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Believe In Tomorrow National Children's Foundation is a twenty-five year-old, non-profit organization with a mission to provide unique programs that bring comfort,joy and hope to critically ill children and their families. We believe in keeping families together during a child's medical crisis, and that the gentle cadence of normal family life has a powerful influence on the healing process. Believe In Tomorrow has provided more than a quarter of a million overnight accommodations to children from every state in the United States. Our programs include Children's Hospital and Retreat Housing and Hands On Adventures that provide ongoing support to children and families from the child's diagnosis to the end of the treatment process.

Established in 1996 as a grassroots initiative, we are dedicated to "Being The Bridge for Williams County residents facing financial challenges due to cancer diagnoses. Over the years, we've consistently upheld this mission, serving as a vital connection during times of crisis. At the heart of our work is a commitment to prioritizing individuals and their families, providing personalized services. In response to the changing social and economic landscape, we offer resources and guidance to navigate life changes. Our primary focus is to establish a solid foundation for treatment planning, extending financial assistance for medication, mileage, and other medical expenses. Join us in being the bridge that makes a meaningful impact on the lives of those in our community.

Mission: The HealthWell Foundation reduces financial barriers to care for underinsured patients with chronic or life-altering diseases. The HealthWell Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to help underinsured patients living with chronic or life-altering diseases afford their prescription drug copayments, health insurance premiums, deductibles and coinsurance and other out-of-pocket costs. HealthWell's vision is to ensure that no patient, adult or child, goes without essential medical treatments because they cannot afford them. Since 2004, we have helped more than 320,000 patients afford their medical treatments and lead healthier, more fulfilling and productive lives.

Created in 1998 by Lynne Cohen's three daughters, the mission of the Foundation is to support and enable collaborative, multi-institutional research combating ovarian cancer through prevention and early detection. The Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research is a national nonprofit organization uniquely positioned to fight ovarian cancer. A network of preventive care clinics, a consortium of researchers from prestigious cancer centers around the country, and a national registry of high-risk patients from geographically diverse communities comprise the core of our direct efforts. From this multi-institutional research platform, we seek to increase survival rates for women with ovarian cancer by supporting research for the prevention and early detection of the disease.

Coalition Against Cancer (CAC2) is a collaborative network of organizations and individuals who support and serve the childhood cancer community. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.The mission of CAC2 is to foster and sustain greater levels of coordinated action, information exchange, learning, and broad-based collaboration through agreed-upon initiatives in four areas: research and treatment, family services, awareness building, and advocacy. CAC2 works to benefit the childhood cancer community - including both its membership and childhood cancer patients, survivors, and their families - through greater levels of coordinated action that leverage the unique strengths and expertise of its members, minimizing waste of precious resources in order to drive better outcomes for childhood cancer patients and their families.

THE GOG FOUNDATION, INC. (GOG FOUNDATION) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN THE QUALITY AND INTEGRITY OF CLINICAL AND BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES, INCLUDING CANCERS THAT ARISE FROM THE OVARIES, UTERUS, CERVIX, VAGINA, AND VULVA. OUR INSTITUTIONS AND INVESTIGATORS ARE ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTORS TO ADVANCEMENTS IN TREATMENT REGIMENS, SURGICAL PROCEDURES, QUALITY OF LIFE ANALYSES, AND PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE. THE RESULTS OF GOG FOUNDATION CLINICAL TRIALS HAVE INFLUENCED THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR NUMEROUS MALIGNANT GYNECOLOGIC NEOPLASMS. THE MISSION OF THE GOG FOUNDATION IS TO CONDUCT CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH THAT POSITIVELY IMPACTS WOMEN THROUGH THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES. THE VISION OF THE GOG FOUNDATION IS TO BE THE PREMIER COLLABORATIVE NETWORK FOR TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH IN GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES.

Founded in 1957, the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California is the first and oldest, non-profit, social service sickle cell disease agency in the U.S. The MISSION of the SCDFC is to provide life- enhancing programs and services to individuals with sickle cell disease, to broaden public aware- ness about sickle cell disease and to promote medical research to find a cure. Currently approximately 250 million people worldwide carry the gene responsible for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other hemoglobin diseases. Each year about 300,000 infants are born with a major hemoglobin disease worldwide. In the US, 10% of the population is at risk for SCD. It is estimated that there are approx. 5,000 persons with sickle cell disease in Los Angeles.

The Charlotte Maxwell Clinic's mission is to support and empower low-income women with cancer by providing free access to compassionate, integrative care, including acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, guided imagery, movement, and nutritional advice. These evidence-based modalities offer relief from the side effects of cancer and its treatments, and contribute to increased rates of survival and quality of life. They are rarely covered by insurance and are too costly for women living in poverty. Since 1991, CMC has provided integrative cancer care and health education free of charge to thousands of underserved women with cancer. Our vision is that all low-income women with cancer achieve the highest attainable health during their cancer journey.

The mission of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) is to eradicate mesothelioma as a life-ending disease. Malignant mesothelioma is a rare cancer of the linings of the chest or abdomen. Asbestos exposure is the only known cause. The Meso Foundation solicits and rigorously reviews applications, and then awards significant grants, for research on the prevention, early detection, and treatment of mesothelioma. Through its web site and literature, its direct communications, and annual Symposium the Foundation provides patients, family members and physicians with hope, encouragement, and information. The Meso Foundation employs a full-time mesothelioma nurse practitioner to help patients navigate their treatments. In addition, the Foundation works to enhance awareness of this disease and to encourage federal funding for research.

Reel Recovery is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides free Fly Fishing Retreats for men living with all forms of cancer. Our mission is to help men in the cancer recovery process by introducing them to the healing powers of the sport of fly-fishing, while providing a safe, supportive environment to explore their personal experiences with cancer, with others who share their stories. Reel Recovery provides a unique and innovative program of support and education to men in cancer survivorship. We conduct free fly-fishing Retreats that blend outdoor activity with directed psycho-social support activities, to offer a relaxed, reflective environment for men to come together, share their stories and gain a network of support among people with common experiences.

It is our mission to aid in the fight against cancer by raising our voices in song. Through song we celebrate those we love, remember those we have lost, honor those who fight, and rejoice for those who survive. With music as our voice, we raise awareness and funds to support those who conduct the research and create the hope of finding a cure for generations to come. Our inspirational performers, whose lives have all been affected in some way by cancer, share stories of hope, loss, and courage through song, dance, and testimonials, allowing for an intimate and inspiring look at our collective fight against cancer. To that end, VOH dedicates its performances and additional fundraising efforts to this life-changing cause.

Tough2gether Foundation is fighting childhood cancer. It's personal to us! We've watched too many children die from DIPG, the most terminal childhood cancer. In fact Tough2gether Foundation was founded by Jace Ward, who at 20 fought DIPG for two years while advocating for others, raising funds to expand trials and starting this foundation. We work daily to care for families in the fight by providing information and supporting their financial needs. Central to our mission is fueling research and clinical trials and to fill the gaps in the current pediatric cancer system. We're bringing people who care together to change the patient data landscape and the way clinical trials operate from a single approach to combinations. Team up with us to end DIPG and all childhood cancer as we know it.