Here’s a quick look at resources available for families from regional to national sources for support to sites with more information about childhood cancers.

Local
Regional
National
Treatment and Research Centers
Financial
Kidzone
Other

Albany Medical Center Children’s Hospital
Community Hospice
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital
Gilda’s Club Capital Region NY
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region
YMCA Circle of Champs

American Red Cross New York – Pennsylvania
Double H Camp – Pennsylvania
Make-A-Wish Foundation NE New York
Wish Foundations

American Cancer Society
Canadian Cancer Society
Cancer Support Services
Candlelighters Cancer Foundation
CaringBridge
Families of Children with Cancer
Kids with Cancer Support & Resources
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Leukemia Society of America
National Childhood Cancer Foundation
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Marrow Donor Program
Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation

Albany Medical Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders
Dana Farber Children’s Hospital
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Pediatric Oncology Division
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Financial Support
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – CO-PAY Assistance Program
New York State’s Child Health Plus
Albany Medical Center’s Charity Care Program

National Geographic for Kids – Interactive, multi-topic magazine covering animals, entertainment, science, technology, current events and cultures from around the world.

Exploratorium ExploraNet – Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web.

Hands On Children’s Museum – The Hands On Children’s Museum stimulates curiosity, creativity and learning through fun, interactive exhibits and programs for children, families and school groups.

National Air & Space Museum – Offers information on the museum’s school programs for both the Museum on the National Mall and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. These pages also offer information to help you plan your visit.

Bill Nye the Science Guy – Bill, Bill, Bill, The Science Guy!

“TIME for Kids” Magazine – A weekly classroom news magazine packed with stories about world and national events, scientific discoveries, sports, entertainment, kids in the news and much more.

Addicting Games.com – The largest source of great free online games including arcade games, action games, sports games, puzzle games, flash games and more.

Fun Brain Kids Center – Premier location for interactive, educational games (math, grammar, science) for children and kids of all ages.

MiniClip.com – Entertainment destination of choice for 12–17 year olds beating out EA, IGN, MSN and Yahoo’s game sites as well as MTV music, AOL music, all other music and all movie web sites and is also larger than Yahoo mail and AOL mail, according to the Nielson/NetRating’s.

PBS Kids – Online home of your favorite PBS Kids characters with thousands of pages of learning and fun to explore. Play over 100 games.

Webkinz – Webkinz pets are lovable plush pets that each come with a unique Secret Code. With it, you enter Webkinz World where you care for your virtual pet, answer trivia, earn KinzCash and play the best kids games on the net!

Cancer Information Service
Cancer News on the Net
CancerNet, National Cancer Institute (at N.I.H.)
National Cancer Institute
Oncolink, University of Pennsylvania
Pediatric Oncology Resource Center
Resources Related to Pediatric Neuro-oncology (University of Miami)
Cure Search – National Childhhod Cancer Foundation Childrens Oncology Group