Sam’s Mission:
To help ‘All the Kids’ fighting cancer or any life altering illness. We do this through: Awareness, Advocacy, Hero & Family Support, and Research. (See more about our programs and work below and by following our page!)
The Super Sam Foundation operates under three main principles within the work we do:
1) Does this honor God?
2) Would this make Sam proud?
3) Does this help ‘All
the Kids?’
If the answer is ‘yes’ to the three principles above, we do our best to help. Hero Comfort Packs:
These were the wish of our founder and hero, Super Sam. These packs are filled with items that our founder said made him more comfortable, such as a soft blanket, stuffed friend, and movie. To date, this outreach has made over 3,000 kids more comfortable across the country! Sibling Support Packs:
Started by Ava, Sam’s twin sister, this sling bag is filled with items that helped her during Sam’s fight because as she says, “Cancer is a family fight.” These packs are filled with journals, writing utensils, stuffed animal, crazy socks, and more. Caregiver Support Packs:
These packs are designed to bring comfort to the parent/caregiver while functional and stylish. This bag is designed to be a hospital grab-and-go bag filled with a soft adult sized blanket, scent-free laundry supplies, journals to track medicines/treatments, toiletries, and more. Research:
To fund meaningful research grant(s) every year supporting rhabdomyosarcoma and soft tissue sarcoma research. To date, SSF has funded more than $330,000 in pediatric cancer research. Currently the NIH allots less than 4% of national funding to pediatric cancer research. The cold, hard truth is that:
- Every day, 46 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer.
- 1 of every 5 children diagnosed with cancer does not survive.
- More children are lost to cancer in the U.S. than any disease.
- Less than 4% of National Cancer Institutes budget is allocated to children. Of that 4% the money is divided between the 12 types of childhood cancers. The subtypes over triple that division to cancers.
- Most chemotherapies are decades old and only a diluted version of the adult forms. This is not ideal for children and isn't acceptable.
- Pharmaceutical companies fund nearly 60% beyond the NCI's budget for new ADULT treatment research but less than 1% for children's treatments.
