There’s No Place Like HOPE – A Guide to Beating Cancer in Mind-Sized Bites by Vickie Girard is a survival guide for cancer patients and their families. Regardless of the type of cancer, this is an immediate, practical, and inspiring guide that will empower any patient to better fight and survive the disease. According to Girard, cancer is a beatable, treatable, survivable disease.
Northwestern Mutual Foundation offers two scholarships: one for childhood cancer survivors and one for siblings of those affected by childhood cancer. These students deserve every opportunity to pursue higher education and continue to achieve their dreams. Both are open to individuals of age 25 and under, who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs. Their scholarship program is currently the only cancer-related scholarship program that honors the challenges that siblings of patients endure.
The Cancer Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery by Rebecca Katz & Mat Edelson. This new and revised edition of the IACP award-winning cookbook brings the healing power of delicious, nutritious foods to those whose hearts and bodies crave a revitalizing meal, through 150 new and updated recipes.
Spare Key’s mission is to provide assistance to families with a critically ill or seriously injured family member. No matter the illness, no matter the injury, no matter the income. They help families “Bounce and Not Break” through their Help Me Bounce platform, harnessing the power of crowdfunding to connect thousands of families directly to donors. Spare Key is committed to helping families stay by their loved one’s side by relieving the stress, anxiety and financial burden that comes with a medical crisis.
Elephants and Tea is a media company with the mission to help adolescent and young adult patients, survivors and caregivers know they are not alone in their fight with cancer. The Elephant in the room is cancer. Tea is the relief conversation provides. Be Heard. Join the Herd.
The Samfund provides support to young adults who are struggling financially because of cancer. Through direct financial assistance and free online support and education, the Samfund helps young adults survive and move forward with their lives after cancer. Examples of Samfund grants include helping young adult survivors get out from under medical debt, start a family, pay back student loans, or keep their home.
“Fibrolamellars of the World Unite!” is a closed Facebook group, so only those touched by the disease can be part of it. We encourage all newly diagnosed patients and their families to join. FWU! is a place where FLC patients and caregivers can exchange information, share experiences, and support one another. Just go to Facebook, type in the group name and request to be included. An administrator for the group will get back to you quickly.
Air Charity Network serves all 50 states and its volunteer pilots utilize their own aircraft, fuel and time to provide free air transportation to medical facilities for citizens who are financially distressed or otherwise unable to travel on public transportation. Air Charity Network members also coordinate flights to fly organ transplant candidates, people involved in clinical trials, chemotherapy or other repetitive treatment, disabled or sick children to special summer camp programs, and for many other humanitarian reasons.
The Fibrolamellar Registry is focused on helping patients advance research into fibrolamellar by sharing their medical information with researchers. Its patient registry gathers survey information, medical histories, and test results for patients with FLC, and stores them in a highly secure database.