The First Night Project makes cancer ward stays a little easier for teens
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RadioActive
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A cancer diagnosis "sucks." And the hospital stays that follow don't make it any easier.
17-year-old Harry McGovern wanted to make a difference for other teenage cancer patients like him. So he started The First Night Project.
RadioActive’s Sidh Shroff has this story about his friend.
Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-first-night-project-makes-cancer-ward-stays-a-little-easier-for-teens
[RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW’s radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.]
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