CCA has been a labor of love for over 20 years. We are single-mindedly dedicated to providing kids with the most powerful joy experiences in the world.
I encourage you to share any suggestions, comments, or ideas— I want to hear them all.
You may know that there are many great organizations out there focusing on cancer research and on finding a cure. But what you might not know is that at the Children’s Cancer Association (CCA), we’re different
We’re not a chapter organization or the franchise of a national model. We’re a local organization, one that started around my kitchen table, 21 years ago, after my oldest daughter Alexandra died at age 5 ½.
At CCA, we believe kids deserve long wonderful lives. Or at the very least, short wonderful lives. We know for certain, that for seriously ill children and their families, every moment is precious. So we focus on those moments, and how we can transform them with music, friendship, play, and resources – or quite simply, with JOY JOY is in our DNA. It’s reflected on our balance sheets, in our business model, in our prescriptive programs, and in everything we do. And that’s pretty different
In fact, CCA is the only organization that is working to position JOY as best practice in pediatric healthcare settings across the nation and one day, around the world.
In the past year alone, with your generous support, we have:
• Delivered JOY to 21,806 seriously ill kids and their families 94,407 times
• Raised $5,411,563 in total revenue
• Launched our flagship MyMusicRx program at Boston Children’s Hospital the #1 ranked pediatric hospital in the nation
• Partnered with Legacy Research Institute on the first-ever clinical trial to measure the effects of live, customized music medicine on postoperative pediatric patients
We are also proud to report that CCA has been recognized by GuideStar, the nation’s premier non-profit database, as a Platinum level charity for our strong commitment to fiscal health and transparency. Less than 0.5% of participating non-profits worldwide have achieved this special distinction.
For 21 years CCA has been fueled by innovation and creativity, by our ability to think and act like a start-up, to create and deliver results-driven programs with measurable impacts that improve the quality of life for seriously ill children and teens.
Without you, we couldn’t do this. You allow us, even expect us, to dream big, to stretch outside the comfort zone of what nonprofits are supposed to look like, to set goals so huge that we may not achieve them in my lifetime, or yours, but achieve them we will.
Make no mistake, with the power of JOY, we are out to change the world.
In Joy, Regina Ellis Founder and Chief Joy Officer Children’s Cancer Association
Celebration of Courage : CCA Heroes
Each year, the Children’s Cancer Association proudly recognizes children and teens who have earned the admiration of our community for their endurance, perseverance, optimism, courage, and strength. This extraordinary group of CCA Heroes is honored before their friends and family at our annual Celebration of Courage, generously hosted by OMSI and emceed by FOX 12 anchor, Wayne Garcia. They are our Heroes in the truest sense; as they fight serious and terminal illnesses, we recognize their remarkable daily victories.
2016 Financial Results + Mission Impact
When seriously ill children, teens, and their families need more than medicine, CCA creates joy one moment at a time. In FY16, CCA provided free service and program interactions 94,407 times to children, teens, family members, and caregivers in more than 200 pediatric settings in all 50 states. This marks a 17% increase since last fiscal year.
IN FY16
Donor contributions are the lifeblood of our organization; CCA receives no federal or state funding. For every dollar spent in FY16, 74 cents went directly to CCA programs. In FY16, CCA continued to invest in organizational best practices and building a strong infrastructure to fuel sustainable program growth, deepen mission impact, and expand service delivery. Expenses allocated to programs once again far exceeded the BBB Charity Accountability Standard requirements that a charity spend at least 65% of its total expenses on program activities.
CCA is a trusted organization that has been recognized for over 20 years as an excellent steward of financial resources. A copy of our latest financial statement is available at JoyRx.org.
ASHER CAOIMHE ELIJAH EMMA
JoyRx Event Spotlight
In May 2015, we celebrated the courage and optimism of this year’s class of CCA Heroes at OMSI. Find out more at JoyRx.org/Spotlight/Category/Stories.
The 7th annual Children’s Pro-Am, led by CCA Board Member Grant Hammersley, raised over $230,000 this year!
