The following excerpt is
taken from Appendix C of Childhood Leukemia: A Guide for Families, Friends,
and Caregivers, 2nd Edition by Nancy Keene, copyright 1999 by O'Reilly &
Associates, Inc. For book orders/information, call (800) 998-9938. Permission is
granted to print and distribute this excerpt for noncommercial use as long as
the above source is included. The information in this article is meant to
educate and should not be used as an alternative for professional medical care.
Candlelighters Childhood
Cancer Foundation
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 460
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (800) 366-CCCF
Fax: (301) 718-2686
Email: info@candlelighters.org
Web: http://www.candlelighters.org
Founded
in 1970, Candlelighters has more than 40,000 members worldwide. Some of the free
services provided by Candlelighters are a yearly bibliography and resource
guide, quarterly newsletter, youth newsletter, and various handbooks to help
families of children with cancer.
Candlelighters
Childhood Cancer Foundation Canada
National Office
55 Eglinton Avenue E, Suite 401
Toronto, ON Canada M4P 1G8
Phone: (416) 489-6440 or (800) 363-1062 (Canada only)
Fax: (416) 489-9812
Email: staff@candlelighters.ca
Web: http://www.candlelighters.ca/
Provides
the same services as US Candlelighters.
American
Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329-4251
Phone: (800) ACS-2345
Web: http://www.cancer.org
Has a
national network of employees and volunteers who implement research, education,
and patient service programs. Although programs differ according to state and
province, some widely available programs are patient-to-patient visitation,
transportation to appointments, housing near treatment centers, equipment and
supplies, support groups, literature on a large variety of topics, summer camps
for children with cancer, research and educational programs.
Canadian
Cancer Society
565 W. 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC Canada V5Z 4J4
Phone: (604) 872-4400
Web: http://www.bc.cancer.ca/
Provides
same services as the US Cancer Society.
Childhood
Cancer Ombudsman Program
P.O. Box 595
Burgess, VA 22432
Fax: (804) 580-2502
Email: gpmonaco@rivnet.net
This
free service helps children with cancer and their families who are experiencing
difficulties in gaining access to appropriate education, medical care,
healthcare cost coverage, and meaningful employment. Services include medical
library searches, a second opinion program, and help resolving problems with
insurance or discrimination.
The
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
1311 Mamaroneck Ave.
White Plains, NY 10605
Phone: (212) 573-8484 or (800) 955-4LSA
Fax: (212) 856-9686
Web: http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
This
organization provides financial assistance to families (up to $750/year for
outpatients), funds research, sponsors a national program in education for the
public and the medical community, and publishes a large number of booklets on
cancer-related topics.
The Academy for Guided
Imagery
P.O. Box 2070
Mill Valley, CA 94942
Phone: (800) 726-2070
Web: http://www.healthy.net/univ/profess/
schools/edu/imagery/index_netscape.html
This
organization can assist in locating a professional in your area to help your
child learn visualization.
The
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
33 West Grand Avenue, Suite 402
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: (847) 297-3317
Web: http://www.4woman.gov/nwhic/references/mdreferrals/asch.htm
A
membership organization for doctors, psychologists, and dentists who use
hypnosis in their practices. For referral to a local member, send request with
S.A.S.E.
The
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
2212 Sixth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: (800) 466-4232
Web: http://www.dredf.org/
Answers
questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act, explains how to file a
complaint, and provides dispute resolution.
Job
Accommodation Network (JAN)
West Virginia University
918 Chestnut Ridge Road, Suite 1
P.O. Box 6080
Morgantown, WV 26516
Phone: (800) 526-7234 or (800) ADA-WORK
Web: http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
An
international consulting service that provides free information about how
employers can accommodate people with disabilities. The service also provides
information on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Canada, JANCANA is
a service of Human Resources Development Canada and the Canadian Council on
Rehabilitation and Work.
National
Cancer Institute (NCI)
Cancer Information Service
Building 31, Room 10A16
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: (800) 4-CANCER
Fax: (301) 231-6941
CANCERFAX: (301) 402-5874
Web: http://www.nci.nih.gov
Provides
a nationwide telephone service for people with cancer, their families and
friends, and the professionals who treat them. The NCI answers questions and
send out informational booklets on a variety of cancer-related topics. CANCERFAX
provides treatment guidelines, with current data on prognosis, staging, and
histologic classifications. To use CANCERFAX you need a fax machine with a
telephone set to touch-tone dialing. A recording will give you instructions.
