Become a Volunteer for AFF
Our hope is to be supportive of families that are in childhood cancer treatment and to further enable brilliant researchers to improve childhood cancer treatments and ultimately end childhood cancer.
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Addi's Faith Foundation
Annual Impact Report
After accidents, cancer is the leading cause of death in children. Thanks to treatment advancements in recent years, the survival rates for certain types of pediatric cancers have increased to 50%. However, there are still many other types that have much lower survival rates. Brain tumors can be among the deadliest with some diagnoses having survival rates as low as 1%.
Our ultimate goal is to create a world where ALL kids can be treated for cancer and go on to lead long and healthy lives.
In total we have given over 2 MILLION DOLLARS to fund the research for a childhood cancer cure!
With each dollar funded, we get one step closer to a cure.
providing hope, support and love
Who We Work With
We work with social workers all over country to provide financial assistance and support to families. Most of our referrals come from three local Houston hospitals in the Texas Medical Center– internationally known and one of the largest centers in the world.
Texas Children’s Hospital – Cancer and Hematology Centers has 4 locations and sees patients from each of the 50 states and from 56 different countries. An average of 95 children are inpatient at TCH each day.
MD Anderson – Children’s Cancer Hospital has five main locations specifically for young people and their families. MD Anderson’s Research Building also houses the pediatric neuro-oncology lab that is dedicated to AFF’s namesake, Addison Faith Bender.
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital- prides itself in care that continues seamlessly into adulthood. Memorial Hermann works in collaboration with MD Anderson to offer new ways to diagnose childhood brain and spinal tumors.
Recipient Testimonials
Stories That Keep Us Going
All stories are similar when you read it but behind each one is a struggle… struggle to keep your baby alive, struggle to buy food, pay bills. Foundations like Addi’s Faith are truly a Godsend for families like us. My son was 9 months old when diagnosed with leukemia and our whole world got upside down. We were overseas working, and the treatment started there right away. We were told that he needed a transplant, but they couldn’t perform it. We were given 3 days to leave the country to continue the treatment. Luckily, we were able to come to Houston and literally went from airport directly to the hospital. Thanks God, the treatment was successful, and my son is in remission right now. We needed to stay close to the hospital after discharge and now the other struggles came in to our lives – where to live, where to work, furniture, baby’s stuff… Lucky for us, I met Jessica Gilbert. With her amazing assistance we were able to get help with furniture, baby’s clothes and some funding for bills from Relief Project and Addi’s Faith Foundation. We are greatly thankful for their much-needed support and help, and to all the wonderful people who donated and made our world more peaceful! All of you truly gave us a needed shoulder to lean on at such difficult time. God bless you all.
AFF family recipient