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• <H2> Samuel Jeffers Childhood Cancer Foundation
• <H3> Cooking up a cure for childhood cancer
• <H5> Sam’s Story
• <H2> Sam’s Story
• <H5> Samuel Jeffers was a special little boy. Variously described as a “real charmer”, “Mr. Personality” and “quite a character”, he had a knack for engaging adults and peers alike. He had an adorable smile, an infectious laugh and was wicked smart. He was beloved and adored by everyone who knew him.
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• <H5> Sam loved food and everything about it — eating it, sure, but also cooking it. He was known for his outstanding chili, and he wanted to be a chef when he grew up. And then he died of a brain tumor at the age of 8.
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• <H5> No, this is not a story with a fairytale ending — but we think it’s a story that anyone with children or grandchildren or simply a love of children should hear, because it is not an uncommon story and it can happen to any child — any family — at any moment.
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• <H2> If there was a terrorist organization that was kidnapping and holding hostage our children at the rate of 45 per day, would we — as a nation — do something about it?
• <H2> Pediatric Cancer Facts
• <H5> Every day about 45 children are diagnosed with cancer around the country. Nearly 2000 of them will die each year. Over 150 thousand life-years are lost annually to this disease that knows no geographic boundaries, no socio-economic bias, and no lifestyle discrimination. In fact, the only risk factor for getting cancer as a child is—being a child.
• <H5> The Problem
• <H5> Lots of money goes into cancer research and support for cancer victims; but only a tiny fraction of that goes towards pediatric cancer. Of the estimated $5.6 billion of funding allocated by the National Cancer Institute in 2009, for example, only $180 million (3.2%) of it went towards pediatric cancer. By 2012, the latest year for which statistics are currently available, $208 million of the $5,249,410,000 NCI budget was allocated to pediatric cancers, or 3.9%.   And there are sources who believe a more accurate estimate of the portion that directly benefits childhood cancer to be only $50 million (less than 1%).
• <H5> The American Cancer Society, which has done some wonderful things in the national fight against cancer, directed $23,559,000 (2.4%) of their $970 million of annual revenue in 2013 to support research for childhood cancer. This is simply not enough money to fight such a complicated disease that afflicts our children in such a multi-faceted manner.
• <H5> One of the most pressing problems with childhood cancer is that childhood cancer is not just one disease.  There are many different types and many more subtypes, each one requiring specific and unique research to develop the best method of treatment.
• <H5> While we have (very thankfully) been successful at treating certain types of pediatric cancer—thanks to increased awareness and a modicum of funding—the success rates for many of the other types of pediatric cancer are not good.  These rarer types of childhood cancer are not so rare when viewed as a whole, as together they account for a good portion of all childhood cancers.  Because so few children are diagnosed with these specific rarer types, little research is done on each one separately.
• <H5> Further, even for those childhood cancers with relatively high 5-year survival rates, it is estimated that up to 80% of childhood cancer victims will suffer from a serious, or fatal, complication from the treatment they underwent as a child.
• <H5> The Circle
• <H5> A sort of “vicious circle” therefore exists with respect to most types of pediatric cancer:  They are rare enough that little awareness exists and very little or no research is being done; therefore no new drugs or therapies are developed; therefore children affected by some of these types of cancers are sentenced to almost certain death.  No child should ever have to face that kind of future.  We hope Sam’s Foundation will be able to make a positive impact on some of these rarer types of children’s cancer and also reduce the risks of relapses, secondary cancers and health complications from current treatment plans.
• <H3> Our organization wants to break the vicious circle and instead start a “virtuous circle”, where awareness leads to funding which leads to research and ultimately cures for our children.
• <H2> Our Mission
• <H5> Purpose
• <H5> To Fund research, clinical trials and other medical and scientific projects targeted at developing cures for pediatric cancer; to assist generally families of children with cancer.
• <H5> Objective
• <H5> To significantly raise awareness of and funding for pediatric cancer in the belief that Awareness=Funding=Research=Cure
• <H5> Strategy
• <H5> Building a network of like-minded and well-informed community members whose grass roots efforts will drive additional funding for pediatric cancer; making pediatric cancer a recognized priority for politicians, business and community leaders.
• <H5> Tactics (Day-to-day Activities)
• <H5> Meeting with leading hospitals, doctors and clinics across the nation (and in some cases overseas) to pinpoint the current needs for pediatric cancer research, clinical trials, additional therapies, medicines, supportive care, etc.; assessing the current status of gaps between available resources and need involving certain less common types of pediatric cancer; establish, organize, promote and run various community fund raising and information events aimed at raising awareness and dollars to find a cure for pediatric cancers; et al.
• <H2> Contribute To The Foundation
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• <H5> If you would like to donate via traditional mail please send a check payable to the
• <H5> Samuel Jeffers FoundationP.O. Box 270 Grover Beach, CA 93483.
• <H5> All donations are tax-deductible and you will be sent a receipt if you provide us with your physical or e-mail address.  Because we volunteer our time to the Foundation, 100% of all contributions goes directly to benefit pediatric cancer research or families affected by this horrible disease.  Your contribution will make a difference and is greatly appreciated.
• <H2> Projects
• <H5> Project Violet
• <H5> Children’s Brain Tumor Project
• <H5> Tomorrow’s Possibilities
• <H2> Links of Interest
• <H3> Education
• <H3> In The News
• <H3> Blog
• <H3> Annual Report
• <H3> Videos
• <H5> Below is a video made by our friends, who generously donated lots of their time and huge talents to produce a short video inspired by a game played by Sam and his dad.  This is just one “skit” of hundreds that Sam and his dad played out together over the years.  One of Sam’s wishes before he died was to “see Cow come alive”.  This was our attempt to make Sam’s wish come true.  Cow (voice played by Sam’s dad) always got in lots of trouble when he and Sam (voice played by Alec Zebert) played together in real life.  Sam got to watch this video just weeks before he died.  Sam’s hardy laugh and the smile on his face while watching the video said it all, and gave us great comfort…..We hope you enjoy it as much as Sam did.
• <H5> This beautiful video and song below was written and performed by our dear and incredibly talented friend Chris Beland.  Chris was approached by another friend of ours, cancer survivor Heather McKenna, about writing a song for Sammy. She emailed Chris a beautiful poem about Sam with some details about his life–hobbies and such. Feeling inspired, Chris wrote this song in one night, while Sam was still alive and fighting his brain cancer.  Chris and friends Ryan Jenkins and Josh Cody came to our house and played it for us in our living room for the first time. The video was made by talented videographer Cameron Ingalls.  We are so grateful to all for giving their time and resources freely.
• <H3> The Collected Poetry of John Jeffers
• <H5> Almost immediately after Sam died a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions stirred inside of me.  One day, sitting in a chair feeling sorry for myself, a stream of words popped into my head.  I jotted them down on a piece of paper, and as soon as I was done writing the first couple sentences, more words kept coming.  As strange as it sounds, each poem below was written this same way.  I don’t feel as though I wrote the poems at all—they more or less just came out of me.   I do not claim to be a poet—I know absolutely nothing about poetry.  For those who do, I suspect that fact will be painfully obvious.   All I know is how I was feeling in the days and weeks following Sam’s death, and these poems are really just a “stream of consciousness” borne of those feelings.  Perhaps they will also stir something in you.– John
• <H5> Read John’s Poems >

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