Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90%, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries we make, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

For cancer information, call 1-800-227-2345 anytime, day or night, or visit www.cancer.org

The American Cancer Society is leading the fight for a world without cancer. 

We’re finding cures and doing so much more. 

The ACS supports patients with free lodging near hospitals, free rides to treatment, and our live 24/7 cancer helpline.  

We’re providing information, tools and services to help people cope with the challenges and questions that come with a cancer diagnosis.  

We’re making breakthroughs in research and urging lawmakers to improve access to care.

When it comes to cancer, we are the only organization attacking from every angle.

American Cancer Society

Early detection, Prevention, Treatment Support and Palliative Care For Cancer Patients.

NELLAI CANCER CARE CENTRE, A Project of Udhavum Ullangal Public charitable Trust will be setup as a 100 bed specialty cancer hospital providing affordable holistic cancer care to all close to their area of domicile. The vision is to provide every patient with cancer the opportunity to live a longer, healthier and fuller life. The hospital will provide an integrated multidisciplinary treatment for cancer incorporating a) evidence based clinical care supervised by a tumor board b) holistic integrated approach focused on the patients physical, psycho social and spiritual needs and c) advanced technology solutions and telemedicine to reduce overall cost and accelerating recovery rates.



Nellai Cancer Hospital will offer a cancer care value proposition that includes the complete value chain from awareness, screening, diagnosis, treatment and palliative care. Cancer awareness and screening programs have been operational since 2011. They have screened over 50 thousand people for oral, breast and cervical cancers. Referral cancer treatment services were commenced in 2016, followed by palliative care in 2018.



Nellai Cancer Hospital will be implemented in 2 phases. First a 30 bedded hospital will be setup and then a full fledged 100 bed hospital with state of the art facilities will be setup. The hospital will provide affordable holistic cancer care to everyone within 2 – 3 hours distance from their homes. Patients will receive high quality diagnosis and medical interventions in a timely manner without having to quit their jobs or being separated from their family and friends.



Extensive standard operating procedures will ensure transparency, governance and quality in line with the standardized protocols defined by national agencies such as NABH & NABL.



Holistic and complimentary therapies including Ayurveda, homeopathy, Sidha, Yoga etc will be extensively used under the strict supervision and recommendation of the tumor board.

Udhavum Ullangal Public Charitable Trust

ConnectMyVariant's mission is to end hereditary disease by bringing families together.

ConnectMyVariant is an educational health-focused 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that supports individuals and families with hereditary disease in their early detection and prevention efforts. We provide unique value by leveraging our evidenced-based family connection protocols to help people identify other at-risk relatives and help those relatives access genetic testing so that they can get optimal medical care. ConnectMyVariant brings people with the same genetic risk together through our variant database and community engagement events to share experiences and find common ancestors. ConnectMyVariant also works to increase awareness of the benefits of family outreach among physicians, others who provide prevention care, and the broader genealogy community.
 
Our key activities are:
   - Working with patients to implement personalized family outreach plans
   - Interactive educational workshops about sharing information on inherited disease risk
   - Variant specific family reunions to share stories and plan outreach to cousins
   - Genealogy assistance to help connect individuals in variant groups
   - Individual equity and inclusion grants for family and community outreach

Need and Impact:
When hereditary disease risk is known, family outreach has been proven to be the most effective and cost-effective intervention for early detection and prevention. This family outreach, also known as cascade testing, is recommended by multiple guidelines. Despite overwhelming evidence, family outreach assistance is not reimbursed by insurance or integrated into healthcare. Many people suffer and die from hereditary disease that could have been prevented or caught early.
 
We have shown that our strategies to encourage family outreach can act as a communication multiplier. Our pilot research at the University of Washington showed that this approach enhanced patient experience, was considered ethical, and was appreciated by newly identified relatives. Our approach is low-cost and is 25 to 50 times more effective than awareness and education interventions that target the general population.

Equity and Inclusion:
ConnectMyVariant is committed to being a leader for equity, diversity, and inclusion in hereditary disease prevention. ConnectMyVariant’s goal is to spread awareness among all individuals and families about inherited disease risk. All project staff, participants, and partners in ConnectMyVariant have an equal voice in developing innovative ways to improve hereditary disease outreach and prevention for all people. By fostering a diverse and inclusive community, we can provide knowledge and opportunities that have been historically inaccessible to millions of people.

ConnectMyVariant

PCF is the leader in philanthropic funding, accelerating the world's most promising prostate cancer research.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world’s largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research to discover better treatments and cures for prostate cancer.

Prostate Cancer Foundation

To help and support paediatric oncology in Zimbabwe.

