Our Story

February 8, 2026

“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.”