33,861 GUESTS ATTENDED EVENTS
The Joy Squad’s inagural Joy Rocks event raised $26,000 and featured a 1920s theme, 35 auction packages, Jacob Miller and the Bridge City Crooners, with a special performance by Chris Funk.
Participants in Bridge City
Paddling’s annual Dawn to Dusk Benefit raised more than $45,000 for CCA by paddling dragon boats for 12 straight hours on the Willamette River.
864,000 MILES PADDLED STROKES
Welcome to the Wonderball! This year’s annual gala celebrated CCA’s 20th Birthday Party in style: complete with party hats, cake, New Orleans’ legendary PresHall Brass Band and the Rose City Rollers. Over 800 guests raised $1.1M to help CCA prescribe joy to seriously ill kids and teens.
MyMusicRx Event Spotlight
On February 19, 2016, with generous support from Converse, MyMusicRx proudly launched bedside service at Boston Children’s Hospital, the #1 ranked pediatric hospital in the nation. Launch day celebrations included performances from progressive folk trio Honeysuckle and GRAMMY nominated, two-time Parents Choice Gold Medal Winner Alastiar Moock. Moock’s daughter Clio who was treated at Boston Children’s Hospital/The Jimmy Fund for leukemia from 2012-2014 (she is doing fine now). As of April 30th MyMusicRx has delivered joyful music medicine experiences to more than 500 kids in Boston.
Board members Ron and Lynn Penner-Ash generously hosted not one, not two, but three amazing benefits for MyMusicRx this past summer at their beautiful winery in Newberg, Oregon. These included an intimate wine blending experience, a sold-out dinner featuring Top Chefs Mei Lin, Doug Adams, and Gregory Gourdet as part of the International Pinot Noir Celebration, and a sunset concert from renowned musicians Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn. Thank you Ron and Lynn!
Valentine’s Day for CCA, our annual on-air fundraiser, raised an incredible $742,000 for our programs of JoyRx. With generous support from our partners at FOX 12 and 105.1 The BUZZ (left, top), listeners and viewers were introduced to a few of our CCA-served kids and families and their incredible stories of joy, triumph, and courage. OF STUMPTOWN COFFEE FUELED OUR STAFF CUPS 6,552
On March 17, 2016, MyMusicRx, The FADER and Converse were proud to entertain hundreds of local moms, dads, and kids during the popular SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX. Our 4th Annual You Who Rock Show for Kids featured a craft zone, giant owl mascots, breakfast tacos from Bon Appetit, and amazing live music from bands like Taco Cat, Cody Chesnutt, and Thao and The Get Down Stay Down. Special thanks to AirJamz, Reverend Guitars, and especially #ToyotaGiving for their incredible $50,000 donation to MyMusicRx.
Thirty craft food/beverage businesses across 62 locations in 10 states joined forces on Valentine’s Day 2016 to donate a percentage of their sales to fuel MyMusicRx program growth. Led by Stumptown Coffee Roasters, participating businesses like Voodoo Donuts (above left), The Country Cat Dinner House (above right), and Rudy’s Barbershop raised more than $25,000.
MyMusicRx ®
Two decades ago CCA began delivering the healing power of music to the bedsides of children and teens facing cancer and other serious illnesses. Today, our trained specialists engage hospitalized children of all ages and diagnoses, playing music for and with them to reduce stress, anxiety, and perception of pain.
MyMusicRx teams utilize state-of-the-art music carts stocked with teachingquality instruments for kids to explore, and iPads loaded with music games and apps. The program extends online at MyMusicRx.org, with exclusive artist greetings, concerts, music lessons, and curated content from across the web. Live, in-hospital concerts from national recording artists complete the MyMusicRx experience.
Since 1995, MyMusicRx has served nearly 150,000 children, families, caregivers, and medical professionals. Our digital programs are available daily to 7,500 kids and teens in 25 pediatric hospitals across the country and growing.
“People underestimate the power of joy when you’re going through a difficult time. Joy makes us feel for that one moment like it’s just a normal day. Sure we’re in a hospital room, yes we might be hooked up to an IV, maybe we don’t have a lot of hair at that time, but we’re playing and we’re having fun, and we’re not thinking about what we are going through and it does make a difference.”
