Association of Cancer Online Resources
Many families of children with cancer experience financial difficulties. Even if the family has full medical insurance coverage, they can spend a large portion of their income on co-payments, travel, motels, meals, and other uncovered items. Families dependent on two incomes or single parent families are likely to experience financial difficulties if a parent must quit their job to care for the child. Numerous resources to help families through financial difficulties are listed on this site. Additional links and resources are also available from this site.

Bear Necessities
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation is a national organization whose mission is to eliminate pediatric cancer and to provide hope and support to those who are touched by it.  The foundation's Small Miracle Program has provided a means to fulfill Bear's mission to brighten the lives of pediatric cancer patients by granting special requests to them and to ease the burdens of the families through assistance with some of the immediate needs that they may be facing while fighting this physically, emotionally, and financially devastating disease.

Coach Care Center
Coach Care Center's mission is to support children who are medically fragile and their families by: Providing a bridge from hospital to home through exceptional, specialized short-term pediatric care in a home-like setting; Providing medical respite care; Educating and partnering with parents and caregivers; Collaborating with health care and other community agencies to meet the needs of children and their families; Celebrating the joys of childhood and providing socialization opportunities for children and their families.

Gilda’s Club
The mission of Gilda's Club is to provide meeting places where men, women and children living with cancer, along with their families and friends, can join with others to build a personal network of social and emotional support as an integral part of cancer treatment.

Foundation for Community Betterment
The Foundation for Community Betterment is a national organization dedicated to community enhancement by creating an immediate, positive impact on the lives of individuals or organizations that share our philanthropic vision, but who currently lack the means to succeed.  Betterment hosts a series of fundraising events each year that link our network of supporters with individuals or communities in need. The Foundation raises money through weekend activities that include golf outings, paddle races, happy hour parties, etc. Those funds have been used to support recipients from diverse geographic locations and backgrounds as well as build our Betterment Immediate Need Fund.

Make-A-Wish Foundation
Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation^® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish^® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors and entire communities.

Ryno Kid Care
Ryno Kid Care is a local Chicago organization able to impact more than 700 individuals each month by offering our vast array of services to a wide variety of pediatric illness populations, including all family members, both in and out of the hospital.