Founding Family Spotlight: The Roque Family At Gift form a Child (GFAC) we empower families to make groundbreaking contributions to research to change the prognosis for children with brain cancer. In 2018 we gathered families from around the country to hear about...
10 Years Later…a sad and beautiful world My wise husband often reminds me, “It’s a sad and beautiful world.” This story is like that. It’s beautiful and sad. You see, 10 years ago today, our son Michael donated his brain and spine to research when he died from...
SNO 2022 – GFAC Presents First Scientific Posters Gift from a Child was well represented in Tampa, Florida at the 2022 annual meeting for the Society for Neuro-oncology (SNO). This annual meeting is the largest national gathering of neuro-oncology professionals....
Donated Tissue is an Informative Tool in Medical Research Among the many methods scientists use to understand human diseases, donated patient tissue is a uniquely precious tool. A recent study published this month in Nature Genetics investigated the heterogeneity of...
Create a Wave of Impact With Your Support Gift from a Child’s work is rippling across the pediatric cancer community. It’s been exciting to work with somany families, researchers, organizations, and supporters over the past eight years to create a...
Help and Hope Podcast Part of Advocacy Push Patti and Al Gustafson will go anywhere and talk to anyone about their son Michael, who died of brain cancer at age 15. The Gustafsons want everyone to get the message: families can help find a cure for cancer by donating...
