Today, 43 children will be diagnosed with cancer. And today, only 4% of federal cancer research funding is dedicated to childhood cancer. It is crucial that we fund safer, more effective treatments and cures for kids with cancer. More here.

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Children’s Cancer Research Fund does not accept donations of hair or other physical items. If you’d like to donate gifts to children at hospitals, email us at outreach@childrenscancer.org and we’ll work with you to find a way to facilitate your gift.

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All of our financial information can be found here. On average, over 80% of all donations went toward our mission of funding better, safer cancer treatments for children.

Unfortunately, when donations are made through Facebook, we are unable to handle the reimbursement. You will need to contact Facebook for that matter. When you made the donation, you should have received an emailed receipt. At the bottom of the receipt there will be a link to Facebook donation support. Here is the link if you didn’t receive it.

Please reach out to our Community Fundraising Manager, Lan Freitag at lfreitag@childrenscancer.org.

At this time, we do not provide direct financial assistance to pediatric cancer families. If you are looking for this kind of assistance, we recommend reaching out to Pinky Swear or other similar organizations.

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Some of the research conducted by doctors and scientists does involve animals, most commonly mice. The FDA does require that any new drug or treatment protocol be tested in animals before it can move to clinical trials with humans. The institutions where we fund research are committed to ensuring that research involving animals not only complies with all ethical, legal and safety regulations, but that it also conducted in a compassionate and humane manner.

For example, dogs develop many of the same types of cancers as humans. Rather than put cancer in an otherwise healthy dog, researchers are treating pet dogs with cancer, and their research helps enhance our understanding of cancer genetics – benefitting dogs with cancer as well as getting new treatments to humans more quickly.

We respect the differing views on use of animals in research. If you’d prefer that your donation not be used for research that includes animals, we can direct your gift to other research areas or patient services.

Yes! CCRF is the beneficiary of Great Cycle Challenge, a month long cycling and fundraising challenge that supports childhood cancer research. If you have a Great Cycle Challenge question, please email us at hello@greatcyclechallenge.com or call 952-999-9422.