BrainStorm Summit

Sunday Recap: After the Tough2gether Breakfast, everyone returned to the hotel for designated programming. While adults attended sessions focused on hope & research, kids and teens worked together in escape rooms, held sessions on using their voices led by Hannah Soderstrom with Even Mermaids get Leukemia and Avery Royer with Brave Like McKenna, and received a surprise visit from Aly with Kick Cancer like a Girlboss, who helped them design their own custom converse shoes! Before our night time activity, some adults took a tour of Dr. Yadav's DIPG lab. Thank you to all of these Kansas-based members of our community for being a part of this incredible weekend!

Sunday Recap: Starting off with our presenting sponsor's 5th annual Tough2gether Breakfast! This annual gathering of every pillar of the community allows us to share many different points of view in an effort to better understand each other, collaborate, and learn. Thank you to all of our speakers and everyone who attended!
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Saturday Recap: For those arriving on Saturday, we met at the hotel for registration and welcome while some took an optional field trip to attend an equine therapy session. Families created posters using their child's photo, and then we split up by age group for some welcome sessions before all heading out for a fun night at Chicken N Pickle!