2Unstoppable
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Free live small-group virtual exercise classes led by certified Cancer Exercise Specialists, for women with any cancer including metastatic disease.
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4th Angel Mentoring Program
Nationwide
Free one-on-one phone mentoring that pairs patients and caregivers with trained volunteers who have been there.
Peer SupportEmotional Support
ACS Cancer Action Network
Nationwide
The American Cancer Society's advocacy affiliate, fighting for laws and policies that help cancer patients and families.
PolicyAdvocacy
Action to Cure Kidney Cancer
Nationwide
Provides education, community support, and research funding for kidney cancer.
EducationCommunity SupportResearch
AdventHealth Kansas City Foundation
Merriam, Kansas
AdventHealth Kansas City Foundation serves as the charitable foundation for AdventHealth hospitals in Kansas City, supporting various healthcare programs including cancer care services. The foundation operates a Cancer Institute that provides support services such as culinary-medicine sessions through their Cooking Up Comfort series, which helps cancer patients and caregivers learn how good nutrition supports healing during treatment.
FoundationsEducationEmotional
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Support Groups
Merriam, Kansas
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission provides community support groups and education programs including a Living with Cancer Support Group for those in active treatment. The organization partners with Gilda's Club Kansas City to offer support services for cancer patients seeking connection with others going through treatment.
EmotionalEducation
Aim at Melanoma Foundation
Nationwide
Provides patient education, support resources, and melanoma research support.
EducationSupport ResourcesResearch
Air Care Alliance
Nationwide
A central listing of free volunteer air transport groups serving patients nationwide.
Transportation
Air Charity Network
Nationwide
Volunteer pilots providing free air transportation to distant medical care.
Transportation
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Nationwide
Provides travel funding, family support programs, research funding, and clinical trial support for childhood cancer families.
Travel FundingFamily SupportResearch+1
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Summer Camps
Nationwide
A nationwide directory of summer camps for children with cancer and their families, maintained by Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.
Camps
AliveAndKickn
Nationwide
Advocacy and education for families affected by Lynch syndrome and hereditary colorectal cancer.
AwarenessHereditary Testing
American Academy of Dermatology
Nationwide
Provides free skin cancer screenings, education, and access to dermatology specialists.
ScreeningsPhysician NetworkEducation
American Academy of Oral Medicine
Nationwide
Provides specialist access and oral medicine expertise.
Specialist DirectoryClinical Expertise
American Association for Cancer Research
Nationwide
The world's largest professional organization dedicated to preventing and curing cancer through research.
EducationResearch
American Brain Tumor Association
Nationwide
Provides care consultants, support groups, education, and patient and caregiver resources nationwide.
HelplineCare ConsultantsSupport Groups+2
American Cancer Society
Nationwide
Provides helpline support, rides to treatment, Hope Lodge lodging, support groups, education, financial guidance, survivorship resources, and advocacy for all cancers.
HelplineRides To TreatmentLodging+12
American Cancer Society Road To Recovery, Kansas
Kansas
The American Cancer Society Road To Recovery(R) program eases your burden by giving free rides to cancer-related medical appointments. Our trained volunteer drivers are happy to pick you up, take you to your appointment, and drop you off at home. All for free and all to make your days a little easier. Not having a ride shouldn't stand between you and lifesaving treatment.
Transportation
American Cancer Society tlc
Nationwide
The ACS catalog of low-cost wigs, hats, and mastectomy products designed for people in treatment.
Products
American Cancer Society, Kansas
Kansas
The American Cancer Society has programs and services to help you manage cancer treatment and recovery and find the emotional support you need. And best of all, our help is free. Find programs and services in Kansas.
AdvocacyEducationEmotional+2
American Childhood Cancer Organization
Nationwide
Provides family support resources, education, and advocacy for childhood cancer.
Family SupportEducationAdvocacy+2
American Head and Neck Society
Nationwide
Provides treatment standards and a physician network for expert head and neck cancer care.
