THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF PEDIATRIC CANCER
On November 6th, 2019 we walked down to the lobby of the hospital without our 8 year old daughter Liv. We had spent the previous 6 weeks living there while she received end of life care. My husband put in our parking ticket and the total was almost $3,000. These are the added financial costs of childhood cancer that is not often thought about. Our foundation is proud to offer our financial assistance program to qualifying families. If your family lives in New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania and is in need of financial assistance, please download and complete the form on this page. Applications must be completed in full, and will be processed in the order they are received.
1 in 4 FAMILIES
report losing more then 40% of their income as a result of treatment-related work disruption.
1 in 3 FAMILIES
face other work disruptions like having to quit or change jobs.
1 in 5 CHILDREN
who receive a new diagnosis of childhood cancer are already living in poverty.
$833,000
is the average cost associated with childhood cancer.
Our friend, Jaxson.
Just after his 1st birthday Jaxson was diagnosed with ATRT Brain Cancer. He completed 1 1/2 years of chemo/radiation on 12/20/16. Unfortunately in February 2020 a routine MRI showed that Jaxson’s cancer had returned. Liv like a Unicorn learned that Jaxson loved police officers and collecting police patches, so we wanted to help. This summer Liv like a Unicorn collected hundreds of police patches on Jaxons behalf. We made a special delivery with some police officers to present not only police badges, but gift baskets for both of Jaxson’s brothers. Through our family assistance program, we were able to provide the family with a check.
Remembering our friend, Jaxson
