Our Partnership with Children’s Minnesota
The team at Children’s Minnesota has become a valued partner with our GFAC program. The team at CM and our team at Lurie’s have developed a close working relationship that supports families seamlessly as they navigate the loss of their child. We are so grateful for their partnership and support. Below is a recent blog…
From our very first breaths, Mikey was my teammate and taught me we’re better off working together
I guess it all starts with this picture, two babies lying together. What you can’t see is that we are lying on a small scale, born so tiny and premature that when our weights were added together, we totaled all of 7.5 pounds. From our very first breaths, Mikey was my teammate and taught me…
Research Shows Families Want Option to Donate Post-mortem Tissue
Families who lose a child to brain cancer, want doctors to give them the option to donate their child’s tissue.
Donating tissue not only contributes to research for a cure, but donating helps families grieve and see something good come from their tragic loss.
These conclusions come after surveying more than 100 families whose children died of brain cancer as detailed in an American Society of Clinical Oncology Journal of Clinical Oncology article. Gift from a Child founders Al and Patti Gustafson co-authored the article, along with clinicians and researchers from seven other institutions.
Project Accelerate
Gift from a Child partner, the Children’s Brain Tumor Network (CBTN) has caught the attention of the NIH in a big way! The National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI)’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) have taken on the herculean task of sequencing the remaining tumor specimens in CBTN’s biorepository! Read…
Holidays Re-Thunk
Over the last 22 months, many people re-evaluated their work-life, how they spend their time, and how they move and live in the world. If a gift of the pandemic is people realizing the preciousness of their life and the life of those they love, we hope the next step is people realizing the preciousness…
Curefest 2021
A beautiful fall weekend in Washington DC was the perfect setting for this year’s Curefest for Childhood Cancer. Curefest is an incredible, impactful event, being one of the world’s largest gatherings of families, advocates, and researchers all looking toward a brighter future of hope and better treatment for childhood cancer. After missing the opportunity to…
Oncoheroes Biosciences And Swifty Foundation United Toward New Cures
RELEASE FROM ONCOHEROES BIOSCIENCES Childhood cancer is considered a rare disease that accounts for about 1% of all U.S cancers. However, childhood cancer is not just one disease – there are more than 12 major types of pediatric cancers and over 100 subtypes. Although pediatric cancer death rates have declined over the past four decades…
Quick Pause
QUICK PAUSE! We’re taking this week to recenter and refocus on why we dove into these topics in the first place. We’ve spoken about toxins in our homes, gardens, golf courses and parks, but how do they relate, and why do they matter? In 2019, more than 16,000 children were diagnosed with cancer. 15% of…
Public Parks
Look at the joy Mikey exudes in this photo at the simple pleasure of being outside with his dad, Al, in a public park close to our home! As schools let out and summertime play begins, it’s time to turn the attention of our childhood cancer prevention campaign to the spaces where children play. Children…
Resources for Safe Babies
As parents prepare to welcome their newest members, it’s vital that they have the resources to make the best choices for their families. Resources like the Getting Ready for Baby’s Safe Baby Products Guide provide an interactive handbook to “understand where chemicals of concern can lurk in products made for babies, and how to find…
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