March is kidney cancer awareness month, and we’re talking with our community about our shared experiences. Mollie Worcester, our Board President, was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor as a very young child. Learn more about how it affected her and her family, and...
Emme (right) is part of our Luminaries youth leaders, a volunteer and advocate for Candlelighters and brain cancer awareness. She was diagnosed with Medullablastoma in 2009. Here, she shares about the special bond she has with her mom, Nicole. Q: What caregiver has...
Throughout the month of February, we’re making an extra effort to ensure parents, caregivers and healthcare workers know just how much their care means to the childhood cancer community. The Survivorship Program at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital cares for...
The Thull family has been through quite a few challenges the past couple of years since we profiled them in Family That Shines. Along with COVID and Jared’s cancer treatments, wildfires and home evacuation were also part of their world. When Jared’s mom,...
Meet Indie! Indie is 4, and her brother, River, is 6. Indie lives with mom, dad, and her brother. Her mom, Ashley, says Indie is very girly, she loves to dress up in princess dresses and put on play makeup. Indie and River play legos together, something they...
“Bryson’s dimples are what we call “lady killer dimples” and he has all the nurses wrapped around his fingers because of them,” says his mom. It’s easy to see why! 5 year old Bryson was diagnosed with brain cancer last February....
