Podari.Life, Stoneham, MA (2026)

03/30/2026

🩺 On March 30, we celebrate National Doctor's Day.

Physicians give patients their futures back — with skill, dedication, and unwavering belief. We often talk about the importance of life-saving treatments, but the truth is simple: no medication would heal a child without a doctor. It is their expertise and care that turn medicine into a miracle.

For over a decade, our charity has been proud to stand behind them. What started 11 years ago as an idea to fund their access to professional journals, conferences, and hospital libraries has grown into a vital resource for oncology specialists. We believe that keeping doctors at the cutting edge of global medical breakthroughs is the best investment we can make.
The best part? This entire program costs no more than $50,000 annually, and we are incredibly happy to keep it going.

Over these ten years, we’ve received so much incredible feedback from the medical community. Throughout this year, we plan to share those stories and testimonials with you. Stay tuned to hear directly from the doctors who are changing lives every day! ❤️

02/15/2026

Today is International Childhood Cancer Day. 🎗️

As we mark this day, we’ve been looking back at the incredible journey we’ve taken together.

To everyone who has stood with us over the years: we want to show you exactly what your support has built. Because of you, we reached a massive milestone in 2025: Nearly $800,000 in total aid provided to children in need.

Your kindness laid the foundation for our most ambitious work yet:

🎗️CAR-T Cell Therapy: In 2025, we began funding this cutting-edge treatment for children who have exhausted all other options. This mission continues in 2026 - right now, 16-year-old Ilya is on his way to receive this life-saving care.

🎗️Meds4Kids: Our flagship program is still going strong. We’ve already secured Defitelio for Sergey ($15,820) this year and are working urgently to provide vital medications for Kira and Semen.

🎗️Doctor Support: We continue to invest in the experts who save these lives. In 2025, we spent approximately $47,000 on medical conferences and professional subscriptions, and we plan to provide the same level of support this year.

✨Thank you for being the hope these families need. Together, we are changing the future of childhood cancer care.

How to help today: link in the comment

12/23/2025

One of the most effective ways to support us is through matching donations: the company you work for can double your donation to us!

Your support has already helped children like Andemirkan, who will be 10 on December 25 and is fighting acute lymphoblastic leukemia since May. Thanks to timely support, the medicines he needed were fully covered — a critical step in protecting him during his treatment journey.

How does it work? If your employer supports matching donations, simply select Podari.Life Inc (EIN #47-4165470) in your corporate system. Your company will match your donation, and the full amount will go toward purchasing life-saving medicines for other children who need them now.

Please share this opportunity with your colleagues. Every child who needs medicine should receive it — and receive it on time!

12/02/2025

It’s Giving Tuesday. Today, the world comes together to make a difference, and join us in the fight against childhood cancer.

Join us in the fight against childhood cancer.

Every three minutes, somewhere in the world, a parent hears the unthinkable: “Your child has cancer.” Most of these children are just six years old — still learning to read, still discovering the world. Cancer steals their childhood and threatens their future.

Survival rates have improved, but not equally. In many regions, children still face cancer with fewer chances and fewer choices. Families walk this terrifying path alone — overwhelmed, underinformed, and afraid.

We believe that care shouldn’t depend on geography, and that no child should suffer because of where they live. Knowledge must be shared. Support must be global. Compassion must cross every border.

If you believe that too, we ask you to stand with us today — as a supporter, a donor, or a partner. Your help brings healing closer to the children who need it most.

Employer Matching – Many companies match donations. Check with your employer to see if they have Podari.Life in their system and double your impact. Our EIN is 47-4165470

Sell on eBay – When you sell items, you can choose what percentage of your sales goes to Podari.Life. Turn your treasures into hope for children in need!

Create a fundraiser – Host your own fundraiser on Facebook or Instagram and invite your friends to support our cause. - https://www.facebook.com/podari.life/fundraisers

Every effort ensures kids receive the medications they need, exactly when they need them. Together, we’re saving lives and bringing hope to families during their hardest times.

Every action, big or small, brings us closer to ensuring that every child gets the care they need on time. Together, we can create hope and change lives!

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!

On this day, it is traditional to reflect on what — and whom — we are grateful for. Podari.Life is grateful to you for the help you give to children by supporting us. Your compassion reaches places where it is needed most. And your involvement gives families the strength to continue.

11/12/2025

Before Thanksgiving, thank you for making a real difference for children fighting cancer.
Childhood cancer is curable, but complications and side effects can be life-threatening.

💛 Please sign up for a monthly donation—steady support saves lives, even $10/month helps.
💼 Many corporate matching programs match monthly gifts and let you choose a specific cause.
🔗 Learn more & donate: http://podari.life.

11/08/2025

✨ A private event helped raise money for medication.✨

After Halloween lights faded, friends gathered at home in the Bay Area, California, for “An Evening of Stories and Light,” hosted by Marina Davidova and Olga Zhuravskaya — long-time friends and supporters of Podari.Life. It was a night of warmth, kindness, and courage — a small circle around the fire where people shared stories of resilience and hope.

