- Participate in Blood Bank of Delmarva Blood Drive! Schedule your appointment here!
- Donate hair at our hair donation station run by Trinity Salon, benefitting Children With Hair Loss!
- Drop off non-perishable items for the Kyle’s Korner Pantry – a critical source of food and health and beauty items for families on Nemours’ oncology floor!
- Make a card of HERO bracelet for a kid fighting cancer!
- Register with NMDP for the international bone marrow registry!
- Visit booths from local nonprofits that help kids fighting cancer and their families: The Andrew McDonough Be Positive Foundation, Eli Seth Matthews Foundation, Kisses for Kyle, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Live Like Lukas!
- Test your agility and speed on inflatable jousting ring and obstacle course!
- Transform into your favorite superhero with face painting!
- Meet local superheroes who keep our community safe – including the Mounted Police!
- Power up with sweet treats from bakeries!
- Learn and practice superhero moves during a round of Karate Tag!
- Visits with Philadelphia Union Phang, Captain America, Phillies Ballgirls, Spiderman, Delaware Blue Coats’ Coaty, Black Panther, and Wonderwoman!
- Defeat villains in a super scavenger hunt!
- Watch super performances from Police K-9 units, Kenpo Delaware, Rising Sun Martial Arts, and a superhero training with Captain America!
- 46 children are diagnosed with cancer every school day in the US
- Childhood cancer is the number 1 disease killer of children and teens
- 73% of survivors have chronic health issues
- 42% of childhood cancer warriors face life-threatening side effects
- Only 8.3% of the NIH’s annual cancer budget is dedicated to pediatric cancers
- In the past 35 years, only 3 new FDA-approved drugs were specifically developed to treat children with cancer
HERO DAY 2024
Our inaugural HERO Day was a SUPER day for a SUPER cause! Over 300 people attended resulting in enough blood donations to save 180 lives, hair donations for 15 wigs, the Blood Bank of Delmarva’s first Pediatric Donor Meet in Delaware, and over $15,000 in gift cards for caregivers of kids fighting cancer at Nemours Children’s Hospital!
Captain America and Spiderman thanking blood donors.
The Phillie Phanatic greets attendees at Hero Day on Sunday.
Nine-year-old Caleb Quick (front) meets the five blood donors who helped him win his fight against cancer. From left to right: Tobi Fitzgerald, Ernest Kulhanek, Kenneth Haley, David Blake and Steven Aubuchon.
New Castle County Councilwoman Valerie George (right) donates her hair to be used in wigs for cancer patients. Assisting her is stylist Josie Hernandez from Trilogy Salon.
New Castle County Police Department of Public Safety encouraging the community and donating blood.
Over 60 individuals from CityLight and the community came to donate enough blood to save 180 lives.