Fueling the Fight: An Outreach Program for Kansas Families
Childhood Cancer: An Expensive Journey
Helping Childhood Cancer Families from Beginning to End
Childhood Cancer: An Expensive Journey
Fueling the Fight is a community outreach program that assists families with a child diagnosed with cancer.
Did you know the average cost for a childhood cancer patient to stay at the hospital is about $40,000? It's even more for childhood cancer patients in Salina and western Kansas. Children diagnosed with cancer who live in these areas cannot be treated in Salina. A small percentage of childhood cancer patients can travel to Wichita to seek treatment, however a majority of these children and their families must travel to Kansas City to seek treatment. Some patients even travel outside of the state to receive care.
Warrior Wagons
Helping Childhood Cancer Families from Beginning to End
Childhood Cancer: An Expensive Journey
Our warrior wagon is filled with items for the entire family!
Each wagon includes snacks, travel essentials, games and activities for the childhood cancer patient and his/her siblings as well as
gifts cards for the family to help with gas, eating out and other essential needs during travel to and from treatment.
Helping Childhood Cancer Families from Beginning to End
Helping Childhood Cancer Families from Beginning to End
Helping Childhood Cancer Families from Beginning to End
The program also provides:
• Holiday packages
• Information resource packets
• Annual family day for area families affected by childhood cancer
• Parent to parent support
• Assistance grants (see below)
Gas cards for families (will go into effect in 2021 in conjunction with the Fueling the Fight distinctive license plate.)
Grant Application
Grants up to $1,500
**Due to limited funds, we are only taking grant applications from Kansas residents.
The Love, Chloe Foundation is proud to offer direct financial assistance to families of children with cancer.
To apply for financial assistance from the Love, Chloe Foundation, please complete and submit an application along with the required accompanying documents. Subject to the availability of funds for grants, applications are reviewed by our Family Support Council approximately once a month. You will be contacted by the Love, Chloe Foundation following review of your application.
Please contact Heidi Feyerherm-Smith at (785) 342-5534 or heidi@lovechloe.org if you have any questions concerning the application process.
Download the grant application by clicking on the image above.