Groundbreaking Advancements at the Children’s Brain Tumor Network Gift from a Child (GFAC) and the Children’s Brain Tumor Network (CBTN) work together to help create a world where no family is faced with the devastating reality of an incurable brain tumor. CBTN...
International Childhood Cancer Day Caring for a child with cancer is mentally, physically and spiritually draining on the caregivers. To honor International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) on February 15th the World Health Organization Global Initiative for Childhood...
The Impact of Gift From a Child through Children’s National Hospital Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C. was one of twelve institutions to receive Gift from a Child (GFAC) supported tissue donations in 2022 through CNH. Children’s National is also home to...
A Few Stories About Families Who Made a Difference Families who endure losing a child to brain cancer is a club no one wants to be in. It’s a club where members navigate hourly around the emptiness left by the child who passed too soon, while knowing that less than 8%...
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....