KidzCan is the only organisation in Zimbabwe dedicated to increasing the survival rate of children suffering from cancer and blood-related disorders.
The organisation was formally registered as a Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) in 2009. It was directly evolved in volunteer work for over 15 years prior to that. 
A group of concerned volunteers initiated weekly visits to the children's wards of Parirenyatwa Hospital to play with the children and distribute some donated toys, sweets, or basic luxuries to the admitted children. 
In 1998 Andrea Whatman took over the coordination of this small volunteer group, a position she held until April 2014. 
In 2002, Dr. Orphard Mupanemunda (the only paediatric oncologist in Zimbabwe by then) and Andrea received a fully funded fellowship to St Judes Children's Hospital in Memphis, USA. 
On their return, Dr. Mupanamunda and Andrea committed to forming an organisation called Children's Cancer Relief, which to this day is now known as KidzCan Zimbabwe.
KidzCan supports Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo(second largest city), Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Hospital, Sally Mugabe Hospital, and Parirenyatwa Hospital, which is the centre of excellence on childhood cancer.
From the days of only providing psycho-social services the basket of services is now full with others like the provision of chemotherapy drugs, bereavement assistance, CT and MRI scans and bereavement allowances. The institution also sources, and provides prosthetics, admission, discharge packs, and nutritional support in the form of food hampers as good nutrition is at the centre of treatment.
The organisation conducts awareness campaigns in schools, workspaces and the community, and individuals plus group counselling to children, parents, and caregivers. 
KidzCan has now introduced housing to the portfolio of services available, through the Rainbow Children’s Village (RCV), which basically is a halfway house for children and caregivers, who often come from remote areas, making it difficult for them to fulfil their appointments with doctors. 
KidzCan provides these services free of charge to childhood cancer patients who come through the public health system. 
The organisation serves up to 800 patients annually, of which new cases are around 350. 
With Leukaemia (blood cancer), Wilms Tumour (kidney cancer) and retinoblastoma (eye cancer) being the most prevalent, the cancers come in many different forms. 
All the services are provided free of charge.
KidzCan envisions a compassionate world where children who suffer from cancer and their families are given the chance to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

KidzCan Zimbabwe 

Our mission is to find a cure for brain cancer.

Our mission is to find a cure for brain cancer by advancing scientific research, increasing awareness within the medical community and supporting patients, their families, and caregivers afflicted with this devastating disease.

Voices Against Brain Cancer

The mission of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.

Our interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientists and humanitarians work together to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases.

Fred Hutch

Fueling the discovery and development of powerful immunotherapies for all types of cancer.

Since 1953, we've led the field with support for immunotherapy research and clinical trials. Together with our donor, patient, and scientist communities, we continue to fund revolutionary breakthroughs to cure all types of cancer.

By harnessing the innate powers of the body's immune system, immunotherapy treatments have the potential to achieve complete, long-lasting remissions and cures for all types of cancer. Immunotherapy is already saving lives, and while responses vary from patient to patient, with further research, we can bring more effective treatments to more cancer patients.

Cancer Research Institute

Providing emotional and financial assistance to families of fallen firefighters, firefighters and the communities they protect.

The California Fire Foundation, a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, provides emotional and financial assistance to families of fallen firefighters, firefighters and the communities they protect. Formed in 1987 by California Professional Firefighters, the California Fire Foundation’s mandate includes an array of survivor and victim assistance projects and community initiatives

California Fire Foundation

CBTF’s goal is to ensure no family impacted by a pediatric brain or spinal cord tumor diagnosis goes through the journey alone.

The mission of Children's Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF) is to improve the treatment, quality of life, and long-term outlook for children with brain and spinal cord tumors through research, support, education, and advocacy to families and survivors.

CBTF supports families from the day of diagnosis and throughout the brain tumor journey. Learn more about our work at [cbtf.org](https://cbtf.org).

Children's Brain Tumor Foundation

Gilda's Club South Jersey offers support, education and hope to men, women, young adults, teens and children impacted by cancer - free of charge.

Our mission is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action and sustained by community.  Our innovative program is an essential complement to medical care, providing networking and support groups, workshops, education and social activities.

Gilda's Club South Jersey

Since 1949, LLS has pioneered groundbreaking cancer research. Beating Cancer is in our Blood.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is at the forefront of the fight to cure cancer. We are the largest nonprofit dedicated to creating a world without blood cancers. Since 1949, we’ve invested nearly $1.3 billion in groundbreaking research, pioneering many of today’s most innovative approaches.

Cancer is a heck of an opponent.

It's a bully. But we aren't afraid of a fight.
It's elusive. But our focus never fades.
It's deadly. But we are known cancer killers.

Since 1949, we've pioneered groundbreaking research that leads us to believe we will find the cures for cancer in our blood.

We were born to defeat this opponent.
We are The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

We provide medical shirts to pediatric cancer patients. Our shirts snap up both sides for easy access to port, line and ivs.



Luke’s FastBreaks supports children, adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer. We strive to promote normalcy and restore dignity during treatment by replacing the hospital gown with our unique Medical Shirts.

Stats:
Donated over 50K Medical Shirts
Served 70+ Pediatric Hospitals
Established 2016
Dallas, Texas

Luke's FastBreaks

Saving lives across all populations through cancer prevention and early detection. Our vision is to Stop Cancer Before It Starts!®

Vision
Stop Cancer Before It Starts!®

Reducing the cancer mortality rate by focusing individual behaviors, public policy, and research on prevention and early detection

Addressing all preventable cancers across all populations

Making prevention knowledge and early detection services more accessible for people in medically underserved communities

Collaborating with partners to maximize the effectiveness and reach of the prevention and early detection programs and message

Creating an energizing and productive workplace that people want to join

Mission
The mission of the Prevent Cancer Foundation® is saving lives across all populations through cancer prevention and early detection.

Goals
The Foundation is rising to meet the challenge of reducing cancer deaths by 40% by 2035. To achieve this, we are committed to investing:

$20 million toward research in innovative technologies to detect cancer early and advance multi-cancer screening.

$10 million to expand cancer screening and vaccination access to medically underserved communities.

$10 million to educate the public about screening and vaccination options.


