Elevate kids

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What is Elevate kids?

   Elevate kids is Elevate Childhood Cancer Research and Advocacy’s  platform to help childhood cancer families make the biggest impact.

You can use Elevate kids to

*share your child’s stories,

*advocate on all levels

   >for improvements in diagnosis, care, survivorship, and in some cases end of life

*Advocacy at all levels from local, state to federal is crucial!

 

Why would I want to be a part of Elevate kids?

   Elevate takes the work out of it for you. You can be confident that Elevate is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that will help enable you to maximize your efforts for the best possible outcomes! We are here to support you as you join our shared mission to enable patients and caregivers to fiercely advocate for the best possible treatment and to ensure fundraising dollars for research translate into new therapiesYour fundraising efforts are maximized when they are pooled with the entire Elevate community to make significant improvements on the childhood cancer community!

     Options are extensive for personalized fundraising under the name of your child!

Singular fundraising? Yes!

Virtual and in person options? Of course!

Ongoing, long term fundraising? Yes!

Peer to peer? Yes!

Birthday fundraiser? Absolutely!

Open Communication from Elevate about your impact? Always!

 

 Our children are worth it and ELEVATE believes we should 

‘Let kid be kids’.

Is Elevate kids right for you? 

   >Do you want a no pressure experience with no minimum fundraising requirements? We believe that’s how it should work too.

   >Are you hesitant about a time requirement if you decide to join us? Don’t be.

   Elevate understands that you may not want a long term commitment with our organization. One time fundraising is ok too! Do we want you to join us for the long run, of course! But, we also know that sometimes you want to collaborate for other childhood cancer support options and that is your choice! Elevate respects your choices, goals and how they can change over time.

Who can be an Elevate kid

>If your child or adolescent, under your care, was diagnosed with one of the many forms of childhood cancer we welcome you to join Elevate kids

Are they in treatment? Are they a Survivor? Are you a family navigating the loss of your loved one? You can honor or remember your loved one as an

Elevate kid!

Do you have a child that you’d like to share with us as an ‘Elevate kid‘?

  

   Elevate recognizes that the success of our mission to dramatically improve the lives of those diagnosed with a childhood cancer can only be effective through collaboration. The options are limitless, and with a little creativity, which our team is known for cultivating, we can use this to further the mission of Elevate even more than you can imagine!

More questions?

Send us a message here or on social media, we will answer them all for you!

 

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