$234K in expenses

Research & Advocacy - We held our annual Golden Toast reception in DC honoring the collaborative efforts of the childhood cancer community, welcoming over 200 guests during the annual event during Childhood Cancer Awareness month, bringing further awareness to the devastating problem of, and need for, childhood cancer research. We also hosted over 25 researchers from institutions across Texas at our biennial Researchers Round Up conference. Researchers participated in breakout sessions to arrive at research areas for requests for proposals to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Finally, we continued to invest in leading medulloblastoma research, including providing $100K to the Childhood Brain Tumor Network (CBTN) for sample expansion in the liquid biopsy research project.

$116K in expenses

Mental Health Support - We continued to provide monthly surprises to children battling cancer at Childrens Medical Center Dallas totaling over 4,500 items for the over 1,000 children served, in addition to $7,500 in food gift cards. We also continued to provide our signature backpacks to newly diagnosed children at Childrens Dallas, MD Anderson (Houston), and University Health San Antonio as well as to a number of others through individual requests or identified needs.