The TeamKate page was originally created to show love and support to Kate Amato during her fight against cancer between 2014-2016. Through this page, Kate captured hearts all over the world with her beautiful smile and spunky spirit. In 2014, at just 9 years old, Kate was diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive soft tissue cancer that attacks skeletal muscles. Despite a lon
g and painful battle with this terrible disease, Kate continually radiated kindness, joy and beauty. We lost Kate to cancer, but her resilient and inspiring spirit lives on through the work of Kate Amato Foundation. During Kate's illness, we learned how severely underfunded research is for childhood cancer, resulting in outdated, highly toxic treatments and low survival rates for children. To honor her life, Kate's foundation is dedicated to finding safer, smarter and more effective treatments for children with cancer by funding innovative research that accelerates the pace of progress and saves young lives. To date, KAF has funded $375,000 in research grants to support groundbreaking research at some of the leading immunotherapy and cancer genomics labs in the country. Our signature fundraising events are The KATE KUP Triples Tennis Tournament and The KATE KLASSIC Golf Tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. We also honor Childhood Cancer Awareness Month each September by delivering care packages to children, parents and healthcare workers fighting cancer through KATE'S KINDNESS PROJECT. For more information about Kate, the foundation, research grants, and other activities, please visit KateAmatoFoundation.org
