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The MaxLove Project Empowers the Parents of Cancer Kids

Cancer has a well-earned nickname: “the Emperor of All Maladies.” Its dominion is the cruelest sort of totalitarian regime, a realm where innocent persons are targeted seemingly at random for a particularly insidious form of torture: the betrayal of their own bodies.

The plight of children in the realm of cancer epitomizes its most nefarious aspects. No child has knowingly exposed herself to environmental risk factors that may contribute to cancer. No child can fully comprehend disease. And no person—child or adult—chooses her own genes. All any child knows of cancer initially is suffering, followed by procedures to battle the cancer that experientially are partly nothing more than…

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 The MaxLove Project Empowers the Parents of Cancer Kids

A child’s cancer diagnosis makes even the strongest parents feel helpless. But one mom and dad turned their struggle into purpose, and they’re helping others do the same.

10 Ways Nonprofits Attack Childhood Cancer

Nearly 15,780 kids are diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. each year. Many organizations work hard to support affected families, touch lives, and ultimately eliminate childhood cancer and its devastating effects. But the cause is multi-faceted, and these social impact organizations must attack the problem from many different angles.

5 Pediatric Cancer Charities That Deserve Your Money Now

The good news is that the fight against pediatric cancer is not over, and everyday people still have an incredible opportunity to make a difference. One of the best ways to do so is by supporting charities that expressly fund pediatric cancer research and support. Here are five that are deserve your money now.

Family Reach

Family Reach is a national nonprofit dedicated to alleviating the financial burden of cancer. Working with more than 300 hospitals and cancer centers nationwide, we provide immediate financial assistance, education and navigation to families before they hit critical breaking points.

Max Cure

Max Cure believes in funding innovative and novel childhood cancer research in an effort to find cures for the various forms of childhood cancer and to create less-toxic and more effective treatments for children and young adults diagnosed with cancer.

MaxLove Project

We're an innovative volunteer-powered, grassroots nonprofit organization founded to help SuperKids thrive against cancer and related life-threatening illnesses.

St. Jude

The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our Founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

The Pablove Foundation

Helping kids with cancer live — a love-filled life today, and a cancer-free life tomorrow.

The Purple Society

Helping thousands of children get the treatment they need to fight cancer!

THON

THON is a student-run philanthropy committed to enhancing the lives of children and families impacted by childhood cancer. Our mission is to provide emotional and financial support, spread awareness and ensure funding for critical research - all in pursuit of a cure.

Walk With Sally

Walk With Sally provides hope through our individualized mentoring and community support services to empower children experiencing trauma through a parent, guardian or sibling’s cancer journey.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer is a unique childhood cancer charity - we stand out from the crowd! We're changing childhood cancer, one research grant at a time

American Childhood Cancer Organization

We are a community of families, survivors, and friends who have been affected by childhood and adolescent cancer. We offer our community support, information, advocacy. We are their voice.

Believe In Tomorrow Children's Foundation

We believe in keeping families together during a child’s medical crisis, and that the gentle cadence of normal family life has a powerful influence on the healing process.

Camp One Step

Camp One Step empowers children who have been diagnosed with cancer to find new hope and believe again in a brighter future. The children who attend our programs are heroes to us, demonstrating unbelievable courage, strength and determination.

Candlelighters

Saving more children and their families from the devastating consequences of cancer depends on continuous research.When Candlelighters was formed in the 1970's, sadly very few of the children survived (just 10%), but today things are different. Research and medicine has advanced so much over the years that now more than 80 per cent of children go on to lead normal, healthy lives.

Casey Cares

Casey Cares provides little moments and lasting memories to thousands of critically ill children and their family members each year.

Childhood Cancer Guides

Welcome to Childhood Cancer Guides. We write, update, and publish books that help families of children with cancer. Our books, reviewed by renowned experts in pediatric oncology, feature stories from more than 500 parents, children with cancer, and survivors of childhood cancer. Our hope is to help those following in our footsteps.. We write, update, and publish books that help families of children with cancer. Our books, reviewed by renowned experts in pediatric oncology, feature stories from more than 500 parents, children with cancer, and survivors of childhood cancer. Our hope is to help those following in our footsteps.

