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Flashes of Hope

Flashes of Hope is a nonprofit organization that changes the way children with cancer and other life threatening illnesses see themselves through the gift of photography and raises money for pediatric cancer research. The portraits, taken by award-winning photographers, help children feel better about their changing appearance by celebrating it. For families of terminally ill children, it's especially important to have a portrait that preserves forever the beauty, grace and dignity of their child.

Founded by a 10-year old cancer patient, their Kick-It program raises money for children’s cancer research by supporters playing kickball. Flashes of Hope’s goal is to photograph every child until every child is cured.

Co-Funded Projects

Project Title Institutions Co-Funder(s)
Defining the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Pediatric Brain Tumor Penetrance Washington University Flashes of Hope, Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Therapeutic Targeting of the Disrupted Metabolic State in DIPG University of Michigan Flashes of Hope, McKenna Claire Foundation
Using Splice Switching Oligonucleotides (SSOs) to target MDM2 for rhabdomyosarcoma therapy Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital Flashes of Hope, Tap Cancer Out
Multivalent Nanomedicine to Treat High-Risk Pediatric Solid Tumors Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Flashes of Hope
Accessing Combinatorial Effect of PARP Inhibitor with DNA Damaging Agent in Rhabdomyosarcoma at Single Cell Resolution Massachusetts General Hospital Flashes of Hope
MYC-driven Core Regulatory Circuits in Neuroblastoma Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Flashes of Hope
Identifying a Therapeutic Partner for TAK228 for Pediatric Phase II Brain Tumor Studies The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Flashes of Hope, The ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation
Circulating Repetitive Element RNAs as an Osteosarcoma Marker Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Flashes of Hope
RNA Methylation in Metabolically Disrupted Pediatric Cancers University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Flashes of Hope, Tap Cancer Out, Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Mechanisms of PAX3-FOXO1 and HES3 Cooperation in Rhabdomyosarcoma Nationwide Children’s Hospital Flashes of Hope, Tap Cancer Out

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