I’ve watched 2 friends lose their children to cancer. No one parent should have to bury their child. In children 5-14, cancer is second in cause of death only behind unintentional injuries (source). Only about 4% of federal funding is available for childhood cancer research. Over the past 5 years, GCC has raised $24,615,507 in support of research to develop better treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer. 81% of that money raised by this charity goes to fund research that isn’t large enough for federal funding or has had a slowdown in donations. 6.1% goes to managing the charity and 10.1% goes toward Fundraising. See their full financial report here.
Is this a legit charity?
The donations go to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. They are transparent about the funds, meet all 20 standards of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, are GuidStar Platinum Participants, and meet all the accountability standards from the Charities Review Council.
What is my money used for?
The full list can be found on their website but in short your donations help:
Launch new ideas with seed grants for innovative research that holds great promise but doesn’t yet qualify for larger grants.
Introduce clinical trials that lead to new treatments and drugs.
Fill funding gaps that can slow down or halt potentially lifesaving projects.
Train the next generation of researchers.
Foster collaboration and share information to accelerate promising discoveries.
Depending on how you donate, I may or may not get contact information for you. If I do get contact info, then I will send you the password to access your reward tiers within 5 days. If after 5 days you haven’t heard from me, then I wasn’t able to get your contact info. Go ahead and send me a message on Facebook or using this Website and I’ll make sure you get it.
When will I get my print?
I will be tallying up the total number of prints I have to make after the challenge is ended which is September 30th so expect to receive your print sometime in October. If you haven’t received it by Halloween, send me a message because something must have gone wrong.
When will you climb Mount Elbert?
Really it’s the weather that will decide when I can go. If it looks like I can make it to the top this year in 2020, then I’ll hustle out there and head up, otherwise it will have to wait until late spring or early summer next year depending on the snow.
Why would I want to send a picture of someone to the top of a mountain?
I have a lot of reasons I’d want to do it for someone:
To let someone who can’t climb themselves see their face at over 14,000 feet