Author: Vivian Gu

World Wide is pleased to welcome Children’s Hospital Of Orange County (CHOC) to the team of prestigious health organizations, hospitals, and cancer foundations supporting WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked CHOC amongst the top pediatric hospitals in the nation and recognized it for excellence in oncology, amongst other specialties. The facility, located in Orange, CA, is also home to the highly ranked Hyundai Cancer Institute, which seeks to treat the needs of the whole child — physical, emotional, and spiritual — and takes a family-centered approach to treatment. Additionally, specific teams work at this institute to provide innovative, specialized programs for on-going diagnosis, management and treatment of pediatric cancers. Friends and patients of CHOC will be encouraged to support WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER by attending opening weekend performances, starting July 19 at the AMC Orange 30 theater.

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Mark Your Calendars! World Wide is pleased to announce that WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER will begin its North American release on Friday, July 19. The picture will start its theatrical run at the following select cinemas before opening later in wider release:

AMC Burbank Town Center 8 - Burbank, CA

AMC Orange 30 - Orange, CA

AMC Valley View 16 - Dallas, TX

AMC Empire 25 - New York, NY

AMC Loews Cherry Hill 24 - Cherry Hill, NJ

AMC Loews Streets of Woodfield 20 - Schaumburg, IL

AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24 - Hampton, VA

AMC Owings Mills 17 - Owings Mills, MD

As a reminder, a portion of the box office proceeds of this motion picture will benefit various health organizations and cancer-related foundations throughout the US, including Johns Hopkins, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and numerous others that are officially supporting the film. Visit the supporters page for the complete listing, and please help spread the word.

World Wide’s newest partner in its efforts to increase national awareness for the upcoming release of WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER is Curing Kids Cancer. Headquartered in Atlanta, the non-profit focuses on funding promising pediatric cancer research through such innovative and popular programs as Coaches Curing Kids Cancer, Teachers Curing Kids Cancer, Players Curing Kids Cancer and various fundraising events throughout the year.  The organization was founded in 2004 by Grainne and Clay Owen, who lost their nine-year-old son, Killian, to leukemia. Curing Kids Cancer seeks to endow The Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Unit at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (where Killian was treated) as well as children’s hospitals and research facilities.

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After playing the role of a brave leukemia patient in the upcoming film, WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER, British teen star Robbie Kay is now doing his part to support those affected by this form of cancer by volunteering with one of the film’s official supporters, theLeukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). Affiliated with the LLS’ Gulf Coast chapter in recent months, Kay has been lending a hand in various capacities, including working in the office. Inspired by the LLS’ Team in Training department (which organizes fundraising sporting events and supports participants during their preparation), Kay and his father are planning to join Bike The West’s 22nd Annual America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride, a 72-mile cycling race around Lake Tahoe, CA, on Sunday, June 2.

Additionally, Kay (pictured above) organized and hosted a touch rugby tournament at his Houston-area school this month and raised more than $1,100. His efforts involved captaining and training his own school’s team, communicating with other teams to encourage their participation, arranging a barbecue and snack shack, and scheduling the day's activities. Gratified by the experience, Kay is looking forward to finding additional opportunities to volunteer with LLS.

World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation is happy to welcome Children’s Chance, a non-profit cancer charity servicing South Carolina, to the growing family of supporters for WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER. Headquartered in Columbia, SC, the organization offers programs that provide assistance for non-medical needs (i.e.; groceries, gas, utilities, and mortgages) that arise for families during the period of their child’s often-costly cancer treatment and recovery. Children’s Chance’s popular mascot, Zig The Pig, is an integral part of its programs that reach out to schools, businesses, individuals, and community groups in an effort to fund programs that meet the emotional, psychological, and financial needs of pediatric cancer patients and their families.

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World Wide is pleased to announce that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has joined the growing list of prestigious supporters for WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER. For more than five decades, CHLA has been leading the fight against pediatric cancer and blood diseases through innovative research and clinical programs.  One of the largest and highest ranked programs in the nation, the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases treats the most complex and rare conditions every day.  Dedicated to treating the whole child, the Center also offers innovative programs that helps patients achieve their goals and dreams while staying healthy.

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