Kim Seely Anna’s Mom
Chemo Pal® Mentor Program
CCA’s award-winning Chemo-Pal Mentor program gives kids a caring, trusted, adult friend to look forward to during treatments, and someone in their corner when they need it most.
Our mentors play games, listen to music, share hobbies, or simply offer the comfort of companionship, relieving the anxiety, loneliness and isolation experienced by children in treatment. A Chemo Pal mentor can also give parents a much-needed break to grab a cup of coffee, talk with doctors, or spend time with their other children.
Each year, CCA delivers the joy of friendship to approximately 240 Pacific Northwest children and teens. CCA Chemo Pal mentors are carefully screened, trained, and thoughtfully matched with families, including those with bilingual needs.
Chemo Pal mentors and kids spend about 4 hours per month together, both in hospital and out in the community enjoying activities like sporting events, concerts, and craft and gaming nights. The average match lasts 12 months, or for the duration of a child’s treatment. CCA provides ongoing support and education for our frontline volunteers. FLYING PIE PIZZAS
“Dustin and Draven (above) are a perfect fit. Chemotherapy doesn’t slow Draven down. He is a bundle of energy and loves to run around Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel. Dustin is a cross country and track coach so he can keep up! The two instantly bonded over their love of dinosaurs and superheroes.”
Kacy Smerke CCA Program Manager
Alexandra Ellis Caring Cabin™
The Alexandra Ellis Caring Cabin provides children and teens that are in treatment, along with their families, an extraordinary place to retreat, relax, and create once-in-a-lifetime memories outside of the hospital environment.
Nestled in 24 acres of surrounding woods with plentiful wildlife and a serene lake, the Caring Cabin provides an essential health connection to nature and healing.
About 40 friends and family members visit CCA’s beautiful Caring Cabin hideaway on the Oregon Coast in a typical month. This free adventure helps restore the energy and hope kids need to battle their illness over the long haul.
CCA’s Caring Cabin was built in 2006 with the love and dedication of friends, foundations, and businesses that donated nearly one million dollars in cash, goods and services, and even the land itself.
Over 4,000 family members have visited since we first opened the Caring Cabin’s doors.
“The house helped create memories that will last forever. We have never stayed in a house as grand as the Caring Cabin. To read all of the prior guests’ notes, and look at all the rocks left by kids before us, created mixed emotions. It was very hard to read and see, but also very joyous.”
Rebekah Gandy Thomas’ Mom
Link
CCA’s Link program takes the profound emotional and financial hardships of a pediatric illness diagnosis head on, engaging a network of caring people and organizations to provide families with essential needs assistance and support. Some of that assistance has included bathroom renovations for wheelchair accessibility; gas cards, new tires, and car repairs to safely transport families to medical treatments; new roofs, furnaces, and hot water heaters; holiday gift support; and special wishes not met by other organizations.
Link provides essential resources and tailored support to nearly 1,000 Pacific Northwest children and their family members annually. Since Link’s inception in 1999, we’ve had the privilege of delivering joy to nearly 8,000 individuals, more than 14,000 times.
“The ability to travel freely is something a lot of us take for granted—we forget the magic inherent in it all. For a family in crisis to be able to hug, smile, laugh, or even cry together when they might otherwise be left so many miles away is a simple gesture. Enabling that togetherness is extremely gratifying to me.”
Generous CCA Friend & Donor
Two-year-old, Aayan, and his mom, Modinat, spent last December in a Portland hospital while Aayan recovered from a bone marrow transplant. Thanks to a generous donor, our Link program was able to fly Aayan’s dad and two siblings to be at his bedside just in time for Christmas.
Our Extraordinary Leaders
CCA is grateful to the community leaders who comprise our Boards and champion our programs, giving generously of their time and talent to make good things possible for the children, teens, and families we serve.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TOM SAND Partner
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP
JOHN SIMPSON
ANALIA EARHART Community Leader & Philanthropist
CHRIS FUNK
Musician, Producer The Decemberists/Black Prairie
+Citizen Inc. Entrepreneur
MATT LOUNSBURY
Vice President Stumptown Coffee Roasters
SUMAN MALEMPATI, MD
Associate Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Doernbecher Children’s Hospital OHSU
ALBERT MENASHE
Attorney & Shareholder Gevurtz Menashe
SUZANN MURPHY
Owner/President (w)here inc.
