Giant Food has launched its 17th annual Pediatric Cancer Campaign fundraising program, which aims to raise $2M.  This campaign spans Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (September) and will conclude on October 8, 2021. Since the program’s inception in 2005, Giant Food has raised over $25.7 million for … [Read more...]

Thirteen local researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Children’s National, and the National Cancer Institute to receive CCF grants intended to strengthen the region’s greater research community The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. (CCF), a 501(c)3 non-profit, committed to funding … [Read more...]

On November 6, 2021, The Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF) will present the 2021 Gift of Life Award to Giant Food and Ira Kress at its 37th Annual Gala. The award is CCF’s highest honor --recognizing leaders, and their businesses, who have made a difference in pediatric cancer through both … [Read more...]

The Bowie Baysox (Double-A Affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles) hosted Heroes Day on Sunday, July 25. A portion of the ticket sales from the game benefited The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. All Law Enforcement, Firefighters and EMS personnel attended for free and Heroes Day featured a day of … [Read more...]

The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. hosted the 5th Annual CCF Research Symposium, “Research Breakthroughs with Early Funding Support” on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Launched in 2016 and the brainchild of CCF Scientific Advisory Board Chair Jeffrey Toretsky, M.D., of Georgetown Lombardi, the CCF … [Read more...]

On June 18th, CCF received a $75,000 grant from The Safeway Foundation. CCF Board member Bryan Caudle, District Manager of Safeway Mid-Atlantic Division, joined CCF President Tasha Museles for the check presentation. During the month of April, Safeway customers from Maryland, D.C., Virginia, and … [Read more...]

For some, you understand the importance of investing in pediatric cancer research. You have lived the agony of seeing your child endure painful treatments and the worry of not knowing the outcome of the diagnoses. For others, we can only imagine that agony. No child should have to battle cancer. No … [Read more...]

(COLUMBIA, MD) The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. (CCF) was selected as one of several local organizations to receive a $10,000 We Care Grant from Safeway Foundation. Safeway Foundation has been a significant funder of CCF’s programs for more than 30 years. In addition to financial support, … [Read more...]

On September 28, 2020, CCF Board Member and Executive Director of Maryland National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), William Yull, coordinated a great tournament on behalf of The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. The fact that this event took place is quite amazing- and appreciated. … [Read more...]

PRESS RELEASE Since a year after its founding in 1983, The Children's Cancer Foundation, Inc. has held an annual gala, celebrating locally-funded researchers and brave young survivors. When the pandemic hit this year, CCF staff and Board of Directors were faced with a choice: cancel the first … [Read more...]