Kids Fight Cancer
The Mission of Kids Fight Cancer

To design, develop, and implement oncology activity centers that focus on the psychological needs of pediatric cancer patients in order to comfort their physical pains through education, social interaction, and creative expressions through arts and crafts.

 

To fund palliative care programs for families with terminally ill children in order to lessen the stresses imposed on both the patient and the family by providing in home comfort, and financial, emotional, and physical support.

 

To provide financial assistance to leading cancer research physicians with hopes of finding cures, vaccinations, and immunologic interventions.

Goals

$5,000,000 goal by 2012

  • $2,000,000 will be used to fund the construction of a state of the art Oncology Activity Center at Children’s Memorial Hospital
  • $1,500,000 will be used to provide funding in perpetuity for the staff, programs, upkeep and maintenance of the Activity Center 
  • $1,000,000 will be used to fund the Palliative Care Program at Children’s Memorial Hospital to provide professional, emotional and medical assistance to families with terminally ill children
  • $500,000 will be used to work with architects and designers to develop Oncology Activity Centers at other Children’s Hospital throughout the United States

 

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