keaton’s child cancer alliance

Keaton’s Child Cancer Alliance provides a network of compassionate support to children with cancer and their families. They serve children and their families referred from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sutter Memorial, Kaiser Permanente Roseville, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Kaiser Permanente Oakland.

Cofounder Gracelyn and board member Jonathan delivered 20 Grief Workbooks, 80 Follow Me, Cancer Free books and 90 Kicking Cancer workbooks to add to their hope chests, memorial boxes that they deliver to patients and families.

sycamores

Sycamores is a leading behavioral health and child welfare agency, creating life-changing programs and services which impact some of the most vulnerable children, young adults, adults and families in their community.

Luna Peak donated 40 Grief Workbooks and 40 Beyond Grief books to the El Nido program which is designed to provide care and supervision to dependent and/or neglected males, ages 11-18, many of whom are a part of the foster care or probation systems.

From a Sycamores clinician: “We are incredibly excited and grateful to utilize the amazing resources that are the Beyond Grief book and the accompanying Grief Workbook with our clients. With so many having experienced loss, these resources will be wonderful in supporting our clients in their journeys of healing and normalize this very painful but human experience.”

loma linda hospital

70 cancer patient care packages were donated to the pediatric oncology ward at Loma Linda. Care packages include the Kicking Cancer workbook, Follow Me, Cancer Free book, sticker packs, crayons and a tote bag.

Dozens of Beyond Remission, Beyond Grief, and Grief Workbooks were also donated to the medical teams and parents of patients.

Care packages and books were distributed by our cofounder Melody (a childhood cancer survivor) directly into the hands of young cancer patients, which was an especially meaningful component of this program.

long beach miller hospital

Cofounder Melody, board member Ami Gandhi, and volunteers deliver 50 care packages to child life specialist Ericka at Long Beach Miller Hospital for their pediatric oncology ward.

Torrance memorial hospital

100 Beyond Remission: Words of Advice for Thriving books were donated to the oncology office at the Torrance Memorial Hunt Cancer Center between 2020-2021. These books were given to nurse navigators to distribute to cancer patients as they entered their first chemo infusion - an important time to deliver this book of hope.

Over 150 Beyond Remission and Beyond Grief books were also donated to the Torrance Memorial Hospital Ambassadors in Spring 2022.

Pacific Cancer Foundation

60 books were donated to the Pacific Cancer Foundation in Maui, including titles Beyond Remission, Kicking Cancer, Follow Me, Cancer Free, Beyond Grief, and The Grief Workbook.

The Pacific Cancer Foundation provides assistance with insurance and finances, resources for transportation and housing, coordinate nutritional care, and offer support and information for each step of the process. Their mission is to make the cancer journey less stressful and confusing through providing access, knowledge, and support to all those affected by cancer in Maui county.

A word from the executive director, Linda Puppolo: “We are surprised daily by folks that just want to help cancer patients and their families. Pacific Cancer Foundation is beyond grateful to the Luna Peak Foundation for their generous gift of $1,325 of books that we are now able to hand out to patients, caregivers, and our keiki (children) as they go through their cancer journeys. Mahalo Nui Loa (Thank You with all Our Love).”

Schools & Universities

Donations to universities include Chapman University, Santa Clara University, and California State Fullerton. Donations to schools include Foothills Middle School. Cofounders Melody and Gracelyn lead lectures on the topics of cancer and grief and make donations to counselors and directly to students.