Our Mission & VISION
Our Mission – Hope for Miracles is a non-profit organization committed to inspiring hope among families with children battling Neuroblastoma and other childhood cancers. This mission is achieved through the financing of vital research for life-saving trials and treatments, fostering community support for our local pediatric oncology center at The University of Vermont Children's Hospital, and providing annual grants to local families facing childhood cancer diagnoses.
Our Vision – Hope for Miracles envisions a world where no family ever has to witness a child suffer from cancer. Until then, we are committed to giving families experiencing a childhood cancer diagnosis hope; hope that through education, awareness and research, together, we can find a cure.
Our Story
In August of 2014 I brought my son Karson to the pediatrician with a common cold. What they found during this visit was something that no parent wants to hear - there was a large mass next to his kidney and we would need further testing. We were rushed over to the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital where he underwent surgery to remove a Neuroblastoma. They prepared us for the worst and the long road ahead. We continued to pray nonstop, daily, that he would recover and God answered our prayers. The surgeon had gotten the entire tumor out during surgery and it had not spread to any other parts of his body. He started with check ups every three months, then every year… Read More
Why Hope for Miracles?
My son, Karson, has had two surgeries to remove a neuroblastoma. We want to help all kids like Karson and all families like ours. It is inconceivable and unacceptable that only 4% of funds raised for cancer research goes to childhood cancer. With your help we can significantly change this statistic. We will not give up! With your help we can make sure that lifesaving research and trials are able to happen.
Karson’s Words of Wisdom
FUNDING RESEARCH
Hope for Miracles has chosen Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as our recipient for funds raised.