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Two images: one shows a child in a hospital bed at night, connected to monitors; the other shows the child and two animals entering a bright, colorful fantasy world with dinosaurs and palm trees.
This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a child in a hospital bed dreams of visiting a colorful dinosaur park, pictured as a bright, joyful scene filled with adults, dinosaurs, and festive decorations.
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When Cancer Shrinks Their World, A Wish Opens It Up

For children with critical illnesses like cancer, life becomes smaller. This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month your gift can help expand their world with joy, imagination, and possibility.

A child’s world should be filled with laughter, dreams, and discovery. ​

But when a child is diagnosed with a critical illness, such as cancer, their world doesn’t just change — it shrinks. ​

Routines, emotions, and spaces become smaller. Families adjust to new realities, limitations, and uncertainty. 

A wish has the power to change that. It brings back hope, joy, and the excitement of looking forward to something wonderful. ​

When illness limits everything, a wish opens up a world of possibilities.​

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25 sec

a child is diagnosed with a critical illness and becomes eligible for a wish every 25 seconds.

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97%

of both wish parents and children said it brought them joy and happiness.

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Cancer is one of the most common categories of illness among wish children.

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This month 13,000+ children will be diagnosed with cancer and become eligible for a wish.

Join Us in Granting Wishes

I wish to go to a dinosaur park
A young child with light brown hair, wearing a white shirt, stands indoors holding a green toy dinosaur and looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.

I wish to go to a dinosaur park

João Artur is a charming young boy with a passion for dinosaurs and a smile that lights up every room. He lives with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive muscle weakness. His greatest wish? To embark on an adventure at Jurassic Adventure Park in Balneário Camboriú, a coastal city in southern Brazil.

Read João Artur’s Story
I wish to be a scientist
A young girl with long red hair smiles softly at the camera, wearing a white shirt and a colorful lanyard, against a plain light background.

I wish to be a scientist

Influenced by the many hours spent in hospital and inspired by the doctors and nurses she met while undergoing treatment, Audrina aspires to be an immunologist when she’s older so she can find a cure for diseases like the neuroblastoma that she was diagnosed with. The highlight of Audrina’s wish came when she visited a world-renowned science institute.

Read Audrina’s Story
I wish to be a doctor
A young child in a wheelchair, dressed in a blue surgical cap and white coat, holds a clipboard labeled BED 23 while adults in medical attire stand nearby in a hospital setting.

I wish to be a doctor

At just five years old, the lively and cheerful Arsyla suddenly developed a fever and weakness in her legs.  Arsyla was diagnosed with leukemia. Three years of treatment followed. Now, using a wheelchair and wearing a spinal brace, Arsyla still shines in her own way and bravely continues her chemotherapy.

Read Arsyla’s Story

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

For a child fighting cancer, hope is essential

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A smiling girl in a white hijab and pink dress makes a peace sign. Text reads: I wish to have a princess-like dress and purse. Farhiya, 11, Tanzania, cancer. A yellow ribbon symbolizes cancer awareness this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.