Prevent Cancer Foundation

Sacramento-based public charity whose mission is to empower cancer survivors through exercise.

The goal of the Triumph Cancer Foundation is to empower cancer survivors to recapture their lives after treatment while exercising with a group of like-minded individuals.  Participants build muscle mass and strength, increase flexibility and endurance, and improve their capacity to perform activities of daily living.  The program also may reduce the severity of cancer side effects, prevent unwanted weight changes, and improve energy levels and self esteem.

Triumph Cancer Foundation

A volunteer-driven charity committed to empowering those in our community who are affected by cancer.

SOUL RYEDERS is a volunteer-driven charitable organization, based in Westchester County, NY, committed to empowering those in our community who are affected by cancer.  From diagnosis through treatment, recovery and survivorship, we offer practical resources and nurturing support services that provide dignity, confidence, hope, and compassion.

Soul Ryeders

We brighten hospital rooms for kids battling cancer with free, cozy bed sheets, bringing smiles to their faces.

Thousands of children are battling cancer in our hospitals every day. On a cruel and shocking night in early 2010 my young son became one of those kids, and he spent the next 18 months fighting a courageous and difficult battle beating cancer. He is an amazing son, brother and friend, and is our inspiration for Sheets from Home.

With each round of chemo, immunotherapy, or transplant, our son would spend many, many nights confined to his hospital bed. We brought lots of love, we brought courage and hope, and we even brought in toys; these were all important weapons in our fight. We also brought sheets from home, and this did unexpected and amazing things.

On the first night of his chemo at the hospital, we ripped off the white patient hospital sheets, and replaced them with sheets from home. He always had a fun and colorful bed with his friends SpongeBob, Spiderman or Darth Vader.

We thought this was just a small gesture but over the course of treatments, a nurse, another kid or a Mom would stand outside our hospital room and marvel at how the sheets brought life to the room. We were amazed at the positive impact and the smiles. And while it did not make the pain go away, his hospital bed which was his new home, could feel more like his real home. Each kid deserves this same feeling and we will make it happen with your help.

SHEETS FROM HOME

Our vision is to create a world in which all patients with pancreatic cancer will thrive.

No one should have to face pancreatic cancer alone.

Our mission is to take bold action to improve the lives of everyone impacted by pancreatic cancer by advancing scientific research, sharing knowledge and advocating for patients:

• We fund transformative research — everything from early detection to innovative new treatment approaches.
• We provide information about treatment options, diet and nutrition, support resources and more, and we can answer all your questions along the way.
• We work with thousands of grassroots advocates to urge Congress to increase federal research funding for pancreatic cancer, and we get results.

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

 Where we are Creating Outliers, One Mind at a time

Our mission is to promote awareness brain cancer and its symptoms in the hope of patients getting earlier diagnosis and better survival rates.  We also will fund targeted research in the ultimate hope of finding a cure.

Gray Matters Brain Cancer Foundation

The LIVESTRONG Foundation fights to improve the lives of people affected by cancer now.

We have a Mission Question, not a Mission Statement, because we believe that we can only achieve the best solutions through asking the right questions. We ask survivors and caregivers what they need, we ask the system how it can be more person-centered, we ask innovators how we can bring impossible ideas to life.


LIVESTRONG

Sofia's Hope is a charity fighting childhood cancer with HOPE. Mission is to increase awareness, fund research & patient programs

Sofia's Hope was inspired by the life and death of Sofia Blanco at the age of thirteen.  And it is because of her and the over 17,000 children in the U.S. diagnosed every year with cancer that we will fight cancer by:

Raising childhood cancer awareness and the fact that children are dying every day waiting for promising new treatments;

Funding childhood cancer research and advances in treatment, especially as it relates to their long-term effects (including prevention, detection and treatment); and

Offering programs that enhance the quality of life of children with cancer.

Sofia's Hope

Educational organizations focused on stem cell research. 

Conducting research to uncover the molecular basis of cancer and degenerative diseases with the emphasis on multiple myeloma.

Stem Cell Cancer And Regenerative Medicine Research Inc

SCCA brings together the leading research teams and cancer specialists of Fred Hutch, Seattle Children's, and UW Medicine.

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) represents a union of patients and caregivers, physicians and researchers, care and cures in the pursuit of better, longer, richer lives for our patients.

Above all, we exist to move patients forward, past boundaries and toward hope, beyond fear and closer to discovery. SCCA is the intersection of compassion and hard science. Where a real difference can be made today and true progress happens tomorrow. This uniquely bold and inventive approach truly sets us apart.

We treat care differently. And because of that, we see patients differently too. Our care combines powerful science with devoted collaboration, where boundary-pushing discovery happens — care and science working together.

It is our fundamental belief that working in partnership with our patients is essential to who we are today and in the future.

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Support the very best in Cancer research and treatment globally 
 

The Lundin Cancer Fund was created in honour of Mr. Lukas Lundin who died from glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, in 2022. Lukas Lundin was head of the Lundin Group of Companies, a leading force in the mining and oil and gas industries. Entrepreneurial, and always adventurous, he was passionate about the resource industry and its power to transform lives. During the course of his illness, it was recognized that there was a considerable lack of awareness and treatment of various types of cancers, particularly brain cancers, as well as a lack of funding of clinical trials and new innovative research. He and his family wanted to change that. The goals of the fund are as follows:  - To fund brain and other cancer treatment and research, the Lundin family and KBF CANADA established the Lundin Cancer Fund at KBF CANADA. - To encourage international collaboration and sharing of scientific data.

