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Children's Cancer Community

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Children's Cancer Community (formerly Sonoma Children's Cancer Foundation) is an organization dedicated to providing a support network of information, companionship and hope to children and families living with cancer. Our focus is in the North Bay Area with support extending throughout Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Solano Counties. Our work is carried out through support groups, information and resource referrals, and family assistance programs. There is no charge for any service or program for children with cancer and their families.Visit Children's Cancer Community's website at: www.hopeforcancerkids.org
For more information about Children's Cancer Community please visit our website at hopeforcancerkids.orgSubscribe to our e-newsletter!You can also email Michael Irvine, our Assistant Executive Director, by clicking here .Please note that due to the limited resources of Children's Cancer Community we are only able to log on to MySpace once a week. Therefore, please be patient with us regarding your friend requests and messages. Thank you all for your support.

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Join me in supporting Children's Cancer Community, one of my favorite charities, just by searching the internet. You search and GoodSearch donates to Children's Cancer Community.Help up us spread the word about our group by adding our logo (which links to our website) to your profile. Copy and paste the html code to the right.If every MySpace friend of Children's Cancer Community donated just $1 we could raise almost $1250. $5 from each friend would mean almost $6,250 and $10 each would mean almost $12,500! Every little bit helps, please donate what you can.Add a fundraising widget for Children's Cancer Community to your profile just by clicking the share button at the bottom of the widget!Subscribe to our e-newsletter!&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&a mp;nbsp&nbsp
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Volunteer:If you would like to volunteer for Children's Cancer Community you now can no matter where you live or when you have free time.
Children's Cancer Community has just posted a list of virtual volunteer opportunities on their brand new website. Visit www.hopeforcancerkids.org and click on the 'Volunteer' page to view the document that lists the opportunities. You can also view the list by clicking here .

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Our Programs: Support Groups:
Children’s Cancer Community holds three support groups each month. Our support group meetings are held in Sonoma, Santa Rosa and Fairfield with families from all over the North and East Bay Areas participating. Our support group meetings are open to the entire family. Dinner is provided free of charge and the meetings are facilitated by a licensed counselor.Cancer Survival Kits:
Our Cancer Survival Kits provide an invaluable amount of resources and gifts for children diagnosed with cancer and their families. The kits include a folder full of cancer resources and other printed materials customized for the child’s diagnosis, their age and gender, and the hospital where they are being treated. The kits also include a variety of gifts such as: knit hats, handmade blankets, baseballs hats, coloring books, cancer related books, stuffed animals, childhood cancer wristbands, pens and pencils, toy cars, and gift cards for groceries, gas, restaurants. Our Cancer Survival Kits contain gifts and resources worth hundreds of dollars.Memorial Scholarships:
Our Memorial Scholarship program was started as a way to honor the children that we have lost. The scholarships are given to honor the memory of of David Mello, Cari Bridgeman, Rachel Ann Shiery, Catherine Michelle Scovill, Kole Riggs, Nick Malkassian, Brandon Times, Brandon Grossi, Nick Snow, and Taylor Lamke. By supporting students’ college education with annual scholarships we honor the children we have lost to cancer year after year. Click the following link for information about our scholarship program .Family Assistance:
When a family has a child diagnosed with cancer, the lives of all the family members are turned upside down. And even the most financially stable families have struggled during cancer treatments. Even with good insurance, medical costs can be astronomical. Some medications cost more than $100 per pill. Then there are the bridge tolls, parking, gas, phone, and time off work. The Children's Cancer Community's family assistance program helps families pay for everything from utility bills to fun escapes. Since 1998 Children's Cancer Community has given $295,183.00 for direct Family Assistance.Special Events and Activities:
Children’s Cancer Community regularly organizes special events and activities for our families. Some of the events and activities we regularly organize are: San Francisco Giants game outings, Holiday Parties. Other event and activities that we have organized include: camping trips, river rafting weekends, Scandia Family Fun Center outings, pottery workshops.For information about upcoming events and activities please visit our Current Calendar page.Bone Marrow Drives:
Children’s Cancer Community helps to raise awareness of the need for bone marrow transplants, and we are committed to saving lives by adding more people to the National Marrow Donor Program’s international database registry. Since 1998 CCC has added almost 600 new people to the registry by funding and publicizing bone marrow testing drives.Cancer Library:
CCC has a cancer library available to our members and their families. Our library consists of many different books that have donated to us and that we have purchased. We have a wide variety of books and we are regularly expanding our collection.

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Heroes:

We think that all children who have fought cancer are heroes. Here are the names of our heroes: Aubrie Maze, Michelle Bertrand, Kelly Anderson, Cassidy Ogletree (Age 4), Kai Griest, Jamie D. Monaghan, Sydney Fieber, Baby D...If you would like to add a name to our list of heroes please send us a message by clicking here .Subscribe to our e-newsletter!

My Blog

You can help a child with cancer.

Children's Cancer Community is launching a major fundraising campaign that will help us continue to support families that have a child with cancer.I am asking you to help us continue our important wor...
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Wed, 07 May 2008 10:50:00 PST

Children’s Cancer Community posts June calendar

Children's Cancer Community posts its' June Calendar. Highlights of this month's calendar include: -Children's Cancer Community Celebrates it's 11th Anniversary -June 1st is National Cancer Survivors'...
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:40:00 PST

Children’s Cancer Community offer ’Virtual Volunteer’ opportunities

If you would like to volunteer for Children's Cancer Community you now can no matter where you live or when you have free time. Children's Cancer Community has just posted a list of virtual volunteer ...
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:28:00 PST

We need your help!

Hello everyone,We do not often ask you for financial support but we have a family that is in serious financial trouble and they need your help. Every little bit helps.The Febles Family has faced sign...
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:37:00 PST

A family in need needs you.

Hello everyone,We do not often ask you for financial support but we have a family that is in serious financial trouble and they need your help. Every little bit helps.The Febles Family has faced sign...
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:36:00 PST

Children’s Cancer Community goes to a Sharks game.

Hello everyone,Last night 18 members of Children’s Cancer Community had the pleasure of going to a San Jose Sharks game. 14 of us sat up in a luxury box and had a fantastic time watching the ga...
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:54:00 PST

Our new website is up and running!!!!

Hi everyone.I am very excited to report that our new website is up and running. I have spent many many hours designing the putting together the site and would love to have all of you take a look. I ...
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:11:00 PST

Add your loved one to our heroes list.

At Children's Cancer Community we think that all children who have fought or are fighting cancer are heroes. Therefore, we would like to add the name of your loved one to our list of heroes. If you wo...
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:18:00 PST

Children’s Cancer Community is now on AIM

Children's Cancer Community is now on AIM. Have a question for us or just want to show your support? Message us using AIM. Our screen name is Hope4CancerKids.
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:34:00 PST

Last big push to 1,000 friends

Thank you to everyone who has helped us add so many friends over the past few weeks. We are only 215 friends short of our 1,000 friend goal which we hope to accomplish before the end of the month. Th...
Posted by Children's Cancer Community on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:33:00 PST