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Welcome Executive Director Daniela Meltzer
After a long search, Candlelighters is excited to announce our new Executive Director, Daniela Meltzer. Here's a word from Daniela herself, Greetings Candlelighters, I am thrilled and honored to be the new Executive Director of Candlelighters For Children With Cancer!...
Shop Childhood Cancer Awareness Shirts
Stand Together Tee Shirt Fundraiser is Here! We're in year 4 of doing a tee shirt fundraiser for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! We started the tee shirt fundraiser during COVID, as a way to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer families. Each year, we...
Family Day Fun
There was so much fun to be had at our first ever Family Day on April 20! What was Family Day? A Candlelighters celebration of epic proportions open to all Candlelighters families, new and old. The only complaint we heard? It was too short! Family Day took place on...
Girl Scouts Make a Sweet Donation
Girl Scout Troop 41125 arrived at Candlelighters offices on a rainy day in April. It took a bit to unload cars, and several trips parading through the hallway with wagons stacked high with lemon-ups, trefoils, tagalongs, do-si-dos and toffee-tastics. Eventually, a...
Seeking: Honored Kiddos for 2024 Ride for a Child
Be part of Candlelighters biggest, longest-running fundraiser! What is Ride for a Child? Twenty-three years ago, Candlelighters family member Dick Hartung rode in Cycle Oregon in honor of his daughter, Jill. During his ride, he started a fundraising appeal that went...
Parent Mentorship Program Pilot Program Launches
Candlelighters is excited to announce a "new" program - the Parent Mentorship Program. We say "new" in quotes, because the idea for this program has been in development for nearly 4 years! It began with the recognition that there is an unmet need of social-emotional...
Join Us for Our First Open House
Candlelighters is hosting our first-ever OPEN HOUSE, and we hope you can join us! Our new space is double the size, which allows us to grow and serve with more in-person gatherings for connection and community building. We are excited for you to see our new home! This...
Welcome Jason Frankel
Welcome, Jason Frankel. Welcome our newest Candlelighters Board Member, Jason Frankel. Jason’s first encounter with Candlelighters was close to 7 years ago when a friend asked if he would donate an evening at his house for the silent auction. After that event, he...
Candlelighters Night at Thursday Night Motocross
Check out this great KOIN 6 story featuring Candlelighters and our community partner, Thursday Night Motocross! Thursday, September 14 TNMX will be all about Candlelighters. Thursday Night Motocross is super fun family friendly night to watch action-packed dirt bike...
Here for Hope in September
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month A question we ask each day is: How does our community spark hope in the face of childhood cancer? A stuffed animal to provide comfort at the beginning of treatment? New friends at Candlelighters Family Camp? It...
We Moved!
We have moved our office! We are now at 10700 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Suite 360 in Beaverton. That’s just right next to Uwajimaya Beaverton, and across from Target and Chik-fil-a, not that any of us have noticed 😉 What does this mean? It’s a bigger space,...
2023-2024 Scholarship Awards
2023-2024 Scholarship Awards This year, with generous donors and deserving applicants, Candlelighters awarded more scholarships to childhood cancer survivors than ever before. Congratulations to all of the recipients! We applaud the hard work and perseverance that got...
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