Lung cancer is the most underfunded cancer in the world, despite killing more people per year than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined. A complete lack of knowledge and awareness regarding the severity of the disease exists in the U.S., mostly because the disease is highly stigmatized and regarded as a smoker’s disease, although a substantial amount of new cases are nonsmokers. We will leverage our relationships with the leading companies and thought leaders in Silicon Valley to deliver a dramatically more powerful lung cancer awareness initiative.
Small cell lung cancer is one of the most underfunded types of cancer in the world.
It's rare that new treatments are developed specifically related to small cell.
It’s critical that new, innovative treatments are developed.
All donations are used to fund breakthrough technologies such as immunotherapy, which leverages your body’s immune system to recognize cancer cells and kill them.
Nearly 25% of patients with health insurance can’t afford to pay for cancer treatment.
Many insurance policies have caps and limitations on benefits that are far lower than what treatment actually costs.
We’ve created the Fund-a-Family program and work with cancer centers to help pay for cancer treatment for families that can’t afford it.
Send us an email if you’d like to donate to the Fund-a-Family program.
Cathy was one of those rare people that dedicated herself to being a true light in this world. She had an
enormous impact on everyone that knew her and took exceptional pride in helping and supporting others. She
truly exemplified what it means to be selfless. Although she was a mother to four children, she was considered
a second mother by many.
In February of 2015, Cathy was diagnosed with extensive stage, small cell lung
cancer. Cathy never smoked a day in her life and lived a healthy and active lifestyle. Throughout the next year
and a half, she committed all of her energy to ferociously battling the disease every day. She received over 400
hours of treatment and underwent intensive brain surgery.
Although devoting every ounce of energy she had to fighting the disease, she still managed to support and
be present in the lives of her children, family, and friends. That’s just the type of person Cathy was, always
putting herself before others.
Cathy’s four children started this foundation to assure Cathy’s legacy
lives on and to find a cure for small cell lung cancer. No one should ever have to experience the pain and
suffering produced by this disease, and this foundation has committed itself to ensure that one day, no one
will.
