There’s a moment a lot of people reach when they’re deciding whether to give. They pause and wonder: Will this really help?
Yes. Every charitable dollar for Hope & Heroes vitally matters in our life-saving work on behalf of patient children and their families.
Not because one gift solves childhood cancer overnight, but because the strongest charities stay close to the work. They are in proximity to the families, care teams, and institutions they support. That closeness helps direct support where it is needed most, when it is needed most.
Learn more about How Your Donation Helps.
Philanthropy Fills the Gaps
Pediatric cancer care and research are moving forward often. Hospitals and researchers do extraordinary work. Still, the needs are monumental and ongoing, and even the strongest institutions rely on charitable support to expand what is possible.
Philanthropy helps in two critical ways: It fuels progress in vital research and clinical efforts, and it supports children and families with urgent needs that can affect care in real time.
At Hope & Heroes, philanthropic giving funds innovative research and supports programs that care for the whole family. It also helps meet practical needs families face during treatment, including:
- Housing and food insecurity support
- Transportation assistance for appointments
- Psychosocial and educational support
- Integrative therapies and nutritional interventions
This is why your donation matters. For many families, the challenge is not only the diagnosis, but everything that comes with it.
Where Support Meets Real Needs
Sometimes the value of giving is easy to see, such as supporting research that uncovers a new treatment and brings it closer to clinical use. Other times, it is immediate and practical, helping keep care on track.
To put this in real terms, here’s one example. A mother of three was managing everything while her 15-year-old received leukemia treatment. Appointments were frequent, and the family was stretched very thin. Then, transportation became unreliable at the worst possible time for the immunocompromised patient child.
In pediatric cancer care, exposure to viruses on public transportation can be life-threatening and missed appointments can become a big problem. They can imperil treatment plans and add great stress to families who are already carrying a lot.
Because of donations we receive throughout the year, we were able to help this mother secure stable transportation so her son could continue getting the treatment he needed.
That is what giving does.
It removes barriers, supports stability, and helps families focus on their child’s care. At the same time, it helps advance research, so more children facing a cancer diagnosis have better options in the future.
Keep Care and Progress Moving
If you’ve supported Hope & Heroes, thank you. Your generosity helps families and advances the work happening at the premier pediatric cancer centers across the NY–NJ–CT region.
If you haven’t given, your support today can still help keep care and research moving forward for children with cancer and blood disorders.
And if this message resonates with you, please share it. Every dollar counts, especially when it helps a child get what they need, right when they need it.
