Sky High for Kids
Saving Kids. Healing Families.
Sky High is a nonprofit organization founded by Louisiana native, Brittany Hebert Franklin. Comprised of a devoted staff, board members, and an army of volunteers, we work tirelessly to support children undergoing treatment for cancer and other life-threatening conditions. Our efforts benefit leading hospitals and research centers by closing the gap in childhood cancer rates globally. The Sky High team is saving kids through advanced medical studies and healing families who are battling cancer now through our comfort programs.
The mission of Sky High is to bring communities together to provide comfort, fund research and save lives of those fighting pediatric cancer and other life-threatening conditions. Our vision is to END pediatric cancer.
Our Core Values are:
- Passion: We are enthusiastic about the mission and we use our drive to inspire and energize others.
- Integrity: We hold ourselves to a high standard of having strong moral principles and uprightness.
- Faith: We have faith and hope in God’s grace that together we will find a cure for childhood cancer.
- Family: We are one unit, we share one mission and are ultimately one team.
- Mission Driven: We always put the mission first.
Our allocated funding supports the following initiatives:
- Funding a floor in the Advanced Research Center (ARC) at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.
- Supporting the first and only pediatric cancer immunotherapy center at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center in Houston, TX.
- Building three training facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with Texas Children’s Hospital’s - Global HOPE Program to increase capacity of medical care for the 100,000 children battling cancer and blood disorders in that region.
- Filling weekly wish list items needed for 20 families, 52 weeks per year at Texas Children’s Cancer & Hematology Center by supporting B.I.G LOVE Cancer Care.
Category: Health
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