iMedia: Stand Up To Cancer

    The video on the left is of Taylor Swift singing her song called Ronan. She wrote this song for a little four year old boy who died of cancer earlier this year. It's quite an emotional song and the lyrics are so heartfelt. 

         She performed this song on the televised event Stand Up to Cancer. This matters because it is so important for people to support this event. It's a great cause and it really does help those people who have cancer. I know that hundreds of people die every day because of cancer and not many of them get media attention like Ronan did, but by watching the event and donating any amount of money, you can help someone out there. 

        This matters to me because even though I have never had a family member die of cancer, my heart goes out to those families who have; especially those who've lost kids to it because they still had their whole lives ahead of them. I really wish that I could do way more than just donate money and advertise and tell people about this because I really want to help people who live with cancer, who fight for their lives everyday.

        It should matter to others because no one can do something huge and life changing by themselves, but if a group of people get together and try to make a change, then something significant will happen; it may sound cliche, but the more people that stand up to cancer, the more lives will be saved.
        There are so many people out their fighting for their lives because they've been given a certain amount of time to live, while others go through everyday without a second thought about when their final day will come. People should donate to charities for cancer so everyone can get a chance to live their lives for as long as possible.