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Shanti Project exists to enhance the health, quality of life and well-being of people with terminal, life-threatening or disabling illnesses or conditions. Through a continuum of services, including in-home and onsite patient and care navigation, emotional and practical support and preserving the human-animal bond, Shanti strives to achieve the highest medical and quality of life outcomes for San Francisco’s most vulnerable.

The National LGBT Cancer Network works to improve the lives of LGBT cancer survivors and those at risk by: EDUCATING the LGBT community about our increased cancer risks and the importance of screening and early detection; TRAINING health care providers to offer more culturally-competent, safe and welcoming care; and ADVOCATING for LGBT survivors in mainstream cancer organizations, the media and research.

Every day, 43 families learn that their child has cancer. These families are rushed to the hospital to begin treatment - scared, alone, and without any basic amenities. That's where we step in. We have been where you are. We know how much comfort the little things can bring, like a letter of personal encouragement, a bottle of shampoo, or a clean pillowcase for your child to lay on. Learn how we're making a difference today.

The mission of the CT Cancer Foundation is to provide financial assistance to CT cancer patients and their families to help with basic living expenses, such as rent, mortgage, and utilities, and to fund research.

Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area ensures that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community. Cancer Support Community provides comprehensive integrative care - including counseling, support groups, nutrition, exercise and patient education programs - for people with cancer and their families or caregivers. Our services enable cancer patients to partner with their treatment team to manage their treatment and recovery most effectively, increase their chances for survival, reduce their chances of recurrence, and provide for the highest possible quality of life.

The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) was founded in 1973 to support cancer research and public education relating to the prevention, early diagnosis, better treatments and, ultimately, a cure for cancer. NFCR promotes and facilitates collaboration among scientists to accelerate the pace of discovery from bench to bedside. NFCR is committed to Making Cures Possible – cures for all types of cancer.

We are Boys For Infinite Hope Inc, raising funds locally to fuel opportunities that can improve the outcomes for individuals everywhere. Childhood friends that decided that were are not too young to make a difference. We have each had experiences in our own life that touched us deeply and ignited in us a passion to give back. Once cause at a time, money raised through our fundraisers is used to find cures for and raise rareness of specific ills important to one of us. Spreading hope one cause at time.

Through this organization we hope to be able to: Raise Pediatric Cancer awareness and the fact that children are dying every day waiting for promising new treatments Fund pediatric cancer research and advances in treatment, especially as it relates to their long-term effects (including prevention, detection and treatment) Help fund programs that have been proven to enhance the quality of life of children with cancer (ie, equestrian lessons, art lessons , etc.)Sofia's Hope, Inc. is dedicated to the over 13,000 children diagnosed each year with cancer and their families

To be a place where anyone touched by cancer can find the support and resources to live life to the fullest.

Christmas Without Cancer identifies need and then provides gifts and basic necessities to Chicagoland families with members stricken with cancer so to allow the beauty of Christmas to shine through while family members find comfort in their devotion to one another.

To eradicate cancer as a life-threatening disease in children by funding promising and innovative childhood cancer research that might otherwise go unfunded.

ACCF helps alleviate the financial burden felt by patients who are struggling due to the costs associated with a cancer diagnosis and treatment. We provide fast, flexible, compassionate assistance with whatever their greatest financial need may be, so that they can focus on what matters most -- their treatment and recovery.