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...
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...
Research Shows Families Want Option to Donate Post-mortem Tissue Families who lose a child to brain cancer, want doctors to give them the option to donate their child’s tissue.Donating tissue not only contributes to research for a cure, but donating helps families...
A New Approach for DMG Patients Clinical trials are crucial for understanding the potential effects and benefits of new therapeutics. A recent study led by Dr. Michelle Monje and Dr. Crystal Mackall at Stanford, a GFAC Center of Excellence, describes the results of a...
Love Never Dies Through Gift From a Child, parents can turn loss and grief into action. A recent collaborative effort by the entire Gift from a Child team was published in the National Funeral Directors Association summer newsletter. The project, lead by Melissa...
