Websites for Childhood Cancers
www.sickkids.ca/brainchild/
There is information about upcoming events, Brainchild merchandise, and resources and links. We hope to add a section containing personal stories. We invite you to share our personal stories.
www.btfc.org
Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada provides support for adults and children wit brain tumours.
Brainchildcanada@yahoogroups.com
Here you will have an opportunity to chat with other brainchild families from the comfort of your own home. You can ask questions, vent frustration, post accomplishments….share with other families.
www.familyhealthcentre.ca
The goal of the Family Health Centre is to provide families with up-to-date, evidence-based information about all areas influencing child health and family quality of life.
www.fcco.org
A family of Children with cancer is totally run by volunteers. Provides information to newly diagnosed families and believes in strong communication between hospital and families.
www.caringbridge.com
This site allows patients to build there own websites to help keep families and friends informed.
www.royalmarsden.org/captchemo
Interactive comic strip, teaching kids about cancer and their treatments.
Wishes & Dreams Organizations
www.cancerrecovery.ca
Cancer Recovery Foundation’s mission is to educate, empower and encourage cancer patients and their families on all treatment options. Also, provides free Cancer Survivor Kits to men and women fighting cancer. Additionally, the organization provide camp scholarships for pediatric oncology patients.
www.starlightcanada.org
Wishes granted to children who are chronically, critically or seriously ill.
www.songsoflove.org
Here’s something neat for our kids. There is a non-profit organization that will write and record a song personally for seriously ill children. This is a free service.
www.cottagedreams.org
Cottage Dreams connects cancer survivors and their families with donated cottages to provide time away to help bring families back together to recover, reconnect and rebuild their lives in a natural setting. There is no cost, other then food and personal stuff.
wishes@dreams2memories.org
Is a Christian based, non-profit, charitable foundation serving the residents of Ontario, Canada; and Buffalo, New York, USA. They will assist terminally ill parents with children under the age of 15 years (and living in the same home), with an opportunity to have a family last wish experience.
www.sunshine.ca
Sunshine Dreams for Kids makes dreams come true for children challenged by severe physical disabilities or life-threatening illnesses.
www.makeawish.ca
The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Canada is part of the largest not-for-profit wish granting organization in the world, serving 32 countries with International affiliates on five continents. In Canada, there are 8 chapters and a National Office. The Make-A-Wish Foundation exists for one purpose - to fulfill the special wishes of children from ages three through seventeen-years-old who have a life-threatening illness.
www.childrenswish.ca
The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada is dedicated to working within the community to fulfill heart felt wishes for children diagnosed with a high-risk, life-threatening illness.