National
Childhood Cancer Foundation
440 E. Huntington Drive
P.O. Box 60012
Arcadia, CA 91066-6012
Phone: (626) 447-1674
Fax: (626) 447-6359
Web: http://www.nccf.org
Supports
pediatric cancer treatment and research in more than 115 hospitals in North
America and Australia. Their newsletter, Childhood Cancerline, provides
information on new treatments and psychosocial support.
National
Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
1010 Wayne Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 650-8868
Fax: (301) 565-9670
Web: http://www.cansearch.org/
An
organization that addresses the needs of long-term cancer survivors and
advocates for change in healthcare to maximize survivor's access to optimal
treatment and support. Extensive publications list.
National
Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHY)
P.O. Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013
Phone: (800) 695-0285
Web: http://www.nichcy.org/
A
clearinghouse that provides free pamphlets and information on disabilities and
the rights of disabled children and their parents.
PDQ
(Physician Data Query)
Phone: (800) 4-CANCER
Web: http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov
PDQ
is the National Cancer Institute's computerized listing of accurate and
up-to-date information for patients and health professionals about cancer
treatments, research studies and clinical trials.
Starbright
Foundation
1990 S. Bundy Drive, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (310) 442-1560
Fax: (310) 442-1568
Web: http://www.starbright.org
Co-chaired
by Steven Spielberg and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Starbright Foundation is best
known for its online network of interactive, virtual-reality playgrounds where
seriously ill, hospitalized children across the country meet, talk, and play to
help cope with the pain, stress, and anxiety of treatment. For teens who are
ill, "Videos with Attitude" offer guidance from peers who have
"been there." The videos are free to families and come with a parent
guide.
Association for the Care
of Children's Health (ACCH)
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (609) 224-1742
Web: http://www.acch.org/index.htm
A
nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization of health professionals and parents
that promotes psychosocial health of children and their parents. It sponsors
conferences, provides advocacy resources, and publishes journals, newsletters,
and booklets.
Brave
Kids
1592 Union Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone: (415) 561-2393
Fax: (815) 461-6614
Web: www.bravekids.org
This
program and web resource center for children with chronic or life threatening
illnesses provides a directory of healthcare specialists, medical information,
chat rooms, games and contests, and an online store for children with special
health needs. Brave Kids also provides computers to seriously ill children from
low-income families.
Cancer
Care, Inc.
1180 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 302-2400 or (800) 813-4673
Fax: (212) 719-0263
Web: http://www.cancercare.org
A
national, nonprofit organization that provides referrals, one-on-one counseling,
specialized support groups, and educational programs.
Cancer
Cured Kids
P.O. Box 189
Old Westbury, NY 11568
Phone: (516) 484-8160 or (800) CCK-7525
Fax: (516) 484-8160 (call first)
An
organization dedicated to the quality of life of kids who have survived cancer.
They supply information about educational and psychosocial needs.
Center
for Attitudinal Healing
33 Buchanan Drive
Sausalito, CA 94965
Phone: (415) 331-6161
Web: http://www.healingcenter.org/
A
nonprofit, nonsectarian group that sponsors local and national workshops for
children with catastrophic or life-threatening diseases and their siblings. The
center uses music and art in a supportive program to help children ages six to
sixteen share their feelings about their situation. They have also published
several excellent books.
Chai
Lifeline/Camp Simcha
National Office
48 West 25th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 255-1160 or (800) 343-2527
Fax: (212) 255-1495
Web: http://www.chailifeline.org/
A
national, nonprofit Jewish organization that provides support service programs
to children and their families in crisis, including medical referrals, support
groups, visits to hospitalized and housebound children, financial aid,
transportation, a kosher camp for kids with cancer, and more.
ChemoCare
231 North Avenue West
Westfield, NJ 07090
Phone: (908) 233-1103 or (800) 55-CHEMO (outside New Jersey)
Fax: (908) 233-0228
Provides
one-to-one emotional support to cancer patients and their families undergoing
chemotherapy, radiation, and/or surgery, from trained and certified volunteers
who have undergone the treatments themselves.
Child
Life Council
11820 Parklawn Drive, Suite 202
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: (301) 881-7090
Fax: (301) 881-7092
Web: http://www.childlife.org/
Promotes
the well-being of children and families in healthcare settings by supporting the
development and practice of the child life profession with training conferences,
publications, and information.