RON PENNER-ASH Winemaker & Owner Penner-Ash Wine Cellars
SERENE PERKINS, MD
Director of Surgical & Clinical Research, Legacy Research Institute Legacy Health
BOB PROFFITT
President/COO
Alpha Media
MIKE GILLIS
Project Manager
R&H Construction
ROB GLOECKNER
Global Chief Marketing Officer POSSIBLE
SONJA STEVES SVP of Human Resources Legacy Health
DARA WILK
Management Consulting The Wilk Group
CLIFF ELLIS
Honorary Board Member Co-Founder Children’s Cancer Association
FOUNDATION BOARD
TIM PHILLIPS Foundation Chair CEO, Phillips & Company
PAUL GULICK
Co-Founder, In-Focus Founder, Clarity Visual Systems (Retired)
CLARE HAMILL
Vice President, Nike Growth Initiatives Nike, Inc.
REGINA ELLIS
Founder & Chief Joy Officer Children’s Cancer Association
ALLISON CLARKE Co-Chair President Allison Clarke Consulting
JOHN POWERS Co-Chair
Real Estate Broker, Keller Williams CEO of Thrive Realty Group
KRISTIN MINTO Co-Chair
Surgical Territory Manager Straumann
ED DOMINION President D6 Inc.
KRISTIN DUVAL Employee Benefits Consultant
DDI Benefits
ROB ESPENEL
Managing Partner
Thrivent
Financial Services
General Manager
Beynon Sports Surfaces
COREY HANSON
FOX News 12 Director KPTV 12
LISA HYNES
Director, Provider Contracting
Health Net Health Plan of Oregon
ADAM KELLY
Attorney
Columbia Sportswear
ANNA KIMMEL
Principal
Finley Grace Design
CLAYTON KNECHTGES
Networking Sales Manager Aruba Networks
PATRICK MCCABE
Tournament Director Lagardere Sports
KIM MCCLASKEY
On Premise Director
Southern Wine & Spirits Oregon
JENIFER NELLES
Local/Regional Partner Consultant
Standard Insurance Company
PATRICK NEWSOM
Director of Sustainability and
Energy Management Nike, Inc.
CARA NOLAN
Senior Associate - Brokerage CBRE, Inc.
ERIK OLIVERSON
Managing Director
Value Management Tax Practice
KPMG
JEREMY SHATTUCK
President/Head Coach
Bridge City Paddling Club
AMANDA SHEBIEL
Global Brand Design
Studio Director Nike, Inc.
SABRINA SNOW
Vice President
Washington Trust Bank
ASHLEY STANFORD CONE
Public & Community Relations
Consultant
Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Health
KARIS STOUDAMIREPHILLIPS
Community Affairs &
Corporate Responsibility
Moda Health
NANCY TARABOCHIA-HART
Oregon/SW Washington Area
Executive
First Citizens Bank
KELLIE VAVROSKY
Financial Executive for Growth
MAEGAN VIDAL
Physician Outreach Liaison
Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel
ZACK WALLACE
Senior Director of Development &
Campaign Operations
Pacific University
SCOTT WORK Community Leader
AT LARGE
BRYCE AMATO
President/Designer Amato Design Inc.
TODD HALL
Commercial Manager
GE Healthcare
CORY MAHAFFEY
Managing Partner
Northwestern Mutual
JOY SQUAD
MIKE WORTHINGTON
Chair
Mortgage Specialist
Directors Mortgage
ASHLEY MCMULLEN
Philanthropy Chair
Associate Brand Manager Nike, Inc.
MEGHAN HARVEY
Service Chair
Senior Mortgage Loan Officer
Guild Mortgage
JENNIFER AGUILAR
Client Experience
Robert W. Baird & Co.
MEREDITH BEDRICK
Speech-Language Pathologist
Beaverton School District
SARAH BERGER
Senior Account Representative Nike, Inc.