Lundin Cancer Fund 

We support promising scientific research and outstanding cancer care.
Because cancer patients deserve optimal treatment.

Our vision

The Anticancer Fund, a Belgian non-profit organisation with an international scope, is dedicated to expanding the range of treatments available to cancer patients, regardless of their commercial value.

Our mission

We are willing to go the extra mile for cancer patients. Our goal is to extend lives, increase quality of life and provide cures for cancer patients. On this road, science is our pathway and the patient is our guide.

1. We invest in cancer research, aiming to deliver societal benefit.

2. We help cancer patients and give them information about treatments that is based on scientific evidence.

3. We connect people and engage with decision-makers to eliminate barriers to more and affordable treatments.

Anticancer Fund

The mission of UKANDU is to bring hope, joy, and connection to communities impacted by childhood and adolescent cancer.

The mission of UKANDU is to bring hope, joy, and connection to communities impacted by childhood and adolescent cancer.

We recognize that cancer impacts the entire family and we aim to provide parents and caregivers a respite from the physical, emotional and financial toll childhood cancer poses to families.

UKANDU

Empowering women who have had a cancer diagnosis to survive and thrive through fitness, health and wellness services.

Our mission at Team Survivor Northwest is to provide a broad range of fitness and health education programs to enable women cancer survivors, in any stage of treatment or recovery and at any fitness level, to take an active role in their ongoing physical and emotional healing.

INCLUSION
We serve all women, without regard to race, age, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, or religion, with any type of cancer diagnosis, at any fitness and skill level.

QUALITY
All our instructors are experienced trainers with understanding of cancer specific needs. Program delivery is mindful of the physical and emotional sensitivities surrounding cancer.

ACCESS
Our programs are free of charge to TSNW Members. Programs are offered in various locations within the Puget Sound Region.

EDUCATION
We continually share with our community, through a variety of methods, important and emerging information related to cancer survivorship.

Team Survivor Northwest

We reduce deaths from breast cancer by providing access to screening, diagnostics and treatment services for all women.

The Rose addresses any barrier that might keep a woman from caring for her own needs. Studies show women often put personal needs on hold while tending to the needs of others. Many women cite costs and lack of access as reasons they delay preventive services. Yet early detection mammography screenings are the most powerful weapons in the fight against breast cancer—which is 98% curable when detected early.

Every service offered by The Rose is available to the uninsured through one of many sponsorship programs. In fact, the whole purpose of the Empower Her® Sponsorship Program is to ensure any woman has access to breast cancer screening, diagnosis and care. From the initial screening mammogram through diagnostic procedures such as ultrasound and biopsies, as well as access to treatment—all are part of the quality breast health care offered at The Rose.

Because every woman deserves The Rose. Every woman deserves quality breast health care.

The Rose

Compass to Care provides Non Emergency Medical Transportation for children fighting cancer and facing poverty to access treatment.

One in five children diagnosed with cancer lives in poverty.

For children whose families are facing poverty paying for the expenses to get to treatment can be a real problem. The best cancer treatment in the world cannot cure a child if he or she has no way to get there. 

Compass to Care, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is proud to have a nationwide non emergency medical transportation (NEMT) solution that directly and immediately remove the transportation barriers to help these children get to the hospital for cancer treatment.

If you fund even one tank of gas, you can change the trajectory of a child's life - giving them hope for a healthier tomorrow and a cancer cure.  

Compass to Care

Hoop For All is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that uses sports to create health awareness and financially aid patients during treatment.

Our five health focuses are cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mental health, and HIV/aids. We create awareness by executing sporting events that provide resources on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Our events also serve as a platform to financially aid affected patients during the treatment and recovery process. In 2018, we launched the Hoop For All Ambassador Program to train and mentor students interested in careers within the sports, health, and entertainment industry.

Hoop For All Foundation

American Friends of Institut Curie - Marie Curie Research and Cancer Care Center in Paris

Follow in the footsteps of Marie Curie and join the fight against cancer 
 
 A leading player in the fight against cancer, Institut Curie - Marie Curie Research and Cancer Care Center in Paris brings together an  internationally-renowned research center  (1,200 researchers from 80 countries) and an  advanced hospital group  that provides care for all types of cancer – including the rarest forms. Founded in 1909 by  Nobel laureate Marie Curie , Institut Curie is historically located in the heart of Paris, France but also in the nearby cities of Saint-Cloud and Orsay with a  cutting-edge protontherapy center .  Every day, more than 3,600 researchers, physicians, caregivers,technicians, and administrators work together to defeat cancer. Institut Curie's work is built on three essential approaches: 
 Research 
 Care 
 Preserving an transferring knowledge 
 Institut Curie's Research Center promotes interdisciplinaryresearch through 12 mixed research units.  Translational research lies at the interface between basic and clinical research, aimed at facilitating and accelerating exchanges between cognitive research and research oriented towards patients and care. OUR PROJETC : BUILDING THE FIRST CHEMICAL BIOLOGY CENTER SPECIALIZED ON CELL'S PLASTICITY IN THE WORLD Institut Curie plays a major role in international chemical biology research thanks to the work of Dr. Raphaël Rodriguez and his team and their recentground-breaking discovery on the role of iron in the metastatic dissemination. Institut Curie is building the Chemical Biology Research Center to support and build on this work by recruiting international research teams andlaunching new multidisciplinary research approaches. It is the first center in Europe specialized in addressing fundamental questions in cancer cellplasticity and its link to metastatic spread and cancer treatment. The new Chemical Biology Research Center will be co-directed by Dr. Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou, PhD and Dr. Raphaël Rodriguez, PhD. The Chemical Biology Research Center will support research to: 
 Study cancer cell activity in a biologicaland chemical level, discover new biological features underlying cancer progression 
 Identify and develop small molecules to be used for new treatment aiming to target cancer cell plasticity and block cancer cells from spreading 
 Discover new druggable targets, design new therapeutic angles and pathways to cure cancer 
 
