Friends

Companies and other non-profit organizations around the world are joining us in our mission to help save lives and raise awareness of blood cancers, important but often neglected diseases. We invite you to learn more about their important work with us.

Alex,s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra “Alex” Scott (1996-2004). Since Alex held that first stand, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement, complete with thousands of volunteers across the country carrying on her legacy of hope. To date, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation has raised more than $25 million towards fulfilling Alex’s dream of finding a cure, funding over 80 research projects nationally.

B+(Be Positive)Foundation
The Andrew McDonough B+ (Be Positive) Foundation is dedicated to providing financial, moral, and spiritual support to families of critically ill children and raising money for research into pediatric cancers and improved chemotherapy.

Care Pages
CarePages is an online community of millions of people coming together to share the challenges, hopes and triumphs of anyone facing a life-changing health event.

CaringBridge
CaringBridge offers free personalized websites allowing families and friends to stay in touch and share information, love and support during a health crisis, treatment and recovery. Learn more about CaringBridge.

DESIGN 21: Social Design Network
DESIGN 21: Social Design Network is where members of the design community, socially conscious individuals, local governments, businesses and non-profit organizations (NPOs) can address social concerns and create smart solutions through design.

Eric Drew Foundation
The idea and motivation to create a fund to support serious or terminally ill patients is due to a very special person, Eric Drew, a long time resident of Los Gatos, California. When Eric was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in December of 2002 and then given only a small chance to survive over the following weeks, his friends and family pulled together to do whatever they could to help.

Fanconi Anemia Research Fund
The Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 as a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation dedicated to furthering scientific research on Fanconi anemia. Their mission is to find effective treatments and a cure for Fanconi anemia and to provide education and support services to affected families worldwide.

GiantKids
GiantKids is a not-for-profit charity recognizing the courage of ill children and their families. The GiantKids site is dedicated to Louis Anthony Kaplow, a giant among GiantKids. Louis never asked why him and never lost hope.

ImermanAngels
Imerman Angels is a one-on-one cancer support service that partners a person fighting cancer with someone who’s beaten the same type of cancer. One-on-one relationships give a fighter the chance to ask personal questions and get support from someone who is uniquely familiar - a survivor. Our free service helps anyone touched by any type of cancer, at any cancer stage level, at any age, living anywhere in the world.

I'm Too Young for This
I'm Too Young for This is a pioneering, survivor-led advocacy, support and research organization working exclusively on behalf of cancer survivors and care providers under the age of 40.

Jes US 4 Jackie
Jes Us 4 Jackie was founded in memory of Jackie Donahue, the sister of the highly successful rapper, Nelly (Cornell Haynes Jr.), who died of leukemia. The driving force behind this project is the desire and the need to continually educate and register bone marrow donors. It was Jackie's dream that every child who needed a transplant could find a matching donor.

Love Hope & Strength Foundation
Leukemia survivors Mike Peters, of the rock band Alarm, and entertainment insurance executive, James Chippendale, created the Love Hope Strength Foundation to serve as a means of support for all people impacted by cancer.

She Knows.com
SheKnows is the authoritative source for women ages 25-54 with exclusive articles and content on health, hobbies, entertainment, money, dating, beauty and celebrities. Sheknows and DKMS have teamed up to raise awareness about the need for individuals to register as potential life-saving marrow donors.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. The mission of LLS is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

The Valerie Fund
The Valerie Fund's mission is to provide support for the comprehensive health care of children with cancer and blood disorders.

Wigs for Kids
Wigs for Kids was founded after Jeffery Paul, a hairdresser, learned that his niece was diagnosed with leukemia. It started with him making a wig for his niece and since then this idea has grown into a non-profit organization whose mission it is to donate wigs to children who undergone chemotheraphy and lose their hair.