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In the News: Nora’s Sparkle

Discover how Nora’s Sparkle of Love Project is making headlines and inspiring hope through national and local media coverage.

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St. Louis-Based Sparkle of Love Offers Hope to Parents of Kids with Pediatric Cancer

Founded by Nora’s parents, Jani Torrence and Brent Bunn, Nora’s Sparkle of Love Project raises funds to support families fighting pediatric cancer and to benefit pediatric brain tumor research. The foundation’s goal, through pillars of education, advocacy, and awareness, is to make sure no other family has to walk the path of DIPG alone—and, eventually, to bring a clinical trial facility to St. Louis, so patients in the Midwest need not travel so far for care.

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Nora’s Story

When our then-6-year-old daughter, Nora, was sent home with “hydration and ibuprofen,” we had no idea that just days later a devastating brainstem tumor diagnosis would shatter our world. But amid the fear, hope sparked—after her CAR-T 'superhero cells' treatment, Nora’s MRI showed tumor shrinkage for the first time, giving us a glimmer of light when hope seemed impossible.

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