Aflac Childhood Cancer Foundation

My special Aflac duckmy special Aflac duck is a social robot specifically designed to support the psycho-social needs of children with Cancer and blood disorders such as sickle cell, including providing comfort, play and distraction features, medical play, and as a tool through which children can more easily communicate with their healthcare team and family. At no cost to patients, hospitals or organizations - during calendar year 2022, the Aflac Childhood Cancer Foundation distributed 2,758 my special Aflac ducks to children with Cancer through pediatric Cancer hospitals, pediatric Cancer camps and family orders throughout the united states. The Aflac Childhood Cancer Foundation distributed 4,121 my special Aflac ducks with sickle cell specific accessories to children with sickle cell through hospitals, organizations and families in 2022. Also last year, the Foundation donated nine (9) child life companion kits to child life professionals for use with patients.value of each:my special Aflac duck for children with Cancer $165my special Aflac duck for children with blood disorders/sickle cell $195child life kits $250

Child life & pediatric Cancer grantstwelve (12) child life programs at healthcare organizations across the u.s. Received funding in september 2022 from the Aflac Childhood Cancer Foundation, Inc. (accf) to support their work to reduce stress and anxiety for pediatric patients with Cancer and blood disorders and their siblings. The Foundation awarded each with a child life grant of $2,500, bringing the total donated by the accf through this annual program to $115,000 since 2018. Grants support existing and new child life programs designed to address psychosocial needs of patients and siblings through education, comfort and play.

Holiday duck/aflac Childhood Cancer campaign merchandiseannual distribution of net proceeds to participating hospitalsthe Aflac Childhood Cancer Foundation Inc. Annually distributes net proceeds of Aflac holiday duck sales and Aflac Childhood Cancer campaign merchandise sales to participating hospitals across the u.s. that treat children with Cancer and blood disorders.annual holiday ducks and merchandise (t-shirts, hats, etc) are sold internally on duckgear and externally on aflacchildhoodcancer.org. Net proceeds of those sales are distributed to participating hospitals that treat pediatric Cancer and blood disorders patients. The community Foundation of the chattahoochee valley coordinated distribution of this funding - $89,753 in 2022 - to the 53 hospitals receiving proceeds.