Mama Bears Fighting Childhood Cancer

Reviewed by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation

32% complete

$10,000 Goal

Mama Bears Fighting Childhood Cancer (Mama Bears) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization offering a uniquely supportive community for parents and caregivers with a child diagnosed with cancer.  Mama Bears supports Northern California families with children up to 21 years old who are currently undergoing treatment for childhood cancer. Mama Bears has two essential care resources to provide parents/caregivers, which are our Hospital Survival Wagon or Clinic Cart based on the family's needs. The items included in our wagons and carts are essential items identified through personal experience as crucial and necessary to live comfortably in the hospital and care for a child during hospital stays, clinic visits as treatment continues, and caring for their child at home. In addition to our wagons and carts, Mama Bears provides a safe and private chat community for parents and caregivers to support each other day and night through the ups and downs of treatment.  The private chat community is a confidential space where parents can share, seek support, support each other, plan meet-ups during clinic and hospital stays, and so much more. The goal is to ensure that no parent walks this journey alone. Mama Bear's motto is: “Carry your family, We’ll carry you!”

Giving Activity

Mission

Empower parents through immediate and ongoing support as a community to navigate and advocate through their child’s cancer treatment and provide survival care packages to parents.

Needs

To provide a Hospital Wagon or Clinic Cart to every family with a child diagnosed with cancer in Northern California. We hope to expand to cover all of California eventually.

The cost of our Hospital Wagon is $500. The wagons include a mattress topper for mom or dad to have something soft to lay on top of the hard recliner, a mini fridge to store snacks and drinks, a Roku and soundbar for streaming favorite shows and movies, a silk pillowcase for tender heads experiencing hair loss, a bathroom kit, a weekly pill dispenser, a cooler bag with cooler pack, a weekender bag, a market bag, a notebook and pen, our plush teddy bear, room decorations, and a bed caddy to stay organized. The clinic cart costs $350 and is filled with some of the same items to help get through long, exhausting days at the outpatient clinic, along with a Bluetooth thermometer.

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Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Mama Bears Fighting Childhood Cancer

other names

MBFCC

Year Established

2022

Tax id (EIN)

88-2095855

Mission Category

Health Care

Operating Budget

$50,001 - $100,000

Organization Need

Funding: Other

Demographics Served

Youth & Children

Local Counties Served

Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado

Address

7868 SUNSET AVENUE
FAIR OAKS, CA 95628

Service areas

Sacramento, CA, US

San Francisco, CA, US

Oakland, CA, US

Roseville, CA, US

Palo Alto, CA, US

Phone

916-265-0925

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