Brenna Jane Francis Corcoran Brenna Jane Francis Corcoran was a 4-year-old with, beautiful long eye lashes and big blue eyes, she fought DIPG with strength and bravery for 7.5 months. Brenna was the youngest of 6 children, she was the youngest child of Bonnie and...
Until There Is A Cure: Our 2022 Impact Report We hope you will be invigorated, inspired, and excited by all that Swifty Foundation and Gift from a Child has accomplished, not only last year, but in the past nine years. We are proud of the goals we have set and the...
September Events Focus on Childhood Cancer This autumn, two events put childhood cancer in the spotlight as the #1 cause of death by disease in children: the first BrainStorm Summit at CureFest and the White House Forum on Childhood Cancer. At both events, families...
Colby Beane Our sweet boy was the kindest, purest soul we will ever know. Everyone was a friend to him and he cared for all. He was comforting and supportive. This was especially evident during his initial radiation treatments where he quickly made friends with other...
Parents encourage brain tissue donation after young son dies from rare pediatric brain cancer By Sarah Schulte via WLS logoSunday, September 25, 2022 11:30PM CHICAGO (WLS) — Owen Petrzelka was a typical 5-year-old boy, full of energy. “He was very...
