
Today,
- 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.
Any questions?
Please feel free to contact us at 212.448.9494 or info@cbtf.org if you need any more information about donations, by credit card or otherwise.
$90 provides a newly diagnosed child and their family with a P2P Bag, which contains a teddy bear to hug, a relaxing CD, activity toys for hospital stays, as well as A Resource Guide for Parents of Children with Brain or Spinal Cord Tumors, Parker’s Brain Storm, and a journal for recording thoughts and feelings.
$175 sends a family of 4 to our annual Big Apple Circus private show, providing the whole family a respite from hospital and doctor visits.

$300 underwrites a day of services for our families.
$500 supports two families attendance for a weekend “Family Fun” event, whether at Build A Bear Workshop, bowling with friends or experiencing a behind-the-scenes look at a live television broadcast.
$1,750 sends a family to Brain Tumor Week at Camp Sunshine in Casco, Maine, where sick kids can have fun in a safe environment while parents and siblings relax and connect with others on the same challenging journey.






