Cal’s Angels provides hope
and
support
to kids and families fighting cancer!
Cal’s Angels, a Chicagoland based 501(c)(3), brings hope and support to hundreds of kids fighting cancer and their families every year. Everything Cal’s Angels does is centered around their mission of granting wishes, raising awareness and funding research to help kids fighting cancer. WISHES It all starts with a comfort kit provided to the family and filled with items to make their hospital stay more comfortable. This is just the beginning of a relationship built with the child fighting cancer and their family. Cal’s Angels also: hosts monthly hospital parties, grants $1,000 wishes, offers sibling assistance for extracurricular activities, delivers the holidays to families of a child fighting cancer under special circumstances, decorates homes with holiday lights, holds a year-round Toy Drive, and hosts a Fantasy Flight to the North Pole in partnership with United Airlines. AWARENESS Pediatric cancer affects over 40,000 children each year with 46 newly diagnosed children every day. Help to raise awareness for the gold ribbon and help kids with cancer! Cal’s Angels’ Awareness Programs include: Going Gold during Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month (September) for Chicagoland schools, businesses and towns. Year-round Head Shaving Events, a Glow Walk, Chicago Marathon & Fox Valley Half Marathon teams, and Social Media Awareness Campaigns. RESEARCH Cal’s Angels has committed $1,000,000 to the Cal’s Angels Drug Discovery Program at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. This program will allow for the first Echo 550 robotic drug screening system, which will work 382 times faster than a human. Additionally, the program will provide the acquisition of a new and updated drug library, increasing drug options to over 11,000. This is the next step to finding more treatment options with less toxicity and eradicating the horrific side effects associated with pediatric cancer. Every child deserves more!
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Granting wishes, raising awareness and funding research to help kids fighting cancer.
