Changing the course of childhood cancer
We all have friends, family or loved ones who have been impacted by cancer and all of us, at one time or another, have been pulled into its devastating wake. Cancer is horrible, but there is nothing more unfair than a cancer diagnosis of a child. We invite you to be a part of a community of people dedicated to ending childhood cancers. Together, we can make a difference.
Spotlight
Kids Cancer Care Community for Life
Childhood cancer is a lifelong journey and Kids Cancer Care is there for children and families for life — from diagnosis through treatment and beyond. Growing up with Kids Cancer Care programs, young people experience first-hand the impact of a community that cares. These young leaders grow up to become the change-makers and community-builders of tomorrow. Through their chosen professions or as volunteers and philanthropists, they will help leave the world a better place.
Our Spokeskid
2024 Spokeskid
Meet Nyah, our 2024 spokeskid. Nyah had always been a gifted athlete. By age nine, she had steadily worked her way up to the top teams for her age group. Soccer was all she ever imagined for her future. But all of this changed in 2017 when Nyah was diagnosed with leukemia. She was 10 years old and had just started grade five.
After months of chemotherapy, radiation, and two relapses, Nyah underwent a bone marrow transplant to destroy all the cancer cells. While she is now cancer-free, she has developed a serious medical condition known as graft-vs-host-disease (GvHD). GvHD is a condition that occurs after transplantation when the donor’s healthy immune cells recognize the patient’s body as foreign and attack its cells. For Nyah, GvHD showed up in the muscles surrounding her ribcage, restricting the expansion of her ribcage and her ability to breathe. No wonder she’s always exhausted.
Ever courageous and resolute, Nyah tried to keep up with sports in the beginning. But after four years of intense cancer treatments, she had fallen too far behind her peers and had to give up her dreams of soccer.
Fortunately, Nyah found hope and healing in Kids Cancer Care where she has found a community of youth who are walking a similar path. Through Kids Cancer Care’s camp, PEER exercise, and teen leadership programs, Nyah is rebuilding her life in the wake of cancer. These days, she’s focusing on her studies with the hope of one day becoming a pediatric oncologist.
Our vision
A cure for every child, care for every family.
Our mission
Kids Cancer Care is passionately dedicated to helping young people affected by cancer and their families survive and thrive in body, mind and spirit.
Our values
Respect
Trust
Responsibility
Fairness
