Cancer Charities Supported

This is a working list of the cancer charities/non-profit organizations, currently supported by the artists in Group. Proceeds from the sale of their artwork are donated to these cancer research and support organizations. Donations vary from 25% to 100% on selected works from each member artist.
Click on the name of the charity to go to their website for more information.

 

ART for Cancer Foundation

A  non-profit organization, committed to improving the quality of life of people living with cancer, by providing an outlet for creative expression through the arts, and by supporting research into the cause, control and cure of cancer.

Canadian Cancer Society

A Canadian national, community-based organization of volunteers, whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer.

Cancer Council Western Australia

Cancer Council Western Australia is the leading cancer charity in WA and has a proud history of advocacy and action on cancer issues.

Cancer Fund of America, Inc

Cancer Fund of America is a non-profit organization set up to help cancer patients, hospices, and other non-profit healthcare providers by way of sending products free of charge directly to them.

Cancer Research Institute

Cancer Research Institute (CRI): a vital force in the advancement of new immune-based approaches to cancer treatment, control, and prevention. A Mission Unlike Any Other CRI is dedicated exclusively to the support and coordination of laboratory and clinical efforts that will lead to the immunological treatment, control, and prevention cancer.

Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. Our groundbreaking work has saved millions of lives. Our websites have a wealth of information about cancer, our research, how to donate and more ways to support us.

Center for Advancement in Cancer Education

The Centre is a nonprofit cancer information, counseling and referral agency which focuses on combining the body’s natural healing potential with advances in medical science. We provide nutritional, immunological, and psychological resources for cancer prevention, prevention of recurrence, and support during or after treatment. Since 1977, we have trained more than 50,000 prevention-seekers and provided individualized counseling services to nearly 30,000 cancer patients on a donation basis.

CLIC Sargent – For children with cancer

Every day 10 families are told their child has cancer. As the UK’s leading children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is the only organisation to offer them all round care and support. That’s because we’re there every step of the way: During treatment – providing specialist nurses, play specialists, Homes from Home. In hospital & at home – offering specialist social care and support in the community – services for young people, holidays, grants, helpline. After treatment – helping survivors, supporting those bereaved.

Dutch Cancer Society

The Dutch Cancer Society is the only charity in the Netherlands to address every type and aspect of this disease. We fund cancer research, provide education and training, disseminate information, help cancer patients themselves and support patients’ associations. The majority of our income, however, is spent on scientific research. That is the best way to make real progress in the fight against cancer.

Huntsman Cancer Foundation

Huntsman Cancer Foundation’s sole purpose is to fund the mission of Huntsman Cancer Institute: to understand cancer from its beginnings, to use that knowledge in the creation and improvement of cancer treatments, to relieve the suffering of cancer patients, and to provide education about cancer risk, prevention, and care.

Kidney Cancer Association

The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) is a charitable organization made up of patients, family members, physicians, researchers, and other health professionals globally. We fund, promote, and collaborate with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Urological Association (AUA), and other institutions on research projects. We educate families and physicians, and serve as an advocate on behalf of patients at the state and federal levels.

Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center

Our Palliative Care consultation service works with patients and their physicians to improve quality of life, identify and aggressively treat symptoms, clarify a patient’s condition and prognosis, and set achievable goals that honor a patient’s wishes. Hospice is a benefit that offers healthcare, assistance, and education to support patients and their families facing the challenges of a life-limiting illness. It is individualized care that offers compassion, dignity, comfort, respect, and someone to call for assistance – day and night.

MacMillian Cancer Support

We exist to help improve the lives of people living with cancer and their families and carers. 1 in 3 of us will get cancer and we are all affected. We are a source of support. We are a force for change. We are Macmillan.

Marc Apodaca Jr. Children’s Glioma Cancer Foundation

Dedicated to eradicating childhood glioma cancer as a life threatening disease by advancing research, education and treatment.

Mario Lemieux Foundation

The Mario Lemieux Foundation was created in 1993 by hockey legend Mario Lemieux. In that year, Mario was enjoying the greatest season of his brilliant career and on pace to establish a new NHL scoring record. Then he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease.After a successful battle with Hodgkin’s, Mario is now twelve years cancer free and his experience led him to focus on ways to assist those not so fortunate. He devotes much of his time to the Foundation raising funds to help reach the ultimate goal: a cure for cancer.

McCarty Cancer Foundation

The McCarty Cancer Foundation was created by NHL star Darren McCarty of the Calgary Flames and formerly of the Detroit Red Wings. With Darren’s relentless efforts and those of many devoted individuals, the McCarty Cancer Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of multiple myeloma and improving the quality of life of myeloma cancer patients, while working toward prevention and a cure.

Sarcoma Foundation of America

The mission of the Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA) is to advocate for increased research to find new and better therapies with which to treat patients with Sarcoma. The organization raises money to privately fund grants for Sarcoma researchers and conducts education and advocacy efforts on behalf of Sarcoma patients.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. With research and patient care under one roof, St. Jude is where some of today’s most gifted researchers are able to do science more quickly.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Imagine life without breast cancer—where your mother, daughter, sister or friend doesn’t have to worry if she will be the one-in-eight women diagnosed with the disease. While we have made tremendous progress in the fight, people are still dying from breast cancer—and that’s unacceptable. At Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, we are working every minute of every day to save every life, and we need your help. By making a donation today, you can help save lives. For more information, visit www.komen.org

The American Cancer Society

Get help making treatment decisions, understanding the effects of treatment, finding treatment centers and doctors, coping with side effects, and talking with others.Meet other survivors, find or offer support on the Cancer Survivors Network. Find lodging, workshops, transportation, and other services and products for cancer patients, survivors, and loved ones.

The Cancer Council Australia

As Australia’s peak national non-government cancer control organisation, Cancer Council Australia advises the Australian Government and other bodies on practices and policies to help prevent, detect and treat cancer. We also advocate for the rights of cancer patients for best treatment and supportive care.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Wishing Star Foundation of Spokane, Washington

Established in 1983, Wishing Star Foundation grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses between the ages of 3 and 21, living in Eastern and Central Washington and Idaho.
It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. They are dependent on individual gifts, fundraising, donations, grants and memorials. Wishing Star is not funded by the government or United Way and only 5% of funds go towards administrative costs.

Zoe Bergen Childhood Cancer Foundation

The Zoe Bergen Childhood Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)3 Non Profit organization. Founded in 2005. The Parents of Zoe and many family friends have established this foundation to help families who have children that have been diagnosed with cancer. All of our resources come from people like you, business leaders, community groups and concerned citizens who are committed to changing the impact cancer has on children and those who love and care for them. You can support the Zoe Bergen Childhood Cancer Foundation by attending one of our two yearly events or by making a donation at any time. All donations are tax exempt.

Meet our Featured Artist: RC deWinter
 RC deWinter Regina Coeli deWinter is a photographer, digital artist and writer living and working in Middletown, Connecticut. Her work has been published in print and online.
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