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Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, an affiliate of the Cancer Support Community, is dedicated to providing support, education and hope to all people impacted by cancer, including family members and friends of those diagnosed. Free of charge to everyone, Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee’s evidence-based programming for men, women, children and families includes support groups, healthy lifestyle workshops, mind-body classes, social activities, educational lectures and community resource information. Offering approximately 70 professionally-led support and networking groups, and more than 80 educational workshops and lectures each month from two locations, Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee is able to make a tangible difference in the lives of those impacted by cancer. We build community, so no one has to face cancer alone. Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee mission is to ensure all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.

Cancer Care Services supports cancer patients, cares for caregivers, and empowers survivors to reduce the impact of cancer in Tarrant County.

To be a leader in our community’s efforts to fight cancer and reduce its burden throughout the continuum of care utilizing:Education and community awarenessPrevention and early detectionBehavioral and nutritional scienceResearch and innovative technologies

Zcharia came to Kansas City in 2005. He soon became involved with the Kerala Association of Kansas City and became the sports coordinator. He became an active member of the volleyball community in Kansas City, participating in their Friday practices, local tournaments, and even the famous Jimmy George Volleyball Tournament held in New York. More than playing, he enjoyed connecting with people and introduced many people to volleyball. In 2010, he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. This put a damper on his ability to play the game he enjoyed. But soon after his first treatment of chemotherapy, he started playing volleyball with his friends again. This ended soon towards the middle of 2013 as his disease got worse. On December 21st, 2013, Zcharia Jose passed away.

To provide support for pediatric children and families who are faced with a life-threatening illness including ATRT, medulloblastoma, or similar brain tumors.

The purpose of the GCS Project is to provide help and hope for women with gynecological carcinosarcoma by providing educational information to patients, families and clinicians, offering patient advocacy, and supporting innovative research by fostering collaborations among scientists, clinicians and families

To support children fighting cancer and their families primarily by providing material support but also by raising funds to support pediatric oncology research and by providing some funding to support pediatric oncology nurse education

STOMP The Monster™ provides financial and other support to cancer patients, their families, and caregivers when they need it most – during their fight with the disease. We promote a healthy lifestyle with proper diet and exercise, leading by example, and provide funding for potential advances in prevention and treatment.

The Allyson Whitney Foundation, Inc. is a charity non-profit organization that empowers and fights for the interests of young adults with rare cancers. Their vision is to improve the quality of life while a young adult is going through a cancer treatment. Allyson Whitney Foundation primarily provides individuals and their families with Life Interrupted Grant to ease their financial burden so that they can concentrate their energy on healing and not worry about the stressors of bills that come with a diagnosis. The pursuit is shine a light on an underserved demographic of young adults and to bring awareness to the word 'rare' in a cancer diagnosis. Their belief is that All Cancers Matter.

TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM WOMEN'S CANCERS AS WELL AS IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WOMEN AFFLICTED WITH CANCER

Team Why We Ride & The Real Estate A-Team work together to raise money 4 breast cancer with Cans 4 C

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.