Program areas at Little Star Foundation
Program wish/gift: children with cancer and their families/caregivers are overwhelmed by the trauma and stresses of a cancer diagnosis. Parents miss work and are even laid off due to constant hospital visits and long term hospital stays for their child. Daily bills pile up, pressures mount and homes, cars and other basis living expenses coverage can be lost without help. Little Star Foundation's financial assistance/wish/gift programs provide utility, rent/mortgage, car repair and car payment, basic supplies, living and basic survival support. There have even been situations where families have no insurance for cancer treatment. Little Star Foundation's financial assistance/wish/gift programs help improve and even save lives.
Program educational: educational programs, supplies & teachings included,are provided for free. In 2024 over 1,033,000 individuals benefited from Little Star Foundation educational programs. Often times children with cancer miss school or have to be home-schooled due to their compromised immune systems. Additionally children with cancer and children in need, their families and caregivers uprooted from their homes have disrupted educational opportunities and lack supplies. Little Star Foundation helps
Program activities: program activities are provided for free and include therapeutic activities: cognitive, mental, emotional, physical, health and wellness opportunities and programs; camp like events; hospital, school, shelter and communities enhancement activities providing much needed relief from disease, trauma, tragedy, stress, poverty, daily and long term life challenges. Financial/wish and gift and program activities benefited 5,414 individuals in 2024.
To provide long term care and a better quality of life for children with cancer, children in need, their families and caregiver system by providing for free, financial assistance, therapeutic activity programs, hospital and hospice support, educational programs and scholarships, health and wellness assistance and outreach opportunities.