Glimmers Childhood Cancer Foundation President Vanessa Decker didn’t know what to do with herself when her 13-year-old daughter Ava passed […more…]
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Glimmers Childhood Cancer Foundation
GlimmersFoundation.org
President: Vanessa Decker
Mission
Glimmers Childhood Cancer Foundation is a local grassroots 501c3 nonprofit in Santa Barbara, California, founded by local teen, 13-year-old Ava Decker, who passed away from an aggressive and painful bone cancer on May 9, 2024. Glimmers funds every donated dollar to the most cutting-edge kids cancer research with the goal to discover less toxic and more effective treatments for kids fighting cancer. No donor funding goes to staff, overhead, or marketing – all donations go purely and directly to kids cancer scientific research.
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Glimmers Childhood Cancer Foundation is the legacy foundation of 13-year-old Ava Decker, an amazing kid that I had the honor of meeting before she passed away last year. Her foundation funds every donated dollar to cutting-edge pediatric cancer research to discover breakthrough treatments, and with the current NIH freeze on kids’ cancer research, progress relies on foundations like them.
You Are the Glimmer for a Cure
Your contribution to Glimmers Childhood Cancer Foundation directly funds life-saving research. The foundation’s goal of establishing minimum $250,000 funds annually at each major pediatric sarcoma center will jumpstart research programs and maintain crucial momentum while NIH funding remains frozen.
A donation of $1,000 can contribute to sustaining a laboratory’s research, while $5,000 enables collaboration between research labs, facilitating knowledge-sharing that accelerates discoveries. Every dollar you give goes directly to pediatric cancer researchers working tirelessly to ensure that children like Ava have better treatment options and, ultimately, the chance to live full, healthy lives.