Chance for Hope Foundation

The Chance for Hope Foundation signed its first apartment lease in november 2014 and now has multiple residences providing over 2,100 nights of free lodging annually. The Chance for Hope residences are fully furnished one-bedroom apartments in the Texas medical center, provided at no cost to families traveling to houston for pediatric cancer treatments. The residences are provided on a first come, first serve basis, and offer a shuttle service that provides quick access to Texas children's hospital and the university of Texas md anderson children's cancer hospital and proton therapy center. In 2023, this program served 34 families.

The Foundation provides meal deliveries to families at Texas children's hospital and md anderson twice monthly. In 2023, this program served 4,142 individuals. Our snack cart program serves children undergoing outpatient cancer treatment at Texas children's cancer clinic, and the md anderson children's cancer clinic and proton therapy center. The snack cart will provide refreshments for kids during challenging and sometimes lengthy chemotherapy, radiation, blood transfusions and other outpatient medical treatments. This cart gets replenished monthly with a large assortment of snacks. In 2023 the snack cart served over 19,000 individuals.

The Chance for Hope Foundation funds and monitors research initiatives designed to improve treatment protocols and ultimately to find a cure for childhood cancer, with a focus on cancer of the brain and central nervous system, which is now the deadliest form of cancer in children and comprises 18% of all pediatric cancer diagnoses.