Support

Bandaides & Blackboards
"A site about growing up with medical problems -- for kids and adults"
www.faculty.fairfield.edu/fleitas/contents.html

Cancer Care
"Provides free, professional help to people with all cancers through counseling, education, information, referral and direct financial assistance"
www.cancercare.org

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
"Provides education, support and services for families of children with cancer, survivors and the professionals who care for them"
www.candlelighters.org/main.stm

The Children's Cause - Education and Advocacy
"Brings the voices of families and survivors to national policies"
www.childrenscause.org/home.html

Children's Hospice International
"Provides education, training and technical assistance to those who care for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families"
www.chionline.org

Locks of Love
"Provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from medical, long-term hair loss"
www.locksoflove.org

Wigs for Kids
"Provides hair replacement solutions for children affected by hair loss"
www.wigsforkids.org

The Compassionate Friends
"Grief support after the death of a child"
www.compassionatefriends.org

Adventure for Wish Kids
"Support and long-lasting memories for kids with life-threatening illnesses and their families"
www.afwkids.org

Cancer Directory - Special Needs & Services
www.cancerdirectory.com

Pediatric Pain
"A publication designed to provide easy access to standard pediatric pain management information"
is.dal.ca/~pedpain/pedpain.html

Pediatric Pain Education
"A site dedicated to management of pain in kids and adults"
pedspain.nursing.uiowa.edu

Patient Advocate Foundation
"Seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of financial stability"
www.patientadvocate.org

Health Care Choices "Dedicated to education the public about health care"
www.healthcarechoices.org

OUTLOOK - Life Beyond Childhood Cancer
"Addressing the needs of survivors of childhood cancer and their families"
www.outlook-life.org

Pediatric Oncology Resource Center
"One-stop center for parents of children with cancer…by parents of children with cancer"
www.acor.org/ped-onc

National Patient Air Transport Helpline
"Provides information about all forms of charitable, long-distance, medical air transportation"
www.npath.org

Corporate Angel Network - Transportation Assistance
"Arranging free air transportation for cancer patients traveling to treatment"
www.corpangelnetwork.org/patient/index.html

Ronald McDonald Houses
"Providing a 'home-away-from-home' for families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals"
www.rmhc.com/home/index.html

Angel Flight
"The shortest distance between home and hope"
www.angel-flight.org