Create your own fundraiser and become a hero for kids facing cancer. Whether you’re honoring a loved one, celebrating a milestone, or mobilizing your community, your unique effort fuels groundbreaking research, expands access to care, and supports children and survivors during and long after treatment.
Start a fundraiser that reflects what matters most to you — because every step, every gift, and every story helps us power cures, ensures equitable care and helps realize brighter futures.
Raise a glass or blow out your candles with a purpose.
Kids Stand for a Cure. Set up a Stand. Take a Stand. Make a Difference.
Rally your school to make a lifesaving impact.
Having a fundraiser is quick, easy, and helps create a big impact:
Register your fundraiser online and in minutes you’ll have a fundraising page and everything you need to have a successful fundraiser.
Share your story – and fundraising page! - with friends, family, co-workers and network via email, social media, or text.
Raise funds to power research, equitable care, and mental health support for survivors. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!
Need help? Our team is here to support your mission. Reach out to Heather Arnold at harnold@pcrf-kids.org or call 949-625-7470.
When you create a DIY fundraiser for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, you’re not just raising money — you’re saving lives. Every dollar you raise powers critical breakthroughs in pediatric cancer research, expands access to lifesaving treatments, and supports children through recovery and beyond. Your fundraiser becomes part of a larger movement accelerating hope and healing for kids and families across the country. And it all starts with every $25 donation you receive — the cost of 30 minutes of research that could lead to the next big breakthrough.
Power one half hour of life-saving pediatric cancer research — bringing us one step closer to safer, more effective treatments just for kids.
Support therapeutic play or art sessions that promote emotional healing during a child’s treatment journey.
Support travel costs for a family seeking specialized care – It could help a child’s parent stay by their bedside tonight.
Support a survivor’s dream of college — through scholarships that honor resilience and inspire the future
Help power a research grant — accelerating discoveries for hard-to-treat childhood cancers.
Contribute to part of an Emerging Investigator Grant — training the next generation of scientists focused solely on pediatric cancer.
Ignite innovation in pediatric oncology — helping launch clinical trials that give kids access to tomorrow’s treatments today.
Your support helps fund cutting-edge research for safer, more effective therapies that target the toughest childhood cancers.
PCRF ensures that children everywhere—regardless of race, income, or zip code—receive the care they need. Your donations help eliminate treatment deserts by supporting travel assistance, diverse clinical trial enrollment, and outreach to underserved communities.
Your fundraiser helps provide critical mental health services and long-term care resources so childhood cancer survivors can thrive physically, emotionally, and socially.
Whether you fundraise enough to support the first hour of research—or help a family access the critical care they need, every effort makes a meaningful difference. Together, we’re giving children the chance to dream big, grow up, and live full, healthy lives beyond cancer. Be the reason a child survives and thrives. Start your fundraiser today.
