• 9 families across America will learn their child has a brain or spinal cord tumor
• A mother will grieve that her instincts about her child’s health were right.
• A father will allow himself to cry, but only alone in the shower.
• 3 families across America will mourn the loss of their child to a brain or spinal cord tumor
• Friends, family and community will try to make sense of an untimely death and the unfulfilled promise of a life.
• 6 families across America will transition to survivorship.
• A mother will be too exhausted from providing constant care to her child to simply write checks to pay bills.
• A father will again adapt his day, family and life to a new definition of normal, unlike any he had previously envisioned.
• A survivor on the brink of adulthood will wonder if he’ll ever date, marry or have a family.

Knowledge is critical for families and patients facing the diagnosis of a childhood brain tumor. Our website provides an array of information and resources for the newly diagnosed and long-term survivors.