Childcan

Since 1974, Childcan has been raising awareness and funds to provide personalized, responsive, and compassionate emotional, financial, and social support programs and services to families facing the childhood cancer journey from diagnosis, through treatment, post-treatment care, or bereavement. The organization also funds innovative research at Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences, and has a vision to make childhood cancer a health priority and expand family supports until childhood cancer is eliminated. Learn more at www.childcan.com

Faced with the news that their child has cancer, families from across western Ontario have turned to Childcan for direct support since 1974. Financial assistance, emotional support, social programs, research funding – it’s all supported solely by donors who get involved because they know that childhood cancer is an experience that nobody thinks they will face, let alone one that families can prepare for. They know that Childcan makes a very real difference to those families:

• Helping cover unexpected expenses;

• Providing a truly listening ear; 

• Offering activities and information designed specifically for each family’s new reality; 

• Funding research closer to home; and 

• Leading advocacy and awareness building so that long lasting change can be achieved.

Childcan mirrors the catchment area of Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, supporting families from Windsor-Essex to Kitchener-Waterloo, from the shores of Lake Erie north to Grey-Bruce and beyond.