Momcology is building a lifetime network of support childhood cancer families. The effects of childhood cancer can last years, decades, and sometimes a lifetime for children and families no matter the outcome. Our programs and services were created to help families proactively cope, learn, and heal with a community of others who know the unique challenges we must face after a pediatric cancer diagnosis.
Families need support and community where they are. Our programs, both virtual and in-person, are available throughout the year and are always changing and growing with the needs of our community. From casual connecting events to curriculum-based presentations and informational webinars, Momcology is here to support you as a caregiver and pediatric cancer advocate. See what’s new and find a Momcology program or event happening near you.
Our signature restorative retreat weekends are focused on building close peer connections, learning self-care strategies, and identifying new coping skills for caregivers to integrate into their daily lives as they care for their families. Since 2014, hundreds of mothers across the United States have received the benefits of participating in a Momcology Retreat and have reported an overall reduction in stress and an increase in family functioning following their retreat program experience.
Connections is Momcology’s collaborative evidence-based caregiver support group created in response to caregiver-reported distress and the desire to build a facilitated psychosocial support community within treatment centers for parents. The Connections program has been celebrated by pediatric cancer care professionals and patient families as a successful community-based intervention and model in wrap-around family-centered care. Learn more about our breakthrough program and how to get involved.
Momcology has deconstructed the traditional hospital Caregiver Lounge through our evening webinar series facilitated by pediatric cancer experts with Momcology. Webinars feature professional presentations with representatives from our hospital partners across the United States and an interactive question-and-answer segment with our live caregiver audience. Recordings of past episodes can be found in our Caregiver Lounge archives. Sit back, relax, and welcome to our couch!
Our Mother’s Day event is our biggest annual support program directly reaching thousands of families each year. Each gift is curated to promote childhood cancer awareness and connect our community. These gifts are meant to remind our community that a strong network of support exists when we look beyond what we must bear each day in the heaviness of our actions and thoughts; and that carrying the title of cancer mom is an extraordinary part of being a mother.
Dads need support too. Dadcology is a program specific to dads who are looking for social peer connections with other fathers as part of their support system after a childhood cancer diagnosis. Fathers of children diagnosed with cancer can join a Dadcology support group on social media and take part in monthly Dadcology meetings facilitated by trained Dadcology peer leaders.
Get more involved by registering for an upcoming event. Our programs, both virtual and in-person, are available throughout the year and are always changing and growing with the needs of our community. From casual connecting events to curriculum-based presentations and informational webinars, Momcology is here to support you as a caregiver and pediatric cancer advocate. See what’s new and find a Momcology program or event near you.
Momcology is in an impactful position to enhance many types of research through the power of a connected community of patient advocates. When you join Momcology and fill out our membership application, you are given the option to become part of our Caregiver Lived-Experience Repository where you may be matched to studies you are likely to be eligible to participate in. Learn more about our mission to accelerate care through meaningful patient-engaged research.
Learn more about our collaborative campaign with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and how the Momcology community has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund groundbreaking research. As parents, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to grow up. Take a stand with us today.
Get social with us! We are a community that is always growing, changing, collaborating, and responding to the current events around pediatric cancer support, research, patient advocacy and awareness. To stay the most current with all aspects of Momcology, we encourage you to follow and interact with us on our public-facing social media channels.
Cheers! We have developed a few fun ways for the Momcology community to give back that also support our community-focused nonprofit model. These fundraisers and programs help you, to help each other. We are grateful for your direct support in growing the Momcology mission.
With every purchase, you help support innovative pediatric cancer caregiver and family programs while promoting childhood cancer awareness. Shop confidently knowing that each purchase directly supports a high-touch and meaningful difference in the lives of families affected by childhood cancer.
Our bi-monthly email communication is now available on our website download. Find past newsletters with the information you need to stay current with ongoing Momcology initiatives and events. Each edition includes a summary of topics in its chronological listing to make browsing our archives easy.
Our sponsors help to turn our mission into action. We are grateful to all of our sponsors, past and present, who have helped us to build caregiver programs and a lifetime of community support for childhood cancer families. Our mission is stronger because of our sponsors.
Our partnerships are developed over time with mutual trust, accountability, and integrity for the work we do together and our impact on the greater childhood cancer community. Our mission is stronger because of our partners.
We value our national partners and how we work together. Our partner’s programs and resources can help you better care for your family during a pediatric cancer diagnosis and offer support well beyond treatment. From diagnosis and clinical trial information to college scholarship opportunities, our Momcology partners and their resources are here for you too.
Childhood Cancer Families need quick access to reliable resources. The Momcology online community is a wonderful resource in itself and an easy way for caregivers to ask and find resources from thousands of other families who have walked a similar path. Find additional tools and services that we refer families to when they are looking for more help and support.
More than 90% of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States are cared for at Children’s Oncology Group member institutions. The Children’s Oncology Group Handbooks provide families with reliable information about treatment, support, and follow-up care for children and young people with cancer.
More than 90% of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States are cared for at Children’s Oncology Group member institutions. Find information and guidelines from COG on supportive care and survivorship care.
Research studies may take a long time to finish. Even after the last patient has been enrolled, it can take years for the results to be released. During that time, work is being done to ensure that the results are accurate and that they can answer the main questions of the study. Children’s Oncology Group has developed a Return of Results resource for families to find the results of clinical trials their child may have participated in.
We do the connecting for you. Simply send families to our website to fill out our online membership application and they will immediately be connected to Momcology’s programs, services, and partners. New families will also receive a welcome gift in the mail including our partner resource packet. Learn more and visit our FAQ section for medical professionals.
Momcology is committed to working with research partners who value our mission and who have a passion for involving community-based partnerships in their portfolio of work. Access to the community for research is a precious resource that should always be treated with the care and attention it deserves including sharing results and creating meaningful interventions. Learn more about our engagement process and how it can benefit your future work and the childhood cancer community.
Explore the professional work and contributions to science that the Momcology community has elevated through a Community-Based Participatory Research model. Our community-building structure puts us in an impactful position to facilitate engagement and enhance many types of research through the power of a connected community of patient advocates.
Momcology directly serves the needs of families and caregivers by providing facilitated peer support programs, information distribution, educational opportunities, partnerships with treatment centers, and engagement in projects and programs that address the ongoing needs of families affected by pediatric cancer from diagnosis, through treatment and into survivorship or bereavement care.
Our team is comprised of parents of children who were diagnosed with cancer. Each team member has numerous years of professional advocacy experience within the childhood cancer community. We are blood cancer, brain cancer, germ cell tumor, transplant, survivor, and bereaved parents who have experienced all aspects of care and late effects on the entire family. Many of us have pivoted from our professional careers to devote our lives to the pediatric cancer cause.
Our Medical Advisory Board guides the ongoing direction of Momcology by providing professional insight into the programs and research projects that we develop or engage with. Each member of our advisory board values the impact of community-based organizations within the greater childhood cancer community and has helped us sustain and grow our mission through impactful contributions where scientific innovation best meets the needs of the community.
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