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Giving Hope & Support

Since Cindy Brinker Simmons founded Wipe Out Kids' Cancer (WOKC) in 1980, we have been working relentlessly for a day when cancer is no longer a threat to any child. We take pride in working on our three major initiatives to achieve this mission.
Warrior Family Program
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Warrior Family Program

We want to bring joy to the kids
and families that need it the most.

WOKC provides children with cancer and their families opportunities to attend numerous fun events throughout the year, including sporting events, a summer camp, holiday parties, and more! These events allow our Warriors and their families an opportunity to connect with others and to share challenges and victories in their battle against cancer.

Buddy Bag Program

Each year thousands of families receive the devastating news that their child has cancer.

WOKC has partnered with all of the children’s hospitals in the DFW and San Antonio areas – Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Cook Children’s, Medical City Children’s Hospital, The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, Methodist Children’s Hospital, and University Children’s Health – to provide Buddy Bags.

Buddy Bags are rolling suitcases filled with over 30 comfort items – including toiletries, electronics, games, and toys – given to all children with cancer admitted to those hospitals for overnight stays. Each WOKC Buddy Bag also includes an iPad and a set of AirPods!

Lucy & Mary Meyer's Story

Research Program

More than $7 million funded resulting in an additional $22 million in funding.

WOKC focuses on funding novel pediatric cancer research projects nationwide. We carefully select innovative research studies that might not receive traditional funding but will advance treatments with fewer side effects and help increase survival rates. To date, WOKC has funded over $7 million in pilot research, including over $510 thousand funded in 2021, that has yielded over $22 million in additional grant money from the National Cancer Institute and other significant cancer-funding organizations.

Soheil Meshinchi, M.D., Ph.D.

pediatric oncologist at fred hutchinson cancer research center

What We Know About Childhood Cancer

1

 Cancer is the #1 cause of death by disease in children

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43 children are diagnosed each day with cancer.  That’s 1 child every 30 minutes. 

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1 out of 8 children will not survive… that’s approximately 1800 children each year.

4

60% of those who survive will have long-lasting chronic health conditions as adults

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