what are you waiting for? Team Archuleta has given us even more encouragement to rise to the challenge! Donation sites have been known to get clogged in the final hours so donate NOW. And donate here! 

http://www.standup2cancer.org/custom/?c=team&a=index&id=1917

A Heartfelt Message from Team Captain PecanPie

Hi Crush Kids’ Cancer team,

I wanted to take a pause to be a little serious and let you know how much each and every one of you is recognized and what this team truly means. Many of you have sent messages to let me and/or David know how a diagnosis of cancer is so very personal to you. I want the members of the team to know that your voice is heard, your feelings are known, and that each and every team member counts in this fight. I do know what it’s like to be given a cancer diagnosis only to learn that there are some in whom you previously might have entrusted your life and yet who are surprisingly indifferent to your potential mortality. I do know what it’s like to be a child and watch a loved one go through the horror of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. I haven’t seen patients directly in over five years, but never will I forget the look in a parent’s eyes when I would lay my stethoscope on the silent chest of his/her child who had just passed, and confirm their worst nightmare. The most hideous sound on Earth is the sound of a mother wailing in anguish upon receiving the news that her child has just passed away or that there are no treatment options left. I don’t know how else to describe it except to say, it eviscerates your soul.

Why am I sharing this with all of you some 4 years after starting the team? Because most of you have experienced any number of the cancer stories I’ve described above and it’s part of what unites us all both as a team and as fellow human beings. We get so caught up in the excitement of winning the challenge that sometimes the ugly stories behind the fight get forgotten. That’s so easy to let happen right now while David isn’t here to cheer us on.

Way more important than my understanding, however, is that David understands what it is that you have all endured (or are still battling currently). I realized this early on in the first fundraising challenge 4 years ago. No one in the fanbase knew who I was back then; most of you thought I was just some Archie-smitten teen rather than a middle-aged pediatric oncologist. So, how then, do we explain, a group of 550 strangers banding together within a 2 -week time frame and raising over $30,000 (about half of which was raised in the final 12 hours)?

David, of course, is the only possible explanation - the only common thread. What always amazed me was that while I and other adults may understand and relate to the impact of a cancer diagnosis because we have had the benefit of maturity and of direct personal experience, David understood even as a mere teenager, without ever having endured most of these experiences personally. Moreover, we all somehow knew, that David would “get it”, i.e., that he would have a level of compassion and understanding that sometimes even our closest friends might not be able to muster. We, on this team and in this fanbase, all saw something that the other viewers had missed entirely. We saw that beneath that goofy, dorky teen exterior and that ever-present smile, beat the heart of a human being with a compassion so profound, that it radiated right through the television screen and permeated deep into our own hearts. We didn’t even have to share our own individual cancer battle stories with him to feel that we were heard and understood. What’s more, we all knew, that the only way to thank him was not to give to him directly, but rather to uphold a principle that I suspect is dear to David, and that is common to all our faiths and to all humanity. Simply put, that principle is that if we witness or become aware of the potential for suffering in another, it is our obligation to do whatever we can to alleviate that suffering. This SU2C team became the first of many opportunities to fulfill that shared obligation.

So, for those of you who have been hit hard by the economy, please don’t donate financially to this team and instead consider donating blood, registering for the bone marrow registry, or just remember to do your regular cancer screening. If, however, you think you can comfortably afford to donate even a little to the team and you support the strategy of SU2C as much as I do, then I hope you will do what you can to bring us one step closer to finding successful, tolerable treatments and preventing the suffering that cancer forces so many to endure. The more we raise, the greater the reminder to the world that David is not just a great singer, but a great man to have inspired such a team. Given that we raised over $30,000 with a team half the size and raised about $15,000 in the final 12 hours, I know we can still pull this off.

Thanks again for all of the support,
Pecan Pie

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures

From team captain PecanPie:

There are very few times when I am ever interested in collecting things with people's autographs. One major exception is the time I asked David to autograph a T-shirt that I had printed with the Crush Kids' Cancer team logo (created by Nancy ER). I had brought it with me on a whim to his last U.S. concert in Beaver Creek. My flight had taken off before I even knew he would be going on a mission and that this would be his last concert for 2 years. This was the only time I ever had the nerve to go to the tour bus to request an autograph, so this autographed T-shirt is the only one in existence (I've printed the T-shirt without autograph for people before). Once I received the autograph, I didn't want to part with the shirt because it has such sentimental value. However, I've decided that what would mean even more to me is to see this team raise funding for SU2C and awareness for pediatric cancer, so I am offering this one-and-only T-shirt in a raffle. Please note, that we will likely retire this logo before the next challenge in order create a simplified monochromatic logo that can be printed more easily.

Anyone who donates a total of $150 or more to the Crush Kids' Cancer SU2C team between August 16th-29th will be eligible to enter the raffle to win. If you wish to enter the raffle after donating, send me an e-mail at su2carchie@gmail.com. The T-shirt is pre-shrunk cotton, size XL. The photo is shown and there is a video from cadthu that shows David signing the shirt at about 3:20

Thanks all!

Pecan Pie

Go HERE to donate and go HERE to check out our other raffle items!

Attention International Fans:

IF YOU ARE AN INTERNATIONAL FAN AND ARE UNABLE TO DONATE BY CREDIT CARD, but would like to donate, then you can donate as follows:
Send your donation to the following Paypal email: mlsinclair@sympatico.ca with the following Subject Line: Donation for Crush Kids Cancer. We will deposit it directly to the SU2C team. Please do so before 9 pm EST Wednesday, August 29th to allow time for us to process.

You will be eligible for the same raffle items as those who donate by credit card, but please only use this method of donation if you cannot donate directly by credit card to the SU2C site.

No need to send any other emails to the Crush Kids' Cancer site. As soon as you donate, your name gets entered into the appropriate category for prizes!!! Thank you and good luck!

Stand Up 2 Cancer fundraising challenge BEGINs today!

Hi everyone! I'd like to let you all know that Crush Kids' Cancer and The Kids' Chapter will be participating in Stand Up 2 Cancer's latest fundraising challenge! 

As some of you may know, Stand Up 2 Cancer will be having one of their nationwide broadcasts again this year on September 7, and the team that raises the most will be acknowledged during the broadcast!

The challenge starts today, August 16, and ends on August 29. 

Be sure to get your donations in to Crush Kids' Cancer and BEGIN. fundraising! 
(only donations received today until August 29 count for the challenge; any received before or after do not count.) 

Check out David, along with team member Mary Lou Sinclair, during SU2C's broadcast in 2010:

This could happen again (minus David, of course), but only with YOUR help!

While David is away on his mission doing good, you too can do some good by getting involved and helping us CRUSH cancer. 

Also, if anyone has any David memorabilia they'd like to give to be raffled off for donations, please email us and let us know! Signed CDs, tour merchandise, etc would be appreciated! 
We'll be having some raffles going on during the next 2 weeks, so stay tuned!