Agnes K. Mackey Memorial Fund

The Board of Directors of CURE established this fund in 1986, in memory of Agnes. K. Mackey. Mrs. Mackey was a strong supporter of CURE who had a wonderful gift for making people feel special. The fund was developed to provide families with financial assistance. A child's cancer diagnosis can create a financial burden for a family. Often parents have to take a leave of absence from work without pay at a time when they are overwhelmed with enormous expenses. The Agnes K. Mackey Fund is available to those with demonstrated need without the wait or red tape associated with other assistance programs. Grants have been awarded to help with requests for such expenses as utility bills, co-pays for medication and funeral costs. Please contact your social worker about requesting a grant from the Agnes K. Mackey Memorial Fund.

Parking Stckers

CURE budgets more than $16,000 annually to help each and every family who is fighting childhood cancer cover their parking expenses while visiting their child in the hospital. When a child is hospitalized, parents are provided with two parking stickers daily for as long and as often as their child is an inpatient. If there are two sets of parents, four parking stickers are made available.

In addition, one parking sticker is provided to parents for each outpatient/clinic visit.

The parking sticker program has been an enormous source of financial relief as hospitalizations can often last a month or longer, creating a huge financial burden for many families.