 
 ABOUT CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 
 Chemical biology is the work in chemistry which is of biological interest and to that work in biology in which the chemical approach is used to solve biological problems.  Dr. Linus Pauling 
 Chemical biology is one of the fastest growing areas of cancer research today. This field of research has the potential to uncover the underlying causes of cancer progression and find out how to stop cancers from spreading to different parts of the body, also called metastasizing. Today, metastasis causes 90% of cancer deaths. Finding the key to block metastatic spread will have a tremendous impact on cancer survival and discovering pathways to a cure. Chemical biology uses of chemical principles and tools to solve pressing problems in biomedical research that are challenging to address using classical methods, such as those routinely used in cell biology, genetics, and biochemistry. The discipline involves chemists and biologists to work together on small molecules that have the potential to impact patient care one day if turned into drugs. 

As a private charitable foundation since 1921 Institut Curie is supported by donations, grants and bequest. Your support is essential to save more lives.  Together, let's beat cancer! 

Institut Curie - Marie Curie Research and Cancer Care Center

A force united by a promise to end breast cancer, funding groundbreaking research, community health & advocacy programs globally.

Susan G. Komen

Special Love's mission is to provide a community of support for children with cancer and their families.

For nearly 40 years, Special Love has provided a strong, nurturing environment for children with cancer and their families through its free camps and get-away weekends. We have also offered emergency financial assistance,  educational scholarships for young adults who have beaten cancer and are ready to move on with their lives, and scholarships for their siblings.

Special Love’s Camp Fantastic is a protocol within the National Cancer Institute and a recognized charity within the National Institutes of Health

Since its inception in 1983, children have come from the Washington metropolitan area, as well as from areas across the country through partnerships with the National Cancer Institute and Mid-Atlantic area hospitals.  

Each year, Special Love serves hundreds of children, families, and young adults, and receives no government funding.  All operating funds are provided by individual, corporate, and foundation donors. Children who participate in and benefit from Special Love's programs range in age from 7-17 years of age, and young survivors ages 18-30 years of age.

~Camp Fantastic – is held at the Northern Virginia 4-H Center located in Front Royal, Virginia; and welcomes more than 100 children each year who are actively in treatment, or survivors up to 5 years past treatment as they adjust to their “new normal.”   Campers range in age from 7 to 17.
~BRASS Camp and BRASS Weekend – stands for BRothers And SiSters.  BRASS is designed specifically for the siblings of our patients, as well as bereaved siblings.  BRASS offers them a place for open, honest dialog with other campers and counselors to ensure they too are enveloped in a strong support system where they can put the family trauma of cancer away to spend time being a kid, with the focus completely on them. 
~Family Weekends – a weekend getaway experience for the whole family that provides patients, families, survivors, and bereaved families the opportunity to join together and share what they have learned with each other on their cancer journey. These weekends also provide quality family time, which is scare during a cancer journey, and patients, survivors and families the opportunity to discuss how they are coping, or have coped; and why, even at the darkest times, there is room for joy.
~Parents Getaway Weekend – is a weekend solely for the parents of patients and survivors who are 30 years old or younger and still live at home, as well as bereaved parents.  The weekend is planned for parents, by parents to provide them with a safe place to share and support one another in a small group setting; and as an outlet to deal with the facts of cancer individually, and ultimately regain a sense of control.  The weekend welcomes parents of recently diagnosed patients as well, offering them a new community of support they will need on their child’s cancer journey.
Parents Weekend also provides the parents with spa-caliber treatment options such as massages, yoga, and make-up makeovers; as well as local activities and shopping, along with a Saturday night dinner dance.  All things they no longer have time to enjoy.

VOICE (Virtual Online In-Hospital Camp Experience
In 2020, when the nation shut-down due to the COVID19 pandemic, Special Love developed and launched VOICE (Virtual Online In-home Camp Experience) within two weeks to continue its mission of providing a community of support for the children and their families. The pandemic was not going to stop us, knowing the added turmoil the pandemic would make in the lives of families already dealing with the unthinkable heartache of childhood cancer, and children with cancer would feel even more isolated and alone. 
VOICE began with virtual campfires, fun short videos and small ways to stay connected, and as the pandemic continued, grew to include a virtual BRASS Camp for the patient’s siblings, offering an entire month of fun activities. That was soon followed by a week-long virtual Camp Fantastic, which brought all the joy of “camp” to not only campers confined at home, but those in the hospital as well. Each day started with morning assembly, and ended with virtual cabin chats. 
Prior camp, each camper was sent a “Camp in a Box” kit packed with everything they needed to participate in every activity.  
As the pandemic continued, VOICE grew into a twice monthly program reaching children across the country, and the Atlantic Ocean, and in the isolation of hospital rooms.


Emergency Financial Relief Program
A cancer diagnosis changes every aspect of a family’s life. Next to the well-being of a child, a parent’s most pressing concern is often financial.

