Sponsors are needed for the 5th Annual Clips for Cancer, a month-long event in September that raises money to ensure that programs and services are available for local children diagnosed with cancer at the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
Clips for Cancer aims to raise $500,000 to benefit Barbara’s Friends — the Golisano Children’s Hospital’s cancer fund. Barbara’s Friends has a 27-year history of helping youths with cancer and life-threatening blood disorders, ensuring that no child is denied treatment due to an inability to pay. Every donation to Barbara’s Friends supports lifesaving services, programs and equipment for patients.
To raise awareness and support in honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Southwest Florida community leaders will have their heads shaved by Golisano Children’s Hospital pediatric cancer survivors live on Facebook every Friday in September. They will rally donations and brave the shave in a personal show of solidarity for children battling cancer and other blood disorders.
For families, the Golisano Children’s Hospital provides the necessary support and resources to help them make it through such difficult circumstances, and generous donors help ensure no family has to face a cancer diagnosis alone. Clips for Cancer has raised more than $500,000 in the past four years.
Funds raised through Clips for Cancer are important because:
• More than 50 children were diagnosed with cancer in Southwest Florida in the last year.
• More than half of the Golisano Children’s Hospital’s patients are underinsured, on Medicaid or have no insurance — yet no child is denied treatment.
• The hospital is one of only nine centers in Florida to offer complete pediatric cancer care.
• As a member of the Children’s Oncology Group, the hospital brings world-class cancer care close to home, offering the same treatments as other centers of excellence.
• The survival rate for pediatric cancer at the hospital is 84 percent — higher than the national average.
• The hospital has more than 90 children in current treatment, with close to 300 youths receiving continued and follow-up care.
There are sponsorship opportunities and sponsorship packages available.
In addition, members of the community can volunteer to have their heads shaved and raise $5,000 or more to support children with cancer and the pediatric hematology and oncology program.
For more details, visit BarbarasFriends.org/ClipsForCancer or contact [email protected].
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