
Partner Resources
Recommended Organizations
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Grief
Dougy Center - resources for before and after a death.
National Alliance for Grieving Children - raising awareness of childhood bereavement.
Eluna Network - support for children, teens, and families impacted by grief or addiction.
What’s Your Grief - resources, guidance, and training to support individuals, professionals, and grief counselors in exploring, understanding, and coping with grief and loss.
Sesame Street - content to help children understand death and cope with grief.
Inheritance of Hope (Legacy Videos) - helping families find joy in a parent’s terminal illness. -
Cancer
Cancer Support Community - support for those impacted by cancer and their families.
Parental Cancer:
Pickles Group - free support and resources for kids and teens who have a parent with cancer. (Kelsey is the Chief Clinical Officer at Pickles Group)Wonders & Worries - free, professional support for children and teenagers through a parent’s serious illness or injury, so that they can reach their full potential.
Kesem - free summer camps, day programs, and virtual meet-ups for youth and adolescents facing a parent’s cancer to connect with peers, process their experiences, and have fun.
Bright Spot Network - provides young cancer survivors who are parents of small children with a safe space for individual and familial healing, recovery, and reconnection.Childhood Cancer:
A Special Aflac Duck - request this brave little duck as a fun-loving, loyal companion who also understands what it’s like to go through treatment. The duck offers methods to support your child in difficult moments, be it when they feel unwell or in moments of unease, before, during, or after a hospital visit.
CAC2 Hope Portal - a searchable website of support resources focused on the needs and challenges of childhood cancer patients and their families.
I Draw Childhood Cancer books - Free downloadable books about specific cancer (and other illness) experiences.
Alex’s Lemonade Stand - offers many programs and tools to help families navigate the challenges of having a child with cancer.Make a Wish Foundation - helps fulfill the wishes of seriously ill children.
Team Impact - provides children with serious illness and disability the opportunity to experience positive social-emotional development through the support of a team.
Momcology -community-based patient advocacy and support organization founded in 2011 by mothers of children with cancer. -
Food Allergies
Academy of Food Allergy Counseling - to support the food allergy community's psychosocial needs by continuing to identify, bridge, and fill the food allergy mental health support gaps.
Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) - improving the quality of life and health of individuals with food allergy through transformative research, education, and advocacy.Kids with Food Allergies - Part of the AAFA; dedicated to saving lives and reducing the burden of food allergies through support, advocacy, education and research.
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Illinois Based Organizations
Affiliate Links
Amazon Storefront
Lists of go-to books and resources for parenting through difficult conversations and moments. Lists include cancer, food allergies, grief, anxiety, and coping.
PicassoTiles
Kelsey’s favorite magnetic tiles designed for kids to build and play creatively, fostering STEM skills and imagination.
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Child Life Circle
Join Child Life On Call’s online community for child life specialists who want to grow professionally and personally through clinical supervision, PDUs, and support.
Thimble
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Lifebooks
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