This week, Carol Mahoney joined the University District Kiwanis for a festive holiday lunch to share the impact that KCCP-S sponsored Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellows are making for pediatric cancer patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Afterward, the club presented her with a donation of $5,000 to continue advancing this critically important work!

Carol and the members of University District Kiwanis Club celebrate a hopeful future for pediatric cancer research!

Pediatric Hematology / Oncology Fellows at the three major children’s hospitals in the Pacific Northwest (Seattle Children’s Hospital, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, and B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, B.C.) continue to make major breakthroughs on childhood cancer research using AI and other advanced computer technologies to create new, less invasive therapies and cures for children diagnosed with childhood cancer.

Researchers are now able to predict which children are the most at risk for developing chidhood cancer, what type of cancer they are likely to have, and when and where their cancer will appear. Therefore, several Fellows are focusing on prevention strategies for the children most at risk based on the information obtained from AI and super computers.

In addition, therapies much less toxic than chemo and radiation are continuing to demonstrate success in children diagnosed with advanced childhood cancers.

Your donations to KCCP are making a huge impact for our physician/scientists who are advancing the science and bringing about better therapies and cures for childhood cancer, especially now that research funds for childhood cancer are becoming more difficult to obtain from our government health agencies.

We welcome and appreciate your support of the PNW District Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Program (KCCP) which is helping to save the lives of children at risk for and diagnosed with childhood cancer!

In October, the Kiwanis Club of Mukilteo generously supported our vision of a future where no one experiences childhood cancer, by funding critical research and clinical trials at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Thank you Mukilteo Kiwanis for your generosity and support!

When families hear the words “your child has cancer”, their entire lives change in a moment. Tough decisions must be made. Schedules are upended for months or years at a time. Savings are decimated. Fear hangs over every member of the family. We DREAM of a world free of childhood cancer and we BELIEVE that research can and will find a cure!

We’re looking for people you to ACT with us to make that dream a reality. Want to learn more? You’re invited to attend our monthly Zoom meetings on the first Thursday of each month. We are also available to come speak at your office, club meeting or church! Contact us to get started!

In August 2022, Don and Carol Rubin, Toya Marrow-Cassell and Carla Marrow from Bellevue Kiwanis hosted an 8-course French dinner party to benefit Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Program – Seattle (KCCP-S) and raised $1,200!

Photo credit: Bellevue Kiwanis Club

You can help by donating directly or hosting your own fundraiser! Need ideas? We can help! Contact us here.

In July 2022, we met our goal of raising over $100,000 to support Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowships at Seattle Children’s Hospital. 100% of donations go to our fellows to help in their research to end childhood cancer. We are so grateful for the generous support of local Kiwanis clubs and members, friends, family and sponsors and for the dedication, talent and care of the staff and fellows at Seattle Children’s Hospital!

Join KCCP-S for a fun night of Zoom Bingo on April 24, 2021 benefiting the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital! Our host for the evening is the awesome Chris the Bingo Dude who will be playing some great tunes and taking requests and spinning the wheel to give out some great prizes! Suggested donation is $25 gets you 2 cards per game.

No one should have to experience childhood cancer. Help us find a cure!