families with children with cancer
Organization: Candlelighters for Children with Cancer
Description:
Candlelighters is a non-profit organization, providing support to over a thousand families affected by childhood cancer in Oregon and SW Washington. Candlelighters offers support and services, without regard to economics, race, religion, choice of physician(s) or health care facilities.
Candlelighters provides frontline assistance to families of cancer patients, ages 0-21, as they battle the emotional stresses of their experiences.
Meetings, personal assistance and activities for families provide the outlets needed to share the fear and frustrations caused by childhood cancer.