our causes

in addition to the services we provide, we partner with leading organizations to maximize our impact

Learn more about how we are executing on our mission

research

Mission: to cure more children with brain tumors

The Children’s Brain Tumor Project (CBTP) seeks to improve the outcome for children with brain tumors by advancing scientific discovery and clinical research that focuses on targeted therapy, drug delivery, and lower toxicity solutions

The CBTP wants to bring hope to children and their families who are confronted with the diagnosis of a rare and often incurable brain tumor.

recognition

Mission: To provide compassionate, evidence-based nursing care to people with cancer and their families in a healing and innovative environment.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Department of Nursing is made up of almost 5,000 highly skilled nursing personnel, including more than 600 nurse practitioners, 40 clinical nurse specialists, and 32 nurse educators. All are dedicated to delivering expert care to people with cancer and their families.

support

Mission: to provide care and comfort for children with brain and spinal cord tumors while funding medical research geared to better treatments and a cure

Making Headway Foundation offers a continuum of services that includes individual counseling, educational advocacy, in-hospital quality-of-life programs, scholarships, fun family events, medical research grants, facilitating clinical trials, neuro-oncology fellowships, and more.

Assistance

Mission: To raise the awareness and funds necessary to overcome pediatric brain tumors and to help the children and families affected by them.
The hardships that can be associated with having a child going through a difficult treatment regimen or extended hospitalization can be an emotional and financial drain on a family. The IronMatt Family Assistance Program is available to qualified families in need assistance who have a child undergoing treatment for a Brain or Central Nervous System (CNS) cancer.

together, we can make a difference