JAY GENTZKOW
Director, Corporate Development &
Investor Relations
FLIR Systems
YUSUF GODIL
Administrative Fellow Legacy Health
KIRA KING
National/Political Sales Coordinator
KPTV/KPDX Fox12
TOMI LESH
Critical Care Nurse
Portland VA Medical Center
GABBIE LINDEMAN
Staffing Manager
Therapists Unlimited
JESSICA MCDONALD
Administrative Assistant GreenWood Resources
ALEXANDRIA MCKINLEY
Client Services Coordinator
The Medical Resource Network, Inc.
KAITLYN MORRELL
Manager of Support Services
Legacy Mt. Hood Medical Center
LUCAS MOTTA
Senior Manager - Business
Development
Beaver Sports Properties
MELISSA OWENS
Jewelry Designer, Owner
Embassy of Life PDX
LINNEA PINTO
Recruiter
Tuality Community Hospital
CHRISTINA REYES
Operations Project Manager US Bank
SARAH ROSS
Customer Experience Consultant The Standard
DAN SCHEINMAN
Sales Manager, Corporate Partnerships
Portland Trail Blazers
MEGHAN SCHEMMEL
Business Systems Analyst Blount International, Inc.
LAUREN SHICK
Classroom Teacher Beaverton School District
KATE SINES
Medical Student OHSU
MYMUSICRX® CHAMPIONS
CLARE HAMILL
Champions Chair Vice President Nike Growth Initiatives, Nike, Inc.
ROB STONE Co-CEO cornerstone/The FADER
CHRISTOPHER ATLAS SVP of Marketing DefJam Records
RYAN BUKSTEIN Director of PR and Marketing
NICHOL CARLSON Director of Strategic Partnerships CHARITYBUZZ
DANIEL CHERRY III Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer Prudential Center & New
JON COHEN
FADER
GEOFF COTTRILL
FAIRCHILD
CHRIS FUNK Artist, Musician, Producer The Decemberists / Black Prairie
L. CAMILLE HACKNEY EVP of Brand Partnerships/ Commercial Licensing & Head of Global Brand Partnerships Council Atlantic Records/WMG
SCOTT HIX Co-Founder SOL REPUBLIC
LIANA HUTH Entertainment Industry Executive
JED LEWIS Global Music Marketing Director Converse
MATT LOUNSBURY Vice President Stumptown Coffee Roasters
SEANN MCKEEL Creator/Director You Who Rock Show for Kids
HEIDI O’NEILL
IAN STEWART VP Global Marketing Converse
BETSY WHITNEY Associate Director, Digital Marketing Columbia Records
KARINA WILSHER President Anomaly
Our Generous FY16 Friends & Donors
Donations from this compassionate group of individuals, foundations, corporations, and events are catalysts for joy for thousands of families with seriously ill children and teens.
$100,000+ (LIFETIME)
INDIVIDUAL
Gay and Judith Davis
Paul and Tasca Gulick
Clare L. Hamill
Andy and Mary Lytle
Arlene Malcom
Frederic and Cynthia Martin
Herman Miller
Jeffrey and Malia Owens
Tim and Kristen Phillips
Dorsey and Greg Rueck
CS and Angela Sheffield
Junki and Linda Yoshida
CORPORATE
Anomaly
Columbia Distributing Converse
Cornerstone Promotion and the FADER
Dick Hannah Dealerships
Entercom
Forward Motion
Fox 12 Oregon
GOLIGHTLY Films
Google
Health Net, Inc.
Holland & Knight
Nike, Inc.
