Graeter's Cones for the Cure is about more than just ice cream. Your support makes a difference for kids fighting cancer by helping to fund groundbreaking research. Each of our Cones Ambassador Warriors has their own story to tell about their battle and how much your support means to them.
Clare is a 9 year old who was diagnosed with DIPG when she was only 2. Despite receiving a terminal prognosis with only 8-11 months to live, Clare has defied all odds. After completing radiation, she enrolled in a chemotherapy trial at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center funded by The Cure Starts Now. Thanks to the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, social workers and, most importantly, the generous donors who made this trial possible, Clare is entering third grade and is among the very small percentage of children who have lived more than 6 years after diagnosis.
About The Cure Starts Now:
The Cure Starts Now represents something truly different – a grassroots effort dedicated to, not just fighting one cancer, but the elimination of ALL cancers.
In 2008, in support of The Cure Starts Now, Graeter’s ice cream auctioned off a once in a lifetime chance to create your own flavor. The winners of the auction worked with Graeter's to help develop a flavor to honor Elena Desserich, the inspiration for The Cure Starts Now. Now a Limited Edition seasonal flavor, Elena's Blueberry Pie honors the memories of all young lives affected by pediatric cancer and supports The Cure Starts Now's mission to find the Homerun Cure for all cancers.