Specialist DirectoryTreatment StandardsPhysician Network
American Institute for Cancer Research
Nationwide
Research and education on how diet, weight, and activity affect cancer risk and survivorship.
EducationNutritionAdvocacy+3
American Liver Foundation
Nationwide
Provides liver-related support, education, helpline access, and navigation resources.
Patient SupportEducationHelpline+4
American Lung Association
Nationwide
Provides education, Better Breathers support groups, prevention resources, and screening awareness.
Support GroupsEducationPrevention+2
American Sexual Health Association
Nationwide
Provides HPV education, prevention information, screening guidance, and cervical cancer-related resources.
HPV EducationPreventionScreening Guidance+1
American Thyroid Association
Nationwide
Provides patient education, expert resources, and access to thyroid specialists.
Clinical GuidelinesExpert ResourcesPhysician Network+1
Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation
Nationwide
Provides education, support, community, and conferences for rare blood cancers and disorders.
EducationSupportPatient Conferences+2
Ascension Via Christi
Wichita, Kansas
Ascension Via Christi provides personalized cancer wellness and support programs throughout the cancer journey. The organization offers comprehensive support services including nutrition education, exercise and wellness programs, and cancer rehabilitation services with certified exercise physiologists. Their Cancer Wellness Program is integrated into inpatient care and focuses on helping patients manage the effects of cancer treatment through specialized exercise and wellness interventions.
PhysicalEducationEmotional
Back in the Swing
Leawood, Kansas
Back in the Swing supports breast cancer survivors through an award-winning cookbook that combines evidence-based nutrition guidance with recipes for healthy living after treatment. The organization funds survivorship care and research while providing educational resources to help survivors safely return to normal life activities.
EducationResearch
Basser Center for BRCA
Nationwide
The first center devoted to BRCA-related cancers, with research, education, and patient resources.
EducationHereditary Testing
Be The Match
Nationwide
Provides marrow donor registry services, patient navigation, and financial grants for transplant patients.
Donor RegistryFinancial GrantsPatient Navigation+1
BeHeadStrong
Kansas City, Kansas
BeHeadStrong serves the Kansas City area by providing support, assistance, and aid to brain tumor patients and their caregivers. The organization offers immediate financial help, compassionate support, and practical guidance so families can focus on healing and hope.
FinancialEmotionalTransportation+1
Believe In Tomorrow Children's Foundation
Nationwide
Over 900,000 overnight accommodations provided to families of critically ill children from every state. Hospital housing near Johns Hopkins continues through an interim Residence Inn partnership while a new facility is built, alongside free respite houses in Maryland, Delaware, and North Carolina.
Family SupportHousing
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
Nationwide
Provides nationwide support groups, survivor matching, a bladder cancer helpline, education, webinars, research funding, and advocacy.
Support GroupsSurvivor MatchingHelpline+4
Blood Cancer United (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
Nationwide
Provides financial assistance, patient navigation, support groups, education, and clinical trial navigation across blood cancers.
Financial AssistancePatient NavigationSupport Groups+10
Blood Cancer United Mid-America Chapter, Kansas
Overland Park, Kansas
Former Leukemia & Lymphoma Society chapter supporting blood cancer patients in Mid-America region
AdvocacyEducationEmotional+2
Blue Faery
Nationwide
Provides liver cancer support, education, awareness, and outreach.
Patient SupportEducationAwareness+1
Braden's Hope for Childhood Cancer
Olathe, Kansas
Our mission is to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research to advance cures for children.
ResearchAdvocacyFoundations
Brain Tumor Network
Nationwide
Offers personalized navigation, support, and resources for brain tumor patients.
NavigationSupport ServicesResources
Brave Like McKenna
Shawnee, Kansas
Brave Like McKenna empowers children and families facing a pediatric cancer diagnosis and supports pediatric cancer research. The organization raises awareness, helps bridge the research funding gap, and meets the needs of children and families faced with pediatric cancer. The foundation was created in honor of McKenna Royer, who lost her battle to DMG, a rare and aggressive form of pediatric brain cancer.
