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| Chemo Angels (Int'l) www.chemoangels.com Provides a ray of sunshine for children going through chemotherapy by linking them up with a "Chemo angel" who will send them cards and gifts throughout their treatment. Famous Phone Friends (US) Does not currently have a website 1909 Sawyer Street Los Angeles CA 90035 (301) 204-5683 Links up hospitalised and housebound children with celebrities in the fields of entertainment and sport. You must send requests with a referral from a doctor, nurse or hospital social worker. Hugs and Hope (Int'l) www.hugsandhope.com Features seriously ill children on a monthly basis, inviting website visitors to send them cheery mail. Love Letters (US) www.lovelettersinc.org Established by a mother after her son died of cancer, volunteers work to send weekly mail to seriously ill children. Confidentiality is guaranteed. Make A Child Smile (US) www.makeachildsmile.org Features 3 seriously ill children per month and invites website visitors to send them happy mail. Confidentiality is guaranteed and only P.O.Box addresses are used. Post Pals, UK. www.postpals.co.uk Features seriously ill children aged between 2 and 18, living in the UK, and invites website visitors to send them happy mail. Home addresses are used, though setting up an alternative, such as a P O Box address, is recommended. Project Linus www.projectlinus.org Provides gifts of handmade blankets to seriously ill children aged 0 to 18. Songs Of Love (Int'l) www.songsoflove.org Provides personalised songs for chronically and seriously ill children and young adults. Starbright Foundation (US/Int'l) www.starbright.org Maintains a private, online "Starbright World" community, connecting seriously ill children. Produces three "videos with attitude" for adolescents (subjects: the hospital experience, communicating with the medics and back to school) and information CDs about routine medical procedures in language children will understand (subjects include blood draws, IVs, spinal tap and medical imaging). Also provides Hospital Pals packs designed to help pre-school age children learn about and cope with radiotherapy. Teenage Cancer Trust www.teencancer.org Provides a fun online place for teenagers dealing with cancer. Also advocates the rights of young people who have/had cancer, and the end of discrimination in areas such as insurance, education and pensions. Provides teen cancer units to hospitals across the country. |
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| "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path - and leave a trail." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ |
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