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Why is Childhood Cancer Careline needed in our communities?
Imagine waking up one day and being told your child has cancer. Yearly, more than 350 families in the Puget Sound area receive this news and their world is turned upside down.
Most are treated at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma and Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, U.W medical centers, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Our History
The organization was formally know as Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Puget Sound and was founded in August of 2001.
In the past 4 years with fundraising, sponsorships, corporate donations and private donation we raised over $450,000.00 to help support local childhood cancer families through our programs.
The foundation provides programs at no charge to families, including a number of annual fund raising events and a quarterly newsletter reaching over 3,500 members, to assist families fighting cancer and to increase awareness of the issues surrounding the illness.
In December of 2005 the Board of Directors wanted the vision and mission to focus more on a local giving program. With this direction we made the adjustments to make a name change to the corporation.
Although we have changed our name, the foundation will still have the same tax ID #, P.O. Box and physical address, phone, fax, Board of Directors, provide the same programs and events.
Our Board Member's are honored to be part of a foundation that is focused on cancer patients and their families. To support children and their parents while going through a traumatic life experience is humanitarian. We strongly believe in supporting families through our programs that have been affected and touched with children diagnosed with cancer.
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