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On November 4th, The Children's Cancer Foundation, Inc.(CCF) held its 33rd Annual Gala and awarded over $1 million in grants to area researchers and programs to advance treatment and cures for pediatric cancer. Nearly 600 guests enjoyed the tastes of Maryland and the sounds of NightLife. Mark Viviano, Sports Director for WJZ CBS News in Baltimore, emceed the evening. Debbie... Read More >

The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. (CCF) had the opportunity to thank the amazing and dedicated women and men of the Anne Arundel County Professional Fire Fighters Local 1563 who initiated and organized a “Fired Up for Childhood Cancer Awareness” Family Fun day held September 10th, 2017, at the Earleigh Heights Fire Department in Pasadena, MD. Hundreds of families enjoyed the... Read More >

On September 18th, CCF received a $75,000 grant from The Safeway Foundation. CCF Board members Steve Coomes (retired 46-year veteran at Safeway) and Matt Boyd (Grocery Sales Manager for Safeway Eastern Division) joined CCF President Jerry Chadwick and CCF Executive Director Tasha Museles for the check presentation. This past May, Safeway customers from Maryland, D.C., Delaware and Florida stores donated... Read More >

4th Annual Shirley's Kids Weekend - September 9-10, 2017 CCF is a proud supporter of the 4th annual Shirley’s Kids Weekend- a program funded to honor CCF's founder, Shirley Howard. Six families from The Children’s Inn were given the exciting opportunity to go on a weekend trip to Dulles Golf Park and Old Town Alexandria. The Weekend provided an action-packed... Read More >

On Sunday, September 17, 2017,  Regency Furniture celebrated its employees by hosting nearly 1700 staff, family and friends with a Family Picnic at Regency Furniture Stadium, a 4200 seat stadium home to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. Guests enjoyed live music, crabs, delicious food, activities, face painting, a photo booth and much more. All the proceeds from the evening supported... Read More >

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Lauren Lasher, CCF 443-546-4479 lauren@childrenscancerfoundation.org  September 14, 2017 The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc.’s 2017 Pediatric Cancer Research Grants awarded to researchers at Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Children’s National, and the National Cancer Institute  (COLUMBIA, MD)- The Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF), a 501(c)3 non-profit that raises funds for programs, facilities, and research that focus on treatments and cures pediatric... Read More >

In addition to announcing the 2017 CCF Research Grant Awardees, the CCF Summer e-newsletter covers the area happenings from this summer and what's to come for fall! If you haven't signed-up for our newsletter yet, click here. You can go directly to the newsletter here.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES The following sponsorship opportunities are available for the 2017 CCF 33rd Annual Gala Please contact the CCF office at rverrilli@childrenscancerfoundation.org or 443-546-4479 if you or your company is interested in a sponsorship or to purchase individual tickets. RESERVE TICKETS AND TICKETED SPONSORSHIP (Platinum, Gold, Table Patron) A printable sponsorship card to right - (PDF) is available here. CCF... Read More >

ROSS Companies, this year’s CCF Gift of Life Honoree, have held several employee-incentive fundraising events this year that benefit CCF and our grant recipients. This spring, ROSS Companies joined us on a tour of The Children’s Inn at NIH. They arrived with dozens of gift bags filled with decorated cereal boxes and placemats made by ROSS employees’ children for the... Read More >

Dr. Donald Small, Dir., Johns Hopkins Division of Pediatric Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Ira Kress, Sr. VP, Operations, Giant Food and Dave Johnson, WTOP Radio and Voice of Washington Wizards pose with Ambassadors Mary, Noah, and Emma On July 18th, Giant Food kicked off its 2017 pediatric cancer program at the Verizon Center, in Washington, D.C.. Since 2005,... Read More >