There are 20,000 new cancer diagnoses in Colorado each year. Children of cancer patients are missing out on a complete education because their parent's can't afford to pay what the schools are currently charging.
We are there to cover those fees, K-12, and we also offer therapy so for the children
Testimonials
Hello! I was the first person helped by the Doreen Katz Memorial Cancer Foundation. While beginning my second fight with brain cancer, and just being the caregiver to my husband as he finished up his treatment for Hodgkins Lymphoma I was feeling pretty discouraged and in need of some serious help! Thankfully my husband and I were blessed with miracle twin babies, along with our seven year old daughter but this left us in a hard spot while trying to care for our own cancers and maintain the lifestyle our children were accustomed to. We were even more devastated when we learned of the need for our daughter to have open heart surgery, along with a CP diagnosis. As you can imagine, money was going quickly to all this medical stuff and paying school fees was quickly approaching. The Doreen Katz Memorial Foundation found us at the perfect time! Not only did the CEO, and founder Adam Katz, come to Children's Hospital and sit with us during our daughters surgery he assured us we had nothing to worry about as far as her school fees. Adam has helped us with school fees for three years now and I can't even put into words how incredibly helpful that has been for our family! As with most marriages the severe lack of funds coming in and the massive amounts of funds needing to go out for medical expenses, brought in some marital stress. When Adam Katz brought over a counselor to our home to be with us to educate us, to help us and to continually support us our lives REALLY changed for the better. Not only is this counselor helping us, she is helping us for free because of Adam Katz and the Doreen Katz Memorial Cancer Foundation. This woman is incredible! She is educating us on nutrition, lifestyle changes and our marriage in ways that we have never known before. I can't even tell you the number of times Adam Katz has come to our home to see how we're doing, and see if we are in need. This man, not knowing us at all (when he reached out to me initially) , has ensured, for our children and for us, that our family stays not only together but that we are getting stronger by the day as we beat cancer for my third go at it. He has ensured that our children lives are being consistent and that they feel as little of an impact as they possibly can from this nightmare cancer has brought into our family four times now between my husband and myself. When I lost my job, due to not being released back to work after a major brain surgery, Adam Katz was one of the first people to contact us and see if our kids needed anything! He even offered to buy our Children's Christmas that year. This man and this foundation are doing something no other foundation is doing! He really cares for the children and their parents! This foundation cares for families! I feel we have made a life long friend in Adam, even though we have so much going on and we are awful "friends" at this point. I truly hope this foundation grows and saves more families they way it has truly saved mine! This foundation will forever be carried on by the children it has supported during some of the toughest times in their lives, even if they're to young to know it at the time! I can't thank you enough Adam Katz and the Doreen Katz Memorial Cancer Foundation! THANK YOU!