Friends of Cathryn

At Friends of Cathryn Foundation, we believe a collaboration with similarly focussed organizations to be the most effective approach in creating awareness and raising funds to cure kids with Neuroblastoma. We have primarliy supported the research work of NANT, New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (www.nant.org), a consortium of childrens researc... h hospitals throughout the US, Australia and Canada. This partnership includes the primary oncologists who oversaw Cathryns treatment and the team responsible for developing therapies which have advanced Neuroblastoma treatment in recent years. Susan sits on the Parent Advisory Council of NANT, attends their annual research meeting, and is active in the Parent Support Group at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Susan also volunteers at Childrens Hospital Orange County, the hospital at which Cathryn received most of her treatments. Photos from the Festival of Children Event, 2016 In 2014 we were proudly chosen by the Festival of Children (www.festivalofchildren.org) as the fundraising non-profit to be featured in their annual Carousel Fundraiser. In this effort, the FRoC Foundation collaborated with the highly respected Jimmy V Foundation (www.jimmyv.org) to create a partnership that resulted in us exceeded our fundraising goal. In 2016, we were chosen again and that year we introduced a partnership with The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (www.pcrf.org). These partnerships expanded our reach and allowed Friends of Cathryn to donate almost one million dollars towards scientists who were on the forefront of developing less toxic and more effective treatments for Neuroblastoma. Since 2010 weve been hosting shopping events with generous small and mostly female owned businesses who donate a portion of their profits to the Friends of Cathryn mission. These fun and social shopping parties have generated awareness and raised funds for Neuroblastoma research while supporting our friends who own and/or operate a business. Our partners have included JewelYa, Beautycounter, ...Read More