Children with Cancer UK

Our mission is to improve survival rates and the quality of survival in young cancer patients and to find ways to prevent cancer in the future.

Children's Brain Tumor Foundation

Our mission is to improve the treatment, quality of life and the long term outlook for children with brain and spinal cord tumors through research, support, education, and advocacy to families and survivors.

Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy

The Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy (CCCA) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that works as a national catalyst to stimulate drug discovery and development for childhood cancers, to expand resources for research and treatment, and to address the needs and concerns of survivors.

Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation

Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation improves the mental, social and emotional well-being of children with cancer and their families.

CLIC Sargent

CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families. We provide clinical, practical, financial and emotional support to help them cope with cancer and get the most out of life. We are there from diagnosis onwards and aim to help the whole family deal with the impact of cancer

CURE Childhood Cancer

CURE is dedicated to conquering childhood cancer through funding targeted research while supporting patients and their families.

CureSearch

CureSearch unites the world's largest childhood cancer research organization, the Children's Oncology Group, and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation through our mission to cure childhood cancer. Research is the key to the cure.

Emilio Nares Foundation

ENF navigates families through their child's journey, ensuring no child misses a cancer treatment due to lack of transportation.

Friends of Cathryn Foundation

The reality is, without philanthropic donations, from individuals and organizations like FRoC, research for children’s cancer would be abysmally funded. That’s why we do what we do.

Go4theGoal

Cures are the ultimate goal of anyone who has been touched by cancer, but those cures are a long way off... help us make a difference today!

Kesem

Kesem is a nationwide community, driven by passionate college student leaders, that supports children through and beyond their parent's cancer. Kesem's flagship program, Camp Kesem, operates free summer camps for children who have been impacted by a parent's cancer. Founded at Stanford University in 2000, Camp Kesem has since expanded to 116 chapters in 42 states across the country.

Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust

Laura''s illness was one of only dozens of such cases ever reported in the whole world. Before the founding of The Laura Crane Trust in October 1996 there was no funding aimed specifically at research into cancers which affect this age group. Research undertaken from the funds we raise will ultimately bring increased understanding of cancer in this age group. Laura''s illness was one of only dozens of such cases ever reported in the whole world. Before the founding of The Laura Crane Trust in October 1996 there was no funding aimed specifically at research into cancers which affect this age group. Research undertaken from the funds we raise will ultimately bring increased understanding of cancer in this age group.

Leukaemia CARE

Leukaemia CARE exists to provide vital care and support to all those whose lives are affected by leukaemia, lymphoma and the allied blood disorders. Our work extends to the welfare of families and carers, as well as that of patients themselves.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Foundation

We are extremely grateful to our many generous donors and sponsors who made it possible for us to invest more than $550 million in research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma since its founding in 1949.

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health works in alignment with Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and the child health programs of Stanford University. Our mission is to elevate the priority of children's health, and increase the quality and accessibility of children's health care through leadership and direct investment.

National Children's Cancer Society

The National Children's Cancer Society(NCCS) helps childhood cancer patients become childhood cancer survivors.

Okizu

The mission of Okizu is to help all members of families affected by childhood cancer to heal through peer support, respite, mentoring, and recreational programs.

Pinky Swear

Helping kids with cancer and their families with financial and emotional support.

Prevent Cancer Foundation

The mission of the Prevent Cancer Foundation is cancer prevention and early detection through research, education and community outreach to all populations, including children and the underserved.

Ronald McDonald House Charities

Keeping families with sick children together and near the care and resources they need.

The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation

Our mission is to raise funds for scientific research and heighten public awareness of this most devastating disease and to improve prognosis and quality of life for those that are affected.

Vs. Cancer

Vs. Cancer empowers any sports team, any athlete, any community to help kids with cancer. As a signature fundraising campaign of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, proceeds are split between child life programs in local hospitals and national pediatric brain tumor research.

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