WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oct. 21, 2009 - The Lance Armstrong Foundation has recently teamed up with ARTHUR, the award-winning children's television series, to create a special episode plus free resources that will help families and schools talk with kids about cancer. In "The Great MacGrady," Arthur and his friends deal with the cancer diagnosis of their favorite lunch lady — with the help of Lance Armstrong. The show aired yesterday on PBS for the first time and will run for three more days this week.The Family Activity Booklet offers advice and ideas for how to talk with children when a loved one has cancer. In addition, two new LIVESTRONG at School K-2 lesson plans give teachers creative and innovative tools for the classroom. Order free class sets of When Someone You Know Has Cancer and download LIVESTRONG at School lesson plans (K-2) at www.livestrong.org/elementaryschool. Plus, there are also lesson plans in LIVESTRONG at School for grades 3-12 as well (www.livestrong.org/school).
We encourage you to pass this information along and watch the show. The following link allows you to search for show times on PBS stations in your local area:
http://pbskids.org/tvschedules/stationfinder.html
To contact LAF for more information, e-mail Devon McGoldrick at devon.mcgoldrick@livestrong.org.