The Granting Grace Foundation For Childhood Cancer is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting pediatric cancer research to limit side effects of treatment and eventually, to find a cure. We also support families that are dealing with the fight of childhood cancer. The inspiration for this movement and forming of the foundation is Grant Gossling, a joyful 2 year old who
was diagnosed with stage IV neuroblastoma, a solid tumor cancer, on June 18th, 2014. Grant is in the middle of the fight of his life and will endure 15 months of aggressive treatment including chemotherapy, stem cell transplant, radiation therapy and antibodies. His parents, Michael and June Gossling (Grant being the youngest of 4 children), were tossed into the unknown world of childhood cancer and quickly realized how little awareness and funding there is for the children fighting this disease. Out of all the money the government gives to cancer research, 97% of it goes to adult cancer research and only 3% goes to pediatric cancer research, yet pediatric cancer is the #1 cause of death of children. Every day, the families of 46 children have to endure a parent's worst nightmare and hear, "your child has cancer". Every day 7 children will die from childhood cancer. Of those that survive, many of them will have to endure life long side effects including hearing loss, learning disorders, and infertility. This is directly due to the fact that there is not enough money to fund research and clinical trials specifically for childhood cancer. Pediatric cancers are not the same as adult cancers, and the treatments should not be the same either. You can follow Grant's fight at www.facebook.com/graceforgrant
