5 Reasons a Donation to Children’s Cancer Cause is the Perfect Holiday Gift
There are few gifts that could be as impactful as one made to Children’s Cancer Cause this holiday season.
The old adage is true - it’s better to give than to receive! Research shows that generous people are happiest. And we truly can’t do our work without your critical support. Together, we can achieve a day when every child with cancer can live a long and healthy life.
If you still need convincing, here are 5 of many reasons to make a tax-deductible, year-end gift to Children’s Cancer Cause:
5. Your support is helping us expand our Stewart Initiative, which is aimed at empowering, educating, and connecting the nation's 500,000 childhood cancer survivors. Your donation will help us reach more adolescent and young adult survivors in the new year.
4. Making a tribute gift to Children’s Cancer Cause is a wonderful way to honor or remember a loved one or special friend. When making your tribute gift, you will have the opportunity to write a heartfelt message to your honoree. We’ll mail a card or send an email - your choice - letting them know of your generosity.
3. Your support gives us a louder and stronger voice on healthcare and cancer policy issues, enabling us to mobilize more grassroots advocates and reach more Congressional offices. We’ve helped draft multiple pieces of legislation that would improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors, but we have a lot of work to do to get them passed into law.
2. Your donation could help us grant an additional scholarship to a cancer survivor through our College Scholars Program. This program is empowering young survivors to achieve their dreams despite the hurdles they've faced. Early in the new year, we’ll begin deciding how many scholarships we can award in 2024 - a decision that’s driven in part by the strength of our year-end fundraising campaign.
1. Cancer never takes a break, so we can’t either. Far too many families will spend the holidays in the hospital with their sick child. When Savannah (pictured above) was two years old, she came down with a fever during the last week of the year. It was New Year’s Eve when her family realized something was seriously wrong with their little girl. She was diagnosed with leukemia on New Year’s Day. “Treatment began immediately with two blood transfusions and platelets,” the now-teenager told us. She would spend the next five months inpatient at the hospital undergoing treatment.
Your generous gift today helps us promote policies and programs that aim to accelerate the development of safer, more effective cancer therapies for children and better address the unique needs and lifelong health challenges experienced by childhood cancer survivors and their families.