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Here for Hope for Families with Childhood Cancer
For nearly 50 years, Candlelighters has provided comfort, community and support for families in Oregon and SW Washington battling childhood cancer.
We make sure no family faces childhood cancer alone.
Who We Serve
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, everyone in the family and the child’s community is impacted. This is why we offer programs and services for the whole family throughout the lifelong journey of childhood cancer.
Candlelighters’ Story
Candlelighters For Children With Cancer was founded in 1977 by five families who had one thing in common: a child impacted by cancer. Today, nearly 50 years later, Candlelighters has served over 100,000 family members through the crisis of childhood cancer.
Our Impactmore numbers
100000+
family members served since 1977
40+
family events held each year
$100000+
in emergency financial assistance
2500+
families served each year
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Candlelighters stands by local families facing childhood cancer by offering a range of programs for the entire family and a strong community across Oregon and SW Washington for families in crisis. All of our programs are free of charge and we welcome families at every stage of the childhood cancer journey. As we like to say, once a Candlelighter always a Candlelighter. Individual, foundation and corporate giving sustain our vital programs. Your support brings comfort when it is needed most. Every donation makes a real difference.
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We’ve had some very special guests at this year’s Ride for a Child! 💛
Yesterday, some of our 2026 Honored Children joined us at our base camp in Southern Oregon! 🥳
We also held our Ride Out, where riders and Honored Children took a short community ride together around the park
Our Honored Children are the motivation behind Ride for a Child, and continue to inspire us year after year🎗️
Thank you to all of this year’s Honored Children and their families!
#rideforachild #candlelighters #childhoodcancerawareness #cycleoregon
And we`re off! 🎉
Ride for a Child 2026 is underway down in Southern Oregon!
Today, the team is taking on 38-67 miles of cycling at the @cycleoregon rally 🚴
The Ride for a Child base camp is set up and ready, and our riders are repping their teams with our 2026 jersey design featuring the names of this year`s Honored Children!
Tonight is extra special, as we`ll be celebrating the 2nd birthday of our of Honored Children–Cohen!
Stay tuned for more updates and for our Honored Child Ride Out happening soon 👀
#rideforachild #candlelighters #cycleoregon
Can you believe fall is just around the corner? 🍁
We have lots of fun family events planned across the state during September and October!
We`ll be having our signature Fall Harvest event on October 15–join us for a fun evening at Frog Pond Farm!
To RSVP and view detailed descriptions of each event, visit the Family Activities link in our bio 🔗
#candlelighters #childhoodcancerawareness #PDXnonprofit
Tomorrow`s the big day! 🚴
The Ride for a Child team is heading down to Southern Oregon tomorrow in preparation for the first day of the @cycleoregon Rally on Saturday!
Our riders have been busy training for the big ride! Check out some snapshots from their training rides 📸
Thank you so, so much to all of this year`s incredible riders, sponsors, and our Tent & Porter crew for making all of this possible!
Let`s cheer on our riders for all of their hard work and wish them a safe and memorable ride this year!
#rideforachild #cycleoregon #candlelighters #childhoodcancerawareness #bikepdx #rfac