Children's
Hopes & Dreams Foundation
280 Route 46
Dover, NJ 07801
Phone: (973) 361-7366
Fax: (908) 459-9399
Web: http://www.childrenscharities.org/childrens_wishes.html
This
organization operates a free, worldwide pen-pal program for children ages five
to seventeen with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or life-threatening
illnesses.
Coping
Magazine
P.O. Box 682268
Franklin, TN 37068
Phone: (615) 790-2400
Fax: (615) 794-0179
A
bimonthly publication for people whose lives have been touched by cancer.
Famous
Phone Friends
9109 Sawyer Street
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Phone: (310) 204-5683
Links
children who are confined to the hospital or home due to injury or illness by
telephone with entertainers and athletes. Referral by physician, nurse, hospital
volunteer, or treatment center social worker.
Friends
Network
P.O. Box 4545
Santa Barbara, CA 93140
Attention: Kenon Neal
A
national, nonprofit organization that distributes The Funletter, a full-color
activities newsletter, to children with cancer.
Love
Letters, Inc.
P.O. Box 416875
Chicago, IL 60641
Phone: (630) 620-1970
This
free service, started by a mother whose son died of cancer, is run by a group of
volunteers who send letters, cards, and gifts to catastrophically ill children.
This is not a pen-pal organization. Confidentiality is guaranteed.
National
Children's Cancer Society
Phone: (800) 532-6459
Web: http://www.children-cancer.com
Helps
children affected by childhood cancer and their families by providing financial
assistance, advocacy, education, and emotional support.
Parents
Caring and Sharing
c/o Chumie Bodek
109 Rutledge Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: (718) 596-1542 or 596-9002 (call during business hours, Eastern time)
Provides
outreach, a support network, and newsletter for Jewish Orthodox families with
children with cancer. Holds monthly meetings and links families of children with
similar diseases.
Songs
of Love Foundation
P.O. Box 750809 Dept P
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: (800) 960-SONG
Email: SongsLove@aol.com
Web: http://www.songsoflove.org/
A
nonprofit organization with a volunteer group of more than 200 artists who
produce personalized musical portraits for children with chronic or
life-threatening diseases.
Additional resources for
bone marrow or stem cell transplant families are listed at http://www.bmtnews.org.
The
Barbara DeBoer Foundation
2069 S. Busse Road
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
Phone: (847) 981-0130 or (800) 895-8478
Helps
identify and utilize resources in your community to raise funds for transplants.
Blood
& Marrow Transplant Information Network
(formerly BMT Newsletter)
2900 Skokie Valley Road, Suite B
Highland Park, IL 60035
(847) 433-3313 or toll-free (888) 597-7674
Fax: (847) 433-4599
Email: help@bmtnews.org
http://www.bmtnews.org
Publishes
Blood & Marrow Transplant Newsletter, for bone marrow, peripheral
stem cell, and cord blood transplant patients, and books on bone marrow and stem
cell transplantation. Also available are the Transplant Center Database of more
than 250 transplant programs in the US and Canada, a resource directory, an
attorney referral service for those having difficulty persuading their insurer
to pay for treatment, the Patient-to-Survivor Link Service, and a comprehensive
web site.
Children's
Organ Transplant Association
2501 Cota Drive
Bloomington, IN 47403
Phone: (800) 366-2682
Web: http://www.cota.org
Provides
fundraising help.
National
Bone Marrow Transplant Link
29209 Northwestern Highway #624
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (810) 932-8483 or (800) LINK-BMT
Web: http://comnet.org/nbmtlink/
Provides
a hot line, peer support, a library, a clearinghouse, and suggestions for
financial assistance.
National
Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
3433 Broadway Street, NE, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Phone: (800) MARROW-2 (donor information) or (800) 526-7809 (patient search)
Fax: (612) 627-8195
Web: http://www.marrow.org
The
NMDP has the world's largest computerized listing of potential bone marrow
donors-3,500,000 in 1999. The NMDP has cooperative search arrangements with many
other registries worldwide. They also provide information on transplant centers
in the US, as well as corporate recruitment programs.
Transplant
Recipients International Organization, Inc.
1000 16th Street NW, Suite 602
Washington, DC 20036-5705
Phone: (202) 293-0980 or (800) TRIO-386
Fax: (202) 293-0973
Email: trio@primenet.co
Web: http://www.trioweb.org/index.html
Transplantation
and organ donation information and resources for transplant candidates,
recipients, donors, and their families.
See Blood & Marrow
Transplant Information Network under Bone marrow and stem cell
transplantation.
