Agency Details:

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Of Southern Arizona

Candlelighters is a parent-run organized support network of families in Tucson and Southern Arizona who have or have had a child with cancer.

Candlelighters educates, supports, serves and advocates for families of children with cancer, bereaved families, survivors of childhood cancer, and the professionals that care for us.

Description:
Candlelighters volunteers can help at our monthly events for families with a child with cancer, which provide a low-stress way for families to meet each other and celebrate life with those who understand. We need people to participate in the children's activities while the parents get a chance to offer each other mutual support.

Candlelighters volunteers can help at our annual family camp. This is a three-day weekend retreat for the entire family held in the last weekend in June. We have need for people to help with food preparation and children's activities.

Candlelighters volunteers can help with data entry and newsletter mailings. We also seek Spanish translation, for our written documents and at our events

Our Goals:

To link parent to parent, family to family, group to group

To ease frustration and fears through sharing of feelings and experiences

To exchange information on research, treatment and community resources

To breakdown the social isolation of families

To provide guidance in coping with childhood cancer's effect on a child, parents, siblings and family

To identify patient and family needs so that medical and social systems respond adequately

To provide support for bereaved families

To be an emotional support system of second families for each other

History:
In 1970 the national Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation was founded by concerned parents of children with cancer. In 1985 Candlelighters of Tucson was formed and directed by parents of children with cancer. A major program has been our annual camp, which has been offered for 20 years.

Contact people:

Nadine Hanson, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Beverley Tidwell, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (520) 777-4916

Address:

PO Box 42436 Tucson, AZ 85733

Web Site: http://www.candlelightersaz.org

Directions:

We meet at various places in the community - UMC, Pima County Fairgrounds, etc.

Last updated on November 19, 2009