09/10/2026
🎗️ September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. GO GOLD. 💛
Here’s a sweet recent picture of little Levi that you all so graciously poured into when him and his family received his diagnosis last year.
For families facing childhood cancer, awareness matters — but so does knowing where to turn for help.
Middle Georgia is fortunate to have organizations right here in our community, along with statewide and national programs providing financial assistance, family support, counseling, research, camps, travel assistance and more.
💛 MIDDLE GEORGIA
🎗️ Jay’s HOPE Foundation – Macon
Support for Georgia families including travel expenses, hospital and hotel costs, household expenses, educational assistance, uninsured treatments/medications and emotional support.
jayshope.org
🎗️ Joshua’s Wish – Macon
Supports Georgia families affected by childhood cancer while raising awareness and funding pediatric cancer research.
🎗️ Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation – Warner Robins
Childhood cancer awareness, family support and pediatric cancer research.
🎗️ Macy Easom Cancer Research Foundation – Perry
Supports research into hepatoblastoma and other childhood cancers.
🏥 HOPE for Kids – Atrium Health Navicent Children’s Hospital, Macon
Local pediatric hematology/oncology care, outpatient treatment, counseling, nutrition services and family support.
📞 478-633-2694
💛 GEORGIA RESOURCES
🎗️ CURE Childhood Cancer
Research funding, family emergency assistance, counseling, bereavement resources and support throughout treatment and survivorship.
curechildhoodcancer.org
🎗️ Camp Sunshine
Free year-round programs, camps and support for Georgia children with cancer and their families.
🎗️ Lighthouse Family Retreat
Restorative retreats and resources for families navigating childhood cancer.
🎗️ Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
Funds research for better, safer treatments and cures for childhood cancers.
💛 RESEARCH & ADDITIONAL HELP
🔬 National Cancer Institute – Childhood Cancer
Reliable information about childhood cancers, treatment, clinical research and survivorship.
cancer.gov/types/childhood-cancers
🍋 Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Childhood cancer research plus family programs including assistance with travel for treatment and support for siblings.
alexslemonade.org
No family should have to figure out childhood cancer alone.
If you know a Middle Georgia family affected by childhood cancer, please save and share this post. The resource they need may be one link away.
🎗️ September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
💛 Go Gold for the kids who are fighting, the survivors, the families carrying them through it, and the children we will always remember.
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