Cancer
Fund of America
2901 Breezewood Lane
Knoxville, TN 37921
Phone: (800) 578-5284
Fax: (615) 938-2968
Web: http://www.cfoa.org/
Helps
defray cancer-related expenses not covered by insurance.
The
National Transplant Assistance Fund
6 Bryn Mawr Avenue
P.O. Box 258
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Phone: (610) 527-5056 or (800) 642-8399
Web: http://www.transplantfund.org
Provides
fundraising assistance and donor awareness material to transplant patients
nationwide.
Patient
Advocacy Coalition
850 E. Harvard Avenue, Suite 465
Denver, CO 80210
Phone: (303) 744-7667
Fax: (303) 744-7876
Web: http://www.patientadvocacy.com/
Helps
resolve insurance reimbursement problems.
Patient
Advocate Foundation
780 Pilot House Drive, Suite #100-C
Newport News, VA 23606
Phone: (757) 873-6668 or (800) 532-5274
Fax: (757) 873-8999
Email: patient@pinn.net
Web: http://www.patientadvocate.org
Publications,
help with insurance problems, referrals to attorneys.
The
Sparrow Foundation
1155 N. 130th, Suite 310
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 745-5403
Web: http://www.sparrow-fdn.org/
Provides
help with fundraising for any medical needs.
Air Care Alliance
Phone: (800) 296-1217
Web: http://www.aircareall.org
ACA
is a nationwide association of humanitarian flying organizations.
Corporate
Angel Network, Inc. (CAN)
Westchester County Airport, Building 1
White Plains, NY 10604
Phone: (914) 328-1313
Fax: (800) 328-4226
Web: http://www.corpangelnetwork.org/
A
nationwide, nonprofit program designed to give patients with cancer the use of
available seats on corporate aircraft to get to and from recognized cancer
treatment centers. Patients must be able to walk and travel without life-support
systems or medical attention. A child may be accompanied by up to two adults.
This service will also fly donors. There is no cost or financial need
requirements.
DreamLine,
Inc.
Contact: Bob Iverson
1701 N. Clybourn
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: (312) 202-9000
Fax: (312) 202-0188
Web: http://www.bobiverson.com/dreamline.htm
Provides
free airline travel for children with serious illnesses needing emergency
medical treatment or to travel for vacation.
Hope
Air
Proctor & Gamble Building
4711 Young Street
North York, ON Canada M2N 6K8
Phone: (416) 222-6335
Fax: (416) 222-6930
Web: http://www.hopeair.org/homee.html
An
organization that provides free air transport to Canadians in financial need who
must travel from their own communities to recognized facilities for medical
care.
National
Patient Air Transport Hot Line
24-hour hot line: (800) 296-1217
Web: http://www.npath.org/
Specialists
refer callers to the most appropriate, cost-effective charitable or commercial
services, including volunteer pilot organizations and special airline transport
programs.
For many children with
cancer, having a dream fulfilled by a wish organization creates a special,
joyous memory. Dreams range from trips, to taking friends out for high tea, to
getting a computer. Often parents think that wishes are available only for
children in the last stages of their life, but this is not the case. Many
organizations grant wishes to children in remission from cancer and other
diseases or chronic conditions. Some questions you might ask when determining
which organization to apply to are:
Listing these organizations
does not constitute endorsement. The best way to choose is through careful
questioning of the organization and through recommendations from other families
who have experience with the organization.
B.A.S.E.
Camp Children's Cancer Foundation
c/o Terri Jones
4651 North Pine Hills Road
Orlando, FL 32808
Phone: (408) 297-9648 (call for information and request form well in advance of
arrival date)
Fax: (407) 298-3928
Does
not grant wishes, but does help obtain free or reduced price tickets to Walt
Disney World, Universal Studios, and other central Florida attractions, for
children with a hematology/oncology disease and their immediate family. The
child with cancer must be on treatment when tickets are used. B.A.S.E. needs to
receive a written request and doctor's statement (containing child's name,
disease, and whether he/she is medically able to visit any central Florida
attraction) between two and three weeks prior to your arrival date in Florida.
The
Brass Ring Society, Inc.
National Headquarters
551 East Semoran Boulevard, Suite E-5
Fern Park, FL 32730
Phone: (800) 666-9474
Web: http://www.worldramp.net/brassring/index.html
The
society has chapters in all 50 states and grants wishes to children who suffer
from life-threatening or terminal illnesses.
