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CHILDCAN

Registered Name: CHILDCAN THE CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Business No: 118851930RR0001

CHILDCAN

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Our Mission

VISION

To make childhood cancer a health priority, fund innovative research, and expand family supports until childhood cancer is eliminated.

MISSION STATEMENT

To raise awareness and funds to provide personalized, responsive, and compassionate programs and services to families facing the childhood cancer journey from diagnosis, through treatment, post-treatment care, or bereavement.

VALUES

Family-centred
Empathy
Hope
Inclusive Support
Accountability

About CHILDCAN, THE CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

ABOUT US

Childcan is a registered, community based charity with its head office in London, Ontario. For 50 years, Childcan has been here to support families and children through childhood cancer. 

WHO DO WE SERVE

We support families of children who have received their diagnosis of any type of childhood cancer from Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, a tertiary care referral centre serving southwestern and into northwestern Ontario. We are here to support these families who are coming from London/Middlesex, Windsor/Essex, Sarnia/Lambton,Waterloo Region, Oxford, Grey/Bruce, Elgin, Perth, Kent and Huron counties. We are privileged to be able to support unbelievably brave warriors, survivors and angels and their equally courageous families.

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

Financial Support

• Hospital parking passes
• Hospital meal vouchers
• Gas, pharmacy and other gift cards
• Individual family financial support
• Assistance with treatment-related travel expenses
• Post-secondary education bursaries
• Assistance with funeral costs

Social and Emotional Support

• In-hospital, over-the-phone and in-person support
• Support groups
• Family activities, gatherings, outings and events
• In-hospital holiday meals
• Access to accurate, helpful information and resources
• Early and school years skill-building and tutoring programs
• Advocacy and awareness building to increase community knowledge and support

Research Support

• Funding for novel research closer to home 

Childcan does not receive any government funding and relies solely on the generosity of individual, corporate and community donors, grants and annual Childcan and community events held to support our organization’s families. Your support will go directly to assist the families we serve.

REGISTERED CHARITY ADDRESS

792 Commissioners Rd. West

LONDON, ON, N6K 1C2

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