This simple gathering — with tea, laughter, and open hearts — became something powerful. Together, the guests raised $7,294.42 to support Meds4Kids, helping provide urgently needed medicines for children battling cancer. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Every story told that night became a spark of compassion. Every dollar given turned into hope for a child who needs it most.

We will soon share how these funds are being used to help kids. And there will be more gatherings like this next year, bringing more stories, more light, and more lives saved.

👉 If you’d like to host your own evening of stories and kindness, please reach out — every small circle of warmth can make a big difference.

10/17/2025

🎃 It’s almost Halloween — and time to start getting ready for the New Year!
And guess what? It’s not too late to order our unique Salem Witch Trials 2026 Calendar

Created by Fima Furman (photography) and Rada Landar (idea and texts) for our Boston's summer fundraising event with Ivan Kurilla, this calendar is printed on high-quality paper and offers a beautiful, artistic take on history.

You can enjoy it yourself or gift it to someone who loves New England stories and art.
💛 All proceeds go to a vital cause — helping kids to fight cancer by getting the urgent medications they need.

🗓️ Available in two styles:
Wall Calendar (center binding) — 13" × 11"
Wall Calendar (top binding) — 12" × 18"

Place the order: https://www.podari.life/salem

Please share — that helps too! 🙏✨

09/20/2025

🌍 International Bone Marrow Donor Day is honored on September 20th.

🧬 Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a complex and costly procedure used to treat congenital and malignant blood diseases (such as leukemias) and immunodeficiencies, including severe combined immunodeficiency.

⚠️ The procedure requires great caution and is performed only when absolutely necessary. The therapeutic effect of BMT is based on two key factors: high doses of chemotherapy and the patient’s immune response to the replacement of their bone marrow with donor marrow.

❤️‍🩹 For child patients, this is a matter of life — their entire immune system is replaced by the donor’s, which requires a long recovery process with medication support 💉 and home quarantine 🏠.

👦 Shamil is 6 years old and has a primary immunodeficiency. Against this background, he developed a very rare lymphatic system disease for children — lymphomatoid granulomatosis. After treatment and successful bone marrow transplantation in March 2025, the child is now undergoing rehabilitation.

👦 Sergey, 10 years old, faced a dangerous blood disease — aplastic anemia. In March, he underwent a bone marrow transplant and has since returned home to recover.

🔎 No transplant is free of additional financial costs. For unrelated transplants, it is necessary to pay for donor search and activation in foreign registries, and for using incompatible relatives — a high-tech graft purification process.

❤️‍🩹 Your donations have helped organize and pay for BMT for several children this year, giving them a chance for a new life. Only on BMT, $118,636 was spent this year, not counting accompanying medication costs.

🙏 We are very grateful to all donors for their invaluable contribution. At the same time, we still need donations 💖 to continue helping children receive timely and life-saving transplants. Every contribution is a chance to save a life 🌟.

09/04/2025

School starts at different times in different countries and even different states, but one thing is constant: September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

It's been a while since we've updated you on what we've been able to accomplish with your help, so here are the results from this summer:

🎗️ 7 children received vital medications. We previously wrote about Larisa, who received Dificid thanks to funds raised at our "Salem Witches" event. Larisa, along with Aleksandr and Artem, also received Foscavir, Olga received Defitelio, and Maksim received Daunoblastin. In total, over $60,000 was spent on these medications this summer alone.

🎗️ We urgently need to pay for Foscavir for Ulyana and have about $100,000 in planned expenses for the rest of the year. That's why we are asking for your support in any way you can.

🎗️ In addition to making a one-time donation or, even better, signing up for recurring monthly donations, please don't forget about matching donations. Fall is the ideal time, as most employers match their employees' donations during this period.

❤️ And, of course, please tell your friends and acquaintances about us. We can't do this without your support.

06/26/2025

What do the Salem witch trials of 1692 have in common with the work we do at Podari.Life?
You might be tempted to ask, “Why is a raven like a writing desk?”
But before trying to answer that strange question, let’s say this: talking about witches — and what they’ve meant over the past three centuries — helped us raise over $4,000.
The real answer is this: it’s no accident we chose to link the story of dangerous, even deadly, myths to the work we do every day in our small gathering.
At the heart of both myths — witches and cancer — lies the same root: fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear for the future.
In the 17th century, was a neighbor to blame for a poor harvest? Maybe she was practicing witchcraft.
And today — have we heard “died of cancer” so often that it's easier to believe it’s some sort of mysterious, contagious curse?
Isn't it telling that we often avoid even saying the word “cancer” — calling it “the C-word” instead? That, too, is a kind of mystical thinking.
We know cancer is not a death sentence. Thanks to you, children are beating it — and they’re not afraid to call it by its name.
Our conversation about the so-called witches of Salem helped raise money to buy medicine for Larisa.
But there’s also Denis. And Sasha. And they need help too.
And that’s just July. Every month, children need medication — to fight real, specific cancers, not some vague “oncology.”

How can you help?
You can support our work directly here on Facebook or on our website.
And — if the story of the witch trials spoke to you — you can also buy a special calendar created by our friends to support this cause.

https://podari.life/salem

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