The
Children's Dream Factory of Maine
Doris Simard or Skip Welch
400 US Rte. 1
Falmouth, ME 04105
Phone: (207) 781-3406 or (800) 639-1492
Grants
wishes for chronically or seriously ill children from Maine.
Children's
Happiness Foundation
PO Box 266
Marshfield, MA 02050
Phone: (617) 837-9609 or (800) 424-3543
Fax: (617) 837-5229
Serves
New England children ages 3 to 18 with life-threatening or chronic degenerative
diseases.
Children's
Wish Foundation International
8615 Roswell Road
Atlanta, GA 30350
Phone: (770) 393-WISH or (800) 323-WISH
Fax: (770) 393-0683
Email: wish@childrenswish.org
Web: http://www.childrenswish.org/
US or
Europe. Fulfills wishes of terminally ill children.
The
Children's Wish Foundation
Joel Jones, Director
c/o New Hope Center
100 E. Sybelia, Suite 300
Maitland, FL 32751
Phone: (407) 629-8920
Fax: (407) 629-7206
Orlando-based
organization that grants wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses who
have not yet reached their 18th birthday. Focuses primarily on children who
reside in Florida, but has also granted wishes to children from other parts of
the US, Canada, England, and Russia.
The
Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
95 Bayly Street, Suite 404
Ajax, Ontario
Canada L1S 7K8
Phone: (905) 426-5656
Fax: (905) 426-4111
Web: http://www.childrenswish.ca/
The
national office for the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada. The foundation has
chapters located across Canada, so parents can contact the national office for
the chapter closest to them. The goal of the foundation is to provide a once in
a lifetime experience for children suffering from high risk life-threatening
diseases. Children are eligible from 3 years of age and over but under the age
of 18 years before the time the request is received.
Dreams
Come True, Inc.
Emory Clinic-Peds. Heme/Onc
1365 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (778) 248-3496
Serves
any child with cancer or chronic blood disease treated at Emory University Heme/Onc
Clinic. Dreams submitted by children.
The
Dream Factory, Inc.
PO Box 3942
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: (800) 456-7556
Fax: (502) 584-0023
Web: http://www.slnedu.com/sites/dream/index.html
Chapters
in 30 states. Grants wishes of children ages 3 to 13 who are seriously or
chronically ill.
Fulfill-A-Dream
PO Box 3989
Fort Smith, AR 72913
Phone: (501) 785-4130
Serves
eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Fulfills dreams of children 17 or younger
with life-threatening illness.
Grant-A-Wish
Foundation
c/o Brian Morrison, Executive Director
PO Box 21211
Baltimore, MD 21228
Phone: (410) 242-1549 or (800) 933-5470
Fax: (410) 242-8818
Web: http://www.grant-a-wish.org/index.htm
Provides
a variety of special services and programs (such as beach and mountain retreats,
attending Orioles games) to any child up to 18 years of age who is being treated
for cancer. Services are provided free of charge and are available on an ongoing
basis throughout treatment.
High
Hopes Foundation of New Hampshire, Inc.
Box 172
North Salem, NH 03073
Phone: (603) 898-5333 or (800) 639-6804
Web: http://www.highhopesnh.org/
Grants
wishes of chronically ill children and children with life-threatening diseases
in New Hampshire.
Kids,
Inc.
9300-D Old Keene Mill Road
Burke, VA 22015
(703) 455-KIDS
Grants
unfulfilled wishes to gravely ill children 16 and younger anywhere in the US.
The
Lisa Madonia Memorial Fund
409 Veloit
Forest Park, IL 60130
Phone: (708) 366-2057
Fax: (708) 366-2065
Charitable
organization dedicated to granting wishes and providing support to 18 to 25 year
olds with cancer. No geographic boundaries.
Magic
Moments
c/o Children's Hospital of Alabama
1600 7th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone: (205) 939-9372
Fax: (205) 939-9189
Grants
wishes to children 4 to 19 living or being treated in Alabama, who have chronic,
life-threatening diseases, or who have severe trauma (burns, spinal cord, head
trauma).
Make-A-Wish
Foundation of America
100 W. Clarendon, Suite 2200
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Phone: (602) 279-WISH or (800) 722-WISH
Fax: (602) 279-0855
Web: http://www.wish.org/
US
and international chapters and affiliates. Grants wishes to children under the
age of 18 with life-threatening illnesses.