PacificSource Health Plans
Portland ADI Corp (Papa Murphy’s)
Portland Trail Blazers
The Business Planning Group
The Standard Thrivent Mutual Funds FOUNDATION
The Anne and Eli Shapira
Charitable Foundation
The Edward and Romell
Ackley Foundation
The Eranda Foundation
Juan Young Trust
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund
Meyer Memorial Trust
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
Vancouver Rotary Foundation
Estate of Desmond Connor
$100,000+
Clare L. Hamill
Anomaly Cornerstone Promotion and the FADER Entercom
Fox 12 Oregon
Nike, Inc. Thrivent Mutual Funds
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Estate of Viola Lee Howe
Children’s Pro-AM
Grant Hammersley
Four Days Fore Kids
Gay Davis
Nike Men Vs. Women
Summer Car Raffle
Valentine’s Day for CCA Wonderball Gala
$50,000+ INDIVIDUAL
Andy and Mary Lytle CORPORATE
Converse
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon
Keys to our Heart Car Raffle
$20,000+
Marsha Brockmeyer
Sandy Bodecker
David Brown & Andrea Corradini
John and Analia Earhart
Bill and Linda Hammersley
Delbert and Sandra Hayes
Chris and Debra
Hornbecker
Jeff and Lisa Longtain
Jeffrey and Malia Owens
CS and Angela Sheffield
Brad and Katharine Stoffer
CORPORATE
Alchemy Brewers Association
All American Hearing
The Business Planning Group
Commercial Association of Brokers
The Craig Reger Group at Keller Williams Realty
Dick Hannah Dealerships
Penner-Ash Wine Cellars
Portland Trail Blazers
The Standard Southern Wine & Spirits
FOUNDATION
B.P. Lester and Regina John Foundation
Eranda Rothschild Foundation
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund
EVENT Bedstock Dawn to Dusk Get Inspired Luncheon Holiday Ale Festival Joy Rocks
Kadel’s Auto Body, an ABRA Company, Golf Tournament
Live from the Heart: Winery Edition
Walk for Joy
$10,000+
INDIVIDUAL
Dan and Kimberly Agnew
Kelly Bulkeley and Hilary Krane
Scott and Rochelle Carr
Tim and Tammy Cooper
John and Laura Davidson
Gay and Judith Davis
Edward and Susan Dominion
Charlie and Kristin Dunn
Phil and Angie Fogg
Steve and Lisa Fogg
Paul and Tasca Gulick
Grant and Heidi
Hammersley
Tinker and Jackie Hatfield
Bradley and Judy Johnson
Elise Lynch
Harry Murphy and Suzann
Baricevic-Murphy
Tim and Kristen Phillips
Bud and Selma Pierce
Dorsey and Greg Rueck
Jeffreyand Victoria Sanders
Manfred and Jerilyn Schosnig
Thomas and Sandra Swinford
Greg J. Vislocky
CORPORATE
Acme Scenic & Display
Alaska Airlines
Davidson Benefits Planning
Give with Liberty
Graphic Arts Building LLC
Jackson Family Enterprises
KeyBank
Onesource Office Interiors, Inc.
Pandora Media
Pearl Catering
Pietro’s Restaurant Group, Inc.
POSSIBLE
Prometheus Global Media
LLC
Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel Reliable Credit
Stumptown Coffee
Roasters
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
FOUNDATION
The Shapira Foundation
Genentech Foundation
Juan Young Trust
Kaiser Foundation
Pfizer Foundation
The Reser Family Foundation
Robert D. and Marcia H.
Randall Charitable Trust
EVENT
Genentech and the Portland Trail Blazers
Block Out Cancer
Program
The Governor’s Ball with Patrick Lamb
Portland Marathon
SxSW
$5,000+
INDIVIDUAL
Frank and Carol Barsotti
Richard and Maureen Benziger
Grant and Joan Brandaw
George and Megan Byrtek
Mark Byrum
Paul and Megan Cameron
JJ Cichoke
Allison Clarke
Steve and Carolyn Conroy
Norm and Rickie Daniels
Keith Dubanevich
John O. Dunkin
Regina Ellis
Doug Fish and Michelle DeCourcy
Randall and Lois Fowkes
John and Emma Gilleland
Rob Gloeckner
David and Heather Howitt
Todd S. Jessup
James E. John and Craig Hartzman
Sean and Gretchen Keys
Kurt Kujovich and Sabina Teshler
Daniel Kupper
Mark and Linda Lanctot
Corey Lohman
Justin and Tara Lyon
William and Jani
McCormick
Harry Murphy and Suzanne
Baricevic-Murphy
Brett and Tambi Nasinec
Patrick and Heidi O’Neill
Kurt Parker and Elizabeth
M. Weldon
Vince and Lorraine
Piscitello
Raghunath Raghavan and Lakshi Jagannathan
Craig and Annemarie Reger
Patrick Seehafer
Matthew and Michelle
Shelley
Darin and May Shelstad
Brad and Katharine Stoffer
Michael and Carrie Tarbell
Rick and Carol Terrell
Bryn Torkelson
Dirk-Jan and Jopie van Hameren
Kevin and Heather
Vandenbrink
Michael Wilson and Stella N. Voreas
Edward and Donna Welsh
Marilyn Weston
Michael and Kendra Zupan
CCA Founders’ Society
CORPORATE
Brown & Brown Northwest
Cigna Group Insurance
Community Health
Charities
D6 Inc
Doernbecher Children’s
Hospital
Doug Fir Lounge
Flying Pie Pizza
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Gateway Express, Inc
Genentech
Health Net Health Plan of Oregon
Jackson Family Wines –
Cambria Winery Live Nation Worldwide
Macadam Forbes
Micropump
Lumber and Shipping Paddy’s Bar & Grill Perkins & Company R & H Construction Revolutions Per Minute
Inc
These friends have generously included CCA in their financial planning through bequests, charitable trusts, insurance policies, or retirement plans. They have a lasting legacy that will impact thousands of lives of seriously ill children and their families when they need more than medicine.
