Friends for Life - a Seattle Children's Hospital Guild

02/28/2026

Friends for Life is celebrating 20 years of lighting the way for pediatric cancer research. Save the date and join us on Thursday, May 14 for a special celebration. More details to come.

02/15/2026

Camden is amazing and Seattle Children’s is improving care every day!

12/07/2025

This season, give a gift that truly shines while supporting childhood cancer research at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Purchase our beautiful handblown votives and ornaments at All Things Wine (in Renton), Down to Earth Flowers + Gifts (in Snoqualmie), or the Friends for Life website: https://friendsguild.org/shop/ They are also on display at Capri Cellars (in Issaquah).

Every purchase helps light the way toward a cure and less toxic treatments.

12/03/2025

Join the Friends for Life Guild this Saturday at the Lloyd Nordstrom Guild Winterfest Marketplace! We’ll be there with our handmade ornaments and votives, alongside other amazing artisan vendors.

Bring the whole family for an afternoon of holiday cheer:
🎁 Silent auction
🌲 Wreath & centerpiece sale🎶 Live music
🎨 Children’s crafts

📅 Saturday, December 7th 🕒 3:00 – 7:00 PM
📍 Magnolia Lutheran Church – 2415 31st Ave W, Seattle
🎟️ Tickets: $10 adults | Free for kids 12 & under

Come shop and celebrate the season with us!

Send a message to learn more

11/23/2025

Come see us at Blakely Hall, Issaquah, Wa today. 11-3. Sales support Camden’s choice of Seattle Children’s Cancer Researchers!

10/02/2025

Join us Wednesday, October 15 at Capri Cellars for the Friends for Life 2025 Ornament & Votive Sale Launch Party!

Be among the first to see Ambassador Camden’s beautiful new design, and stock up on this year’s ornaments and votives—just in time for the season.

Capri Cellars will generously donate 10% of all wine sales (by the glass, flight, or bottle) to Friends for Life. Plus, the first 10 guests to purchase an ornament or votive will be entered to win a $25 Capri Cellars gift card!

Bring your friends, sip some wine, and help fund childhood cancer research!

Where: Capri Cellars, 88 Front Street South, Issaquah, WA
When: Wednesday, October 15, 4 - 7 PM.

09/20/2025

Meet Camden, the Friends for Life Guild 2025 ambassador!

From the moment Camden could smile, he lit up every room he entered. The 7-year-old loves animals, painting, and music. He’s known as the “family extrovert,” because he’s always had a gift for connecting with others.

Last year he was diagnosed with an extremely rare malignant brain tumor called a germinoma. Thanks to a special test developed at Seattle Children’s, doctors were able to accurately determine Camden's tumor without doing an extremely dangerous and risky biopsy.

After completing 4 rounds of chemotherapy and 20 sessions of proton radiation, Camden is now officially cancer-free. He's back to making new friends wherever he goes.

Purchase Camden’s special handblown glass votive or ornament today to celebrate his survivorship and help fund critical childhood cancer research so more children can survive and thrive beyond treatment! https://friendsguild.org/shop/

09/05/2025

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
• Childhood cancer is the # 1 disease killer of children in the U.S.
• Globally, it is estimated more than 400,000 children are diagnosed with cancer annually.
• Approximately 1 in 263 children in the US will be diagnosed with cancer before the age of 20.
• In the mid 1970’s, 58% of children (0-14 years) and 68% adolescents (15-19 years) with cancer survived at least 5 years. Today that number is 85% overall.
•While great progress has been made in curing some types of
childhood cancers, for others progress has been limited, and
for some there is still no cure.
•Progress is because of research. RESEARCH = HOPE

Please support Seattle Children’s Hospital’s cancer research by donating today.
www.friendsguild.org/donate

05/05/2025

It's May and the Seattle Children's Purchase a Miracle campaign is underway! Friends for Life Guild members helped tag shelves at grocery stores throughout the region to help shoppers identify participating products. Look for products at your local Fred Meyer, Safeway, QFC and Haggen stores and help support Seattle Children's Food Security Program.

04/30/2025

Emily, mom to 2024 ambassador Charlie, spoke in front of the US Senate about the importance of funding for the NIH. Thank you Emily for being a voice for our kids!

Watch her powerful testimony here (starting at 59:00): https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/biomedical-research-keeping-americas-edge-in-innovation?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ_RjlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvMG1ST2tMeEhFWnltSmkzAR4jEaKXpzX5CWXrnqRzr8RvaQ8drqHbXl4vGllbY_patwyRZEPUuVrgV4YEEA_aem_gEGPVBqLsQKts5VTrSQ23A

𝐍𝐈𝐇-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬.

Today, Emily Stenson, mother of Seattle Children's cancer survivor Charlie Stenson, along with pediatric medical research leaders, spoke to the importance of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in front of the US Senate.

Watch their powerful testimony here: https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/biomedical-research-keeping-americas-edge-in-innovation

03/13/2025

A big thank you to everyone who purchased Friends for Life's beautiful votives and ornaments! On Tuesday, Ambassador Charlie presented a check for $40,000 to support Dr. Ketterl's cancer research.

🎉Congratulations to the Friends for Life - a Seattle Children's Hospital Guild who sold blown glass ornaments and votives throughout the year. The colors were chosen by Charlie, this year's honored cancer patient. $40,000 was raised for Dr. Ketterl's Germ and Rare Cancer Research Fund.

01/24/2025

Valentine's Day is approaching. Who doesn't love bringing a smile to a loved one's face? A beautiful handblown votive is the perfect gift that gives back and funds lifesaving childhood cancer research at Seattle Children’s. Check out the variety of colors and designs and order yours today! https://friendsguild.org/shop/