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9/22/2021
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Rep. Casimiro presents House resolution declaring September as ‘Childhood Cancer Awareness Month’
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 STATE HOUSE – Rep. Julie A. Casimiro (D-Dist. 31, North Kingstown, Exeter) presented a House resolution declaring that September be recognized as “Childhood Cancer Awareness Month” to her constituent, Samantha Ronci, at the State House on September 21.
Samantha is a 17 year old student at North Kingstown High School who formed a nonprofit named “Sami’s Sendoffs” where she puts together custom care packages for patients of childhood cancer.
“Childhood cancers are devastating for anyone unlucky enough to come into its path and there is so much more that needs to be done in order to not only help current patients of childhood cancer, but also to prevent future patients from developing it. Samantha brought to my attention that Rhode Island lacks a childhood cancer prevention and treatment plan and with her own experience of helping those suffering from childhood cancer, I wanted to thank this incredible young woman for all that she has done to ease the suffering of these kids fighting cancer by declaring September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month,” said Representative Casimiro.
The resolution details that each year, more than 15,000 children and young adults are diagnosed with cancer and that nearly 2,000 kids die each year from cancer, making it the leading killer of children by disease. The resolution calls for September to be recognized as “Childhood Cancer Awareness Month” due to the fact that most federal research funding goes to treatments of adult cancers.
For more information regarding Samantha’s nonprofit, visit her website at https://samissendoffs.weebly.com/.
Photo: Rep. Julie A. Casimiro, left, and Samantha Ronci, right, at the Childhood Cancer Awareness Month event held at the State House.
For more information, contact:
Andrew Caruolo, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-6124
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