Special Love provides emergency financial relief to families who have participated Special Love’s programming, as well as other families dealing with a child’s cancer. Assistance helps with non-medical financial needs such as utilities, rent and mortgage, as well as auto repair and payment and assisting in laying a child to rest.  

In 2020, Special Love experienced twice the number of requests than in previous years, and not only assisted with funeral expenses, but helped one young man keep the dream of a future family alive by paying the cost for storage of his sperm while he undergoes cancer treatment. 

Educational Scholarships for Cancer Survivors
Childhood cancer leaves families with debt, and some survivors with learning challenges that may make it difficult to attend, or get into a college or other post-secondary educational institution and trade schools.  Each year, Special Love provides 35 to 40 educational scholarships to young cancer survivors who have participated in Special Love’s programs to assist with books, housing, and tuition.

Special Love’s young scholarship recipients have endured challenges and heartache during their treatments and move on with their lives by exhibiting great courage and strength.  All have determined not to let cancer define them, or limit their futures.


Special Love

To educate Black women and women of color about Inflammatory Breast Cancer.  


Fighting 4 the Tatas Breast Cancer Organization provides emotional, educational, and financial assistance to cover basic needs quickly and compassionately to women and men undergoing breast cancer treatments.

Fighting 4 the Tatas

The Benefit of the Patient is the Highest Law 

The ICPO Foundation's objective is to foster communication between patients, experts, and industry to build an international community bringing Precision Oncology and Targeted Isotope Imaging and Therapy to growing numbers of patients worldwide. 
 
 Establishing ICPO Reference and Training Centers:  To establish Precision Oncology Reference and Training Centers in collaboration with leading medical institutions worldwide. 
 
 The Academy for Precision Oncology: To establish an International Academy for Precision Oncology in collaboration with academic and governmental bodies to train growing numbers of required experts in such specialties as targeted isotope imaging and therapy, nursing, radiopharmacy, and medical physics. 
 
 An International Network of Centers for Precision Oncology: To establish a global network of International Centers for Precision Oncology, based on Best Practice Standards, Methods, and Qualifications aimed at fostering global expansion and communication amongst the centers. 
 
 Supporting Science and Technology Development: To support science and technology development in the field of Precision Oncology. One of our targets is the expansion of available targeted cancer therapies and the further integration of targeted diagnostics, Imaging, and Therapy. 
 
 Expansion of Global Access for Precision Oncology Patients: And most importantly to enable a growing number of patients worldwide to gain access to highly efficient theranostics in Precision Oncology and to bring back quality of life to patients and their families in all manners possible. 

ICPO Foundation 

The Oncidium foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing radioligand therapies for cancer care worldwide.

A non-profit organization dedicated to advancing radioligand therapies for cancer care worldwide, ensuring healthcare equity for everyone, regardless of origin or financial situation.

The generosity of donors allows the Oncidium foundation to finance the research and development of new radiotheranostics cancer treatments as well as to support cancer patients. We know that this path is not easy. We know the importance of finding the right doctor, understand the diagnosis and learn about treatment options. It is our mission to educate, raise awareness, and support cancer patients and their loved ones on this daily battle.

By supporting the Oncidium foundation projects, you put your action at the heart of the fight against cancer!

The Oncidium foundation 

Our mission is to put Judeo-Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

YMCA of Greensboro

Fighting childhood cancer through recycling 


Banco de Tapitas began as a movement of young Mexicans, students and professionals, with the intention of Supporting the Fight Against Childhood Cancer through Recycling.  Banco de Tapitas seeks to provide comprehensive support to more than 1,000 children and young people in Mexico who have been diagnosed with cancer through recycling campaigns nationwide. Under the motto "If life gives you caps, don't throw them away!", in April 2016 we launched our first campaign on Facebook, which reached more than 2.5 million views worldwide, this being the moment to promotion of this project. Throughout its history, Banco de Tapitas has managed to serve more than 1,000 patients directly and just over 2,200 indirectly through its allies, achieving recognition from the Ministry of Well-being and the Líderes del Bajío program in the social sector.  The goal for this year is to deliver more than 6 million pesos in support to our patients financed by recycling programs, deliver more than 200 oncological wigs, operate 4 shelters and deliver 1 state-of-the-art device to hospitals and oncological areas most in need in our country. We will also begin formal operations in the United States. 

Banco de Tapitas

Our mission is to improve the lives of children diagnosed with cancer in Armenia.

City of Smile, USA's mission is to improve the lives of children diagnosed with cancer in Armenia by raising awareness and funds to provide life-saving treatments as well as emotional, nutritional and psychological support for affected children and their families.