Marty
Lyons Foundation
333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 600
PO Box 9323
Mitchell Field, NY 11553
Phone: (516) 745-8966 or (800) 232-7887
Chapters
in New Jersey, New York, and Florida provide a special wish to children ages 3
to 17 who are terminally ill or have a chronic life-threatening disease.
Operation
Liftoff of Ohio
PO Box 1094
Gallipolis, OH 45631
Fulfills
a dream for children in Ohio and surrounding states who have a life-threatening
illness.
Rotary
Wishing Well, Inc.
Jim Hogue
10900 NE 8th Street #900
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: (206) 462-4606
Fax: (206) 454-4383
Serves
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Arkansas. Provides significant life
experiences for children 4 to 19 with life-threatening or chronic diseases.
A
Special Wish Foundation, Inc.
2244 S. Hamilton Road, Suite 202
Columbus, OH 43232
Phone: (615) 575-WISH or (800) 486-WISH
Web: http://www.spwish.org/
The
Starlight Foundation
International Headquarters
12424 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1050
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (310) 207-5558
The
Starlight Foundation has chapters in the United States, Canada, Australia, and
the United Kingdom. Contact the international office in Los Angeles, California
for further information. The foundation exists to fulfill wishes for seriously,
chronically, and terminally ill children age 4 through 18 years.
Sunshine
Foundation
PO Box 255
5400 County Road 547 N
Loughman, FL 33858
Phone: (813) 424-4188 or (800) 457-1976
No
geographic boundaries. Grants wishes to chronically or terminally ill children,
ages 3 to 21.
The
Sunshine Foundation of Canada
148 Fullerton Street, Unit 1710
London, Ontario
Canada N6A 4P3
Phone: (800) 461-7935
Fax: (519) 642-1201
Web: http://www.sunshinefoundation.org/
The
Sunshine Foundation of Canada has chapters across the country. Call the national
office and ask for the chapter closest to you. The foundation works to fulfill
the dreams of children who are challenged by life threatening illnesses or
severe physical disabilities. Dreams are granted for children between 3 and 19
years of age.
Teddi
Project
c/o Camp Good Days and Special Times
1332 Pittsford-Mendon Road
Mendon, NY 14506
Phone: (716) 624-5555 or (800) 785-2135
Fax: (716) 624-5799
Priority
given to children from Central Florida and the upstate New York area, especially
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and Binghamton. Serves chronically or
terminally ill children ages 7 to 17.
Wish
Upon a Star
California Law Enforcement
Maureen Logan, Director
PO Box 4000
Visalia, CA 93278
Phone: (209) 733-7753
Serves
children in the state of California. Nonprofit, law enforcement effort designed
to grant wishes of children afflicted with high-risk and terminal illnesses.
Wish
With Wings, Inc.
Pat Skaggs or Kim Clark
PO Box 3479
Arlington, TX 76007
Phone: (817) 469-9474
Fax: (817) 275-6005
Serves
children living in or being treated in Texas. Grants wishes for children 3 to 16
with life-threatening diseases.
The
Wishing Star Foundation
Doug Raper, Director; Sharon Johnson, Wish Coordinator
539 W. Sharp
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 325-9803 or (800) 685-6956
Fax: (509) 325-1778
Web: http://www.wishingstar.org/
Serves
Idaho, eastern Washington, and some areas of Oregon and Nevada. Grants wishes to
children 3 to 19 with life-threatening diseases.
Wishing
Well Foundation
Jim Reid
PO Box 717
St. Louis, MO 63188
Phone: (314) 272-6190
Web: http://www.wishingwellusa.org/
Grants
wishes to children in the St. Louis area only who are chronically or terminally
ill
The Centering Corporation
1531 N. Saddle Creek Road
Omaha, NE 68104
Phone: (402) 553-1200
Web: http://www.webhealing.com/centering/
Publishes
a free catalog which contains an extensive listing of books, cards, and audio-
and videotapes on death and grieving.
Children's
Hospice International
2202 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Suite 3C
Alexandria, VA 22301
Phone: (703) 684-0330 or (800) 24-CHILD
Web: http://www.chionline.org/
The
Compassionate Friends National Office
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
Phone: (630) 990-0010
Fax: (630) 990-0246
Web: http://www.compassionatefriends.org
A self-help organization that offers understanding and friendship to bereaved families through support meetings at local chapters and telephone support (they match persons with similar losses). It publishes a newsletter for parents and one for siblings, and offers a resource catalog with a comprehensive list of books, audio, and video materials on adult and sibling grief