Samantha’s Update: “More than I ever expected” It turns out, Samantha’s first year has been even better than she imagined. Heading into the last half of the school year, we were curious how the 2022-2023 Scholarship Awardees were feeling about...
Joey and the Luminaries in the local news! Joey, Christian and Sea, pictured at Candlelighters Family Camp – and all of our Luminaries group continue to inspire the community. Joey and his mom, Melissa shared what it was like for Joey and their family to find a...
Meet Aidyn, Candlelighters Programs intern, cancer survivor and Luminaries member, “My name is Aidyn Reed and I was diagnosed with cancer when I was 14 years old. I went into Randall Children’s Hospital with kidney and heart failure and got diagnosed a week...
My name is Garrett Waggoner, I am from St. Helens Oregon and when I was 16 years old I was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma, a type of brain cancer. Candlelighters helped me and my family while we were going through this emotional time. As I am typing this I am 22...
Cameron Caldwell is an Osteosarcoma Survivor in his junior year in Bio-Health science at Oregon Institute of Technology in Southern Oregon. He’s one of 3 recepients of a Candlelighters Scholarship for 2021/2022. When he applied for the scholarship, he told us he...
In 1996, Candlelighters For Children With Cancer established the Candlelighters Continuing Education Scholarship Program for childhood cancer survivors to help families offset medical bills after years of treatment, follow up appointments, and on-going medical issues....