City Of Smile - USA

b-present Foundation is a nonprofit focused on ensuring every adolescent and young adult with cancer feels connected and supported

This holiday season, show gratitude and share the love by launching a fundraiser or making a donation in honor of someone who chose to b-there for you and made a huge difference in your life. Remember the impact it had on you? This is your chance to pay it forward and help others b-there for their loved one dealing with cancer. Because no one should have to face cancer alone. 💪
 
Here's how your contribution will support the young adult cancer community... 🫶

➡️ $25 donation provides a hospital with supporter roadmaps for 10 patients and their supporters. (Goal: 200 donations at this level)

➡️  $50 donation helps fund one b-there for YA Support Kits (coming in 2023). Each kit includes a Supporter Roadmap, access to our digital resource suite, and practical tools and comfort items that will be distributed to newly diagnosed adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients and their supporters to help them get off to a good start and stay connected. The best part? These kits will be designed by those that have been there. (Goal: 100 donations at this level)

➡️ $100 donation helps ensure that newly diagnosed patients and their supporters receive the help they need throughout treatment and beyond with our recently launched b-there connection and support app. (Goal: 50 donations at this level)

➡️ $500 donation will help support our 2023 Spark Tank Innovation Workshop, where young adult survivors, supporters, researchers, health professionals, and advocates gather to explore the gaps and barriers that contribute to social isolation and poor mental health after cancer and brainstorm solutions that spark improved quality of life and health outcomes for AYAs with cancer. (Goal 10 donations at this level)
 
Will you Give the Gift of Presence and help us raise $20,000 this holiday season to support the implementation of our programs in hospitals and schools nationwide? With your help, b-present can enable thousands of young adult cancer patients and their supporters across the U.S. to become advocates at home, at school, and in their communities for connections and support. 
 
✨More about b-present✨
The b-present Foundation is a nonprofit inspired by and founded in memory of 20-year-old Kirsten Westerman, who we lost to leukemia in 2016. Our work focuses on improving social support so adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer between the ages of 15-39, and their communities of support, stay connected and are supported throughout treatment and beyond. 

b-present approaches this critical work from two angles: preventative and supportive. Creating awareness and providing the support network with tangible tools and guidance to navigate their support experience are vital first steps to preserving and sustaining that important community of support.

b-present foundation

Re-imagining healthcare for vulnerable and underprivileged people in Athens, Greece.

IRIS Humanitarian Response is a health focused non-profit organisation based in Athens, Greece.

We are dedicated to advancing access to healthcare and delivering high quality medical care for individuals and communities in need. Our goal is to bridge the gap in health disparities and improve health outcomes for disadvantaged and underserved people. Through our work, we strive to make a lasting impact by promoting health equity and the human right to health.

Our mission is to serve vulnerable, marginalised, underprivileged individuals and communities by improving their health and wellbeing - with the ultimate goal to alleviate suffering and restore their dignity and hope.

We are committed to achieving this through:

• upholding the right to health
• providing medical services in the areas of promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation
• ensuring access to medicines and health products
• implementing public health interventions
• removing obstacles and creating innovative ways to access and navigate essential healthcare services

IRIS Humanitarian Response

At Noora Health, we believe no human being should suffer because of a preventable medical condition.

Noora Health is focused on improving patient outcomes in public health systems in India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia by training the family caregivers of patients admitted to government hospitals - making them an integral part of healthcare delivery. They develop high quality training and education materials (videos, flipcharts etc) delivered through a train the trainer model for healthcare professionals to use in-hospital to upskill and train the family and patient. They also have a post-discharge follow-up on mobile (via WhatsApp, teletraining, and voice messages) that allows them to share content with families when they return home, be there in a moment of need, answer questions etc. 

They have seen remarkable outcomes – in a cohort of patients, the program reduced post-surgical cardiac complications by 71%, maternal complications by 12%, newborn complications by 16%, newborn readmissions by 56%, and newborn mortality by 18%. 

Noora Health is in the scale-up phase of their work, aiming to reach 70 million caregivers in the next five years (they recently surpassed 3 million), and they are eager to leverage their digital capabilities to achieve this with high fidelity to the quality they are known for. 

Noora Health

Our purpose is to lead the fight against cancer. 

The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) is a leader in the fight against cancer since 1931. Our purpose is to lead the fight against cancer. Our mission is to be the preferred non-profit leader that enables research in lowering cancer risk, educating the public regarding symptoms, screening and risk reduction, and providing care and support to all those affected by cancer.
CANSA is committed to connecting people facing cancer with information, day-to-day help and much-needed emotional support. We aim to ensure that cancer survivors and their loved ones do not face cancer alone.
While we are not privy to medical diagnoses and the onus falls on the patient or their family (with their permission) to contact CANSA for assistance, we are here to support them through every step of their cancer journey.
Through the selfless support of our sponsors like yours, we can continue the fight against cancer in South Africa and advance closer to the goal of a cancer-free society in our generation.