Marsha Brockmeyer
Gay and Judi Davis
Cliff Ellis
Regina Ellis
Jacqueline Gallo
Paul and Tasca Gulick
Clare L. Hamill
Zachary and Kristin Krahmer
Andy and Mary Lytle
Suzanne Moll Janice Phillips Tim and Kristen Phillips
Dwayne and Merritt Richardson
and Elizabeth Volchok
Rene Zingarelli
Many Ways to Give
There are many ways you, your organization, foundation, or company can get involved at CCA. Find out more about estate planning, monthly giving, corporate gift matching, or program and event sponsorship by contacting Courtney Jenkins, CCA’s Senior Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Alliances, at CJenkins@JoyRx.org or (503) 200-5115. Ready to make a contribution? Give online at JoyRx.org/Donate
Vital Life Foundation
Thank You Power of 20 Investors
CCA’s innovative, free-of-charge programs leverage the power of music, friendship, play, and resources to create transformative moments of joy for seriously ill children and their families. Thank you for believing #JoyMatters.
Sandy Bodecker
Marsha Brockmeyer
Andrea Corradini and David Brown
Gay and Judi Davis
John and Analia Earhart
Steve and Lisa, Phil and Angie Fogg
Clare Hamill
Bill and Linda Hammersley
Del and Sandra Hayes
Jeff and Lisa Longtain
Andy and Mary Lytle
Ron and Lynn Penner-Ash
Bud and Selma Pierce
CS and Angela Sheffield
Brad and Katharine Stoffer
Get Involved. Be Inspired.
Our 1,900+ amazing volunteers provided an estimated 14,113 hours to CCA’s programs and events, a value of $300,978, all as an effort to change the lives of those in need. And, very often, our volunteers find it’s actually their own lives that are changed by the extraordinary spirit of the courageous kids and families CCA serves.
Volunteers help power every aspect of our organization from directly supporting seriously ill children, to creating new program innovations, and sharing joy throughout the community. They are our heart and soul, fueling CCA’s innovative programs of JoyRx.
There are many ways to get involved, whether on your own or as a group:
• Organize a group to help with landscaping or maintenance at the Caring Cabin “The
• Become a mentor to a child or teen going through treatment in Oregon or Southwest Washington
• Gather your schoolmates, family, and/or friends to create a fundraiser or sponsor a family during the holidays
• Lend a hand to support one of our many events
• Share your musical talents
The Children’s Cancer Association crafts customized partnership strategies and aligns your company with leading technology, financial services, healthcare, and global consumer brands.
Since 1995, our award winning programs have delivered joy to 287,806 children, teens and their families as they fight pediatric cancer and other serious illness.
We have raised $42M and invested $35M directly into our community by blending mission impact with business leadership and an organizational focus on creativity and innovation.
Explore the possibilities: Contact Jenny O’Bryan, VP of Development (503) 200-5114 | JOBryan@JoyRx.org