ResearchAdvocacyFoundations
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Nationwide
Funds major breast cancer research and scientific breakthroughs.
ResearchInnovationEducation
Camp Hope-Heartland
Claflin, Kansas
Camp Hope-Heartland provides a free summer camp experience for children and adolescents who have or have had cancer. The organization offers traditional camp activities with on-site medical support, allowing young cancer patients to connect with peers and enjoy a normal camp experience.
CampsExperiences
Camp Mak-A-Dream
Nationwide
Free, medically supervised Montana camp programs for children, teens, and adults affected by cancer.
Community ProgramsCamps
Camp Quality Greater Kansas City
Kansas
A one week camp program for kids with childhood cancer and their siblings, space permitting.
Camps
Camp Quality USA
Nationwide
Free summer camps and year-round programs for children with cancer and their families.
Camps
Camp Sunshine
Nationwide
Year round retreats in Casco, Maine for children with life threatening illnesses and their entire families, serving families from all 50 states free of charge.
CampsFamily Support
Cancer Action, Kansas
Overland Park, Kansas
Provides free practical, emotional, educational, and financial support services to individuals and their families throughout every stage of the cancer journey to reduce distress and improve well-being.
EmotionalEducationFinancial+1
Cancer Center of Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
The Cancer Center of Kansas specializes in the treatment of all types of cancer and blood disorders. Once your diagnosis has been established, your oncology team will create a treatment regimen specifically for you. The success of your treatment begins with knowing you can do this! Knowledge of how chemotherapy works relieves many fears you might have and helps to alleviate possible side effects.
Physical
Cancer Center of Kansas - Labette Health (Independence)
Independence, Kansas
Provided local access to cancer diagnosis and treatment through its Cancer Center of Kansas oncology clinic and treatment services on its Parsons and Independence campuses, offering convenient cancer care, testing, and therapies so patients don't have to travel long distances for needed care.
Physical
Cancer Center of Kansas - Wilson Medical Center, Neodesha
Neodesha, Kansas
Provides local cancer patients with comprehensive, patient-centered oncology care - including advanced diagnosis and treatment services delivered by a multidisciplinary team in partnership with the Cancer Center of Kansas - so patients can access expert care, support, and coordination throughout their cancer journey close to home.
Physical
Cancer Council of Ellis County
Hays, Kansas
The Cancer Council of Ellis County delivers services and programs to cancer patients and their families in Ellis County. The organization provides educational programs for professionals and the public, focusing on cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, and survival while keeping donations local to help community members with their cancer battle.
EducationPrevention & ScreeningFinancial
Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition
Nationwide
A coalition database that matches patients to financial assistance programs by diagnosis and zip code.
Financial Assistance
Cancer for College
Nationwide
College scholarships for cancer survivors and patients pursuing higher education.
Scholarships
Cancer Hope Network
Nationwide
One-on-one peer support matching patients and caregivers with trained survivor volunteers.
Peer SupportEmotional Support
Cancer Research Institute
Nationwide
The pioneer of cancer immunotherapy research, funding science that harnesses the immune system.
EducationResearch
Cancer Support Community
Nationwide
Provides free emotional and practical support, helpline access, virtual and in-person support groups, education, survivorship programs, and advocacy.
Emotional SupportPractical SupportHelpline+5
Cancer Survivors' Fund
Nationwide
Scholarships and prosthetic assistance to help young cancer survivors get on with their future plans.
Scholarships
CancerCare
Nationwide
Offers free counseling, support groups, educational workshops, limited financial assistance, and navigation support for all cancer types.
CounselingSupport GroupsEducational Workshops+6
Case for Smiles
Nationwide
Cheerful handmade pillowcases that brighten hospital rooms for kids in treatment.
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