The best cancer treatment in the world can only save a child if a family can reach it.
Every three minutes, a parent hears four words that change everything: “Your child has cancer.”
The good news is that advances in pediatric cancer treatment have dramatically improved survival for many childhood cancers. But those advances only matter when children can access them.
Because childhood cancers are rare and complex, the specialized physicians, technology, treatments, and clinical trials children need are often concentrated at major pediatric medical centers. For families living hundreds of miles away, getting to the right care can mean leaving home, missing work, separating from loved ones and taking on significant expenses—sometimes for weeks or months at a time.
Where a child lives should never determine their chance of survival.
At Brent’s Place, we believe a family’s ZIP code should never determine a child’s chance of survival.
That belief is why we provide a medically safe, no-cost home steps from Children’s Hospital Colorado. But Brent’s Place is more than housing—we are a healing community. Families receive meals, transportation, food assistance, family programming, caregiver support, and a community that surrounds them throughout treatment.
No parent should have to choose between paying for housing and getting their child to treatment.
Throughout Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, you can help make that possible for even more families.
And this September, your generosity goes twice as far.
Thanks to the May Family Foundation, every gift will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $40,000. Together, we have the opportunity to unlock $80,000 to help families overcome the distance between a childhood cancer diagnosis and the lifesaving care their child needs.
Give today. Double your impact. Help give every child the best possible chance at survival.
