When a child or teenager has a serious medical condition, everyone in the family is affected. For nearly 25 years, Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation has dedicated itself to helping seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities. Starlight's programs have been proven to distract children from their pain, help them better understand and manage their illnesses, and connect families facing similar challenges so that no one feels alone. Through a network of more than 30 offices, Starlight provides ongoing support to children, parents and siblings in all U.S. states and Canadian provinces with an array of outpatient, hospital-based and Web offerings. Programs are also delivered internationally through affiliates in Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Click here to visit the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation website.

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation

Each year in the United States, approximately 13,500 children will be told that they have cancer. This means that each and every school day, 46 children - two entire classrooms of children - are diagnosed with cancer. Despite the increasing success of treatment, childhood cancer remains the number one disease killer of our children. One third will die from their disease.

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation has been providing support, education and advocacy for the littlest cancer patients and their families since 1970. With services now being provided through the national office as well as more than 275 local chapters, we have become the largest childhood cancer support foundation in the US. All services are provided without charge and include: educational books; national newsletter; hot-line; local support group meetings; family activities; in hospital support programs and national advocacy. Your kind contribution, enables us to continue providing needed services to the littlest cancer patients, as they face the battle for their lives ...because kids can’t fight cancer alone!

Click here to visit the Candlelighters website.