Childhood Cancer Campaign

"Providing the Care ... Finding the Cure"

Did you know that each year more than 12,000 children and teenagers will be diagnosed with cancer? Did you also know that one in every 330 Americans develops cancer before the age of 20? Due to statistics such as these, Optimist Clubs are encouraged to participate in this program by building awareness of the disease, providing assistance to childhood cancer patients and their families and supporting research to find a cure.

The CCC program model is built to accentuate four areas of service
on which Members can focus:

• Support to children diagnosed and receiving treatment for cancer

• Support to families and care partners of children with cancer

• Support to health care and service providers

• Support for cancer research

For more in-depth CCC information, read the CCC Overview or the CCC Operations Manual. To learn about the CCC’s commitment to research, check out the Optimist Cancer Research Initiative with Johns Hopkins.

Optimist Cancer Research Initiative with Johns Hopkins
Optimist International made a $1 million commitment to fund an Endowed Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Clubs are asked to donate funds restricted to CCC Research to help meet the commitment and play an important role in finding the cure.