OUR SERVICES
CANSA offers a wide range of services to those affected by cancer:
• Health Awareness Programmes - comprises health education campaigns centred on creating awareness of cancer symptoms, the importance of screening and lowering cancer risk
• Mobile Health Clinics – bring awareness to men and women in rural areas who would otherwise not have access and operates on sponsored funds.
• Promote early detection - CANSA Care Centres countrywide offer screenings and early detection programmes.
CANSA ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE
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• CANSA Care Centres - offer care and support services to those affected by cancer, including employee wellness programmes, stoma support, wigs, prostheses, assistive devices and medical equipment hire, clinical support, counselling (face-to-face and Tele Counselling), support groups and home-based care.
• CANSA Care Homes – provide patient care and support to the main metropolitan areas for out-of-town cancer patients undergoing treatment.
• CANSA TLC Lodging – provides lodging and support services for parents and guardians of children undergoing cancer treatment.
• CANSA Help Desk - Toll free 0800 22 66 22
• WhatsApp helplines – offer multilingual support services in English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho and Siswati.
• Online support groups and platforms – help patients and loved one’s cope with a cancer diagnosis or connect with others walking a similar path as they fight cancer.
• Social media platforms and CANSA Website – make information available to the public.
• CANSA Tele-Counselling – offers a confidential, professional, cancer-related telephonic counselling service to cancer patients, caregivers and their families, and parents or guardians of children living with cancer. This service is free of charge and available in seven languages - English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, siSwati, Sesotho and Setswana.
CANSA VOLUNTEERS
CANSA is a volunteer-driven organisation, relying on our trained volunteers to assist in delivering our services to local communities across South Africa. We have various volunteer opportunities and trainings available.
CANSA IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
The Sustainable Development Goals or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked goals designed to be a ‘blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future for all". The SDGs were introduced in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by 2030. CANSA strives toward achieving these goals within our capabilities.
We have identified the Global Goals (SDGs) CANSA has contributed to, in some capacity, during the reporting period with an emphasis on Goals 3 (Good health and wellbeing), 4 (Quality Education) 5 (Gender Equality), 7(Affordable and clean energy) 8Decemt Work and economic growth),9 (Industry innovation and infrastructure) 10 (Reduced inequalities), 11 (Sustainable cities and communities), 12(Responsible consumption and production), 13 (Climate action), 14 (Life below water), 15 (Life on land), 16 (Peace, justice and strong institutions, and 17(Partnership for the goals).

CANCER SCREENINGS (Stats 2020/21)
• Over 54 210 conducted in total (with abnormalities referred accordingly)
• Conducted over 6 260 pap smears and facilitated 2 989 in partnership with the Department of Health (DoH)
• Carried out more than 20 570 clinical breast examinations.
• 8 848 Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) tests completed and 351 done in partnership with DoH.
• Over 3 010 skin examinations using the FotoFinder Mole Analysis device took place.
• Expanded workplace screening and wellness programmes.
HEALTH SCREENING, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS (Stats 2020/21)
• Approximately 40 727 individual information and education sessions conducted with screenings.
• Over 7 560 people assessed to determine their lifestyle risk, with 2 361 glucose tests performed for diabetes.
• More than 465 900 people reached through 1 738 talks and 4 531 exhibitions with the help of 795 health promotion volunteers.
• Over 150 radio talks hosted for cancer education.
• Distributed over 71 110 information leaflets to promote health awareness campaigns.
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• More than 79 700 youth reached through 402 school programmes.
• Our CANSA Helpdesk responded to over 12 680 enquiries for support and information via telephone, WhatsApp, email, website and social media.
CURRENT PLANS AND THE FUTURE
CANSA’s service and income generation is managed and deployed centrally with national teams, placed across the country. We streamline and modernise our service and fundraising efforts regularly. We have CANSA Care Centres around the country with certain CANSA Care Centres operating as ‘Virtual CANSA Care Centres’ where employees work remotely to offer services within their surrounding communities assisted by willing volunteers.
2022, is showing us that our country’s economic recovery post COVID-19 will take a few years. The need for our normal services continues and even more patients and caregivers need help. We are aware of our duty to continue to educate South Africa about the cancer burden and find innovative ways to help lower the cancer risk, while providing support and care to the communities we serve.

Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)

CaraKit Cares is the non-profit arm of CaraKit, an organization providing care packages for women in chemo, surgery, & radiation.

At CaraKit Cares, we are committed to helping women in need going through chemo, surgery and radiation treatments--many on disability, medical leave or out of work entirely. 
The women we serve often can't afford the basic at-home needs when dealing with medical treatment side effects and many times they don't have friends or family who are able to help or provide.  We are the non-profit arm of CaraKit, a for-profit company providing custom gift kits for women in treatment--and we use this knowledge to create charity kits and donate them free of charge to women who need them.

CaraKit Cares

Camino Health Center is a nonprofit organazation serving the underserved and uninsured residents of south Orange County. 

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Camino Health Center

ANR/F saves lives from secondhand smoke with grassroots organizing, advocacy, and education.

ANRF is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit organization advancing health equity with comprehensive programs to prevent the harmful effects of secondhand smoke and smoking among youth and adults. 40 years of experience promoting prevention and education about smoking, secondhand smoke, and exposing tobacco industry interference with public health policies. Our goals include educating the public about the health effects of secondhand smoke and the benefits of smokefree environments. Ultimately, our efforts are intended to create a smokefree generation in America that rejects tobacco use and is savvy to tobacco industry tactics. Our sister organization Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) is a 501(c)(4) and is the leading lobbying organization dedicated to nonsmokers' rights, working to close the gaps in smokefree protections in thousands of communities nationwide.

American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation

Transparent Hands provides free surgeries, medical treatments and organizes camps across Pakistan for those in need.

Transparent Hands is the largest technology platform for crowdfunding in the healthcare sector of Pakistan. We offer a complete range of free healthcare services including medical and surgical treatments and arranging medical camps for the underprivileged community of Pakistan. Our goal is to reach millions of needy patients all over Pakistan who are suffering because of a lack of healthcare facilities. We continue to serve humanity at large by providing the best healthcare in Pakistan.

Transparent Hands Foundation Us Inc

We empower patients of color with the knowledge and trust to pursue clinical trials that can save or extend their lives.


Karen's Club

We envision all communities in Oregon having access to resources needed for everyone's health and well-being.

We promote healthy communities by collaboratively addressing local needs to improve access to care and health-related services through advocacy, education, and technical assistance. 

Access Care Anywhere

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We are a nonprofit, so instead of charging fees we rely on the generosity of donors like you.