Advocacy Groups & Organizations
Pediatric cancer can take a toll on the entire family. The support and advocacy groups listed below can provide education and advice to help your family along the treatment journey.
Advocacy Groups
Momcology is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to extending the benefits of community by providing reciprocal (mutual giving and receiving) peer support models for childhood cancer families. Their mission: to empower and heal pediatric cancer families through the resource of peer support.
The Coalition Against Childhood Cancer (CAC2) is a collaborative network of organizations and individuals supporting and serving the childhood cancer community. Their mission is to effectively advance a variety of childhood cancer causes by unifying the childhood cancer community through broad-based coordinated action and collaboration that leverages the strengths and expertise of its individual members and minimizes duplication of effort.
The Hepatoblastoma Resource Network is an organization whose mission is to provide a credible, consolidated, and current resource for the hepatoblastoma community by providing families, clinicians, and researchers with the latest medical efforts while empowering patient families through registries, trials, and research.
Named a Top 10 Medical Research Organization by Charity Navigator in 2018, Alex’s Lemonade Stand is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to change the lives of children with cancer through finding impactful research, raising awareness, supporting families, and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancers.