Candlelighters For Children With Cancer was founded in 1977 by five families who had one thing in common: a child impacted by cancer. At the time, there were no organizations that connected and supported families going through this journey. Now, nearly 50 years later, local families have come to depend on Candlelighters for support, connection and assistance.
With chapters in Southern Oregon, Mid-Willamette Valley, Central Oregon and PDX/Vancouver, Candlelighters offers a range of services to help families deal with the devastating impacts of pediatric cancer.
With the help of emergency financial assistance, family activities, in-hospital programs, youth programs, support groups, scholarships and more, we supply families with the resources and community they need while navigating a childhood cancer diagnosis.
Today, the organization has supported over 100,000 family members through the crisis of childhood cancer.
“When our daughter was diagnosed with leukemia, our first encounter with someone other than the medical staff at Doernbecher was Candlelighters. It was the scariest time of our lives and yet even for only a second, our lives felt somewhat normal. Candlelighters’ volunteers were genuinely interested not only in our story, but who we were before our story of cancer began. It was exactly the light we needed to be shone on our lives.”
Candlelighters Throughout the Years
