Program areas at Emilio Nares Foundation
Ride with Emilios (RWE) mission is to ensure that no child misses a cancer treatment due to a lack of transportation. Bilingual, bicultural drivers operate specially equipped, hygienic vans to ensure low-income children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses get to their medical treatments on time, every time. RWE vans serve patient families in San Diego, Riverside, Orange, and Imperial Valley counties. In December of 2021, RWE began serving patients in Los Angeles County. RWE has eliminated all missed appointments due to lack of transportation and, to date, has traveled more than 1.3 million miles and safely transported 5,000 children in Southern California.
Family Support Programs: End of Life Child and Family Care: Trusted ENF staff provides a range of support for the child and family members during a childs last weeks of life, including fulfillment of a childs dying wish, meal cards, financial aid, end of life ceremonies, and stipends to help with the cost of burial. Resource Center: Our trained, bilingual staff members help navigate families through honest dialogue and access to information on what cancer theyre fighting, treatment, housing, employment, financial aid, legal aid, and other forms of assistance at Rady Childrens Hospital in San Diego and Childrens Hospital Orange County.
Other programs: Family Events, End of Life support, Snack Bags, Knitting and Sewing activities
Loving Tabs Healing Shirts: These specially designed shirts enable medical providers to access the permanent catheter port in a young patients chest to deliver chemotherapy and other medications without the child having to lift or remove the shirt, which relieves stress and fear by making the child more comfortable. More than 2,500 shirts have been distributed nationally across the US for free to newly diagnosed cancer patients at all major childrens hospitals.