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Together, we can fight childhood cancer with love by providing creative and supportive experiences for our kids and investing in science to change the outcomes of childhood cancer. That’s why the Pablove Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of children living with cancer through the healing art of photography, and investing in underfunded, cutting-edge, pediatric cancer research.
Be part of the PabLOVE solution today, get your gift matched, and let’s bring more smiles to kids living with cancer.
The Pablove Foundation fights childhood cancer with love. Our unique art + science approach helps kids with cancer live a love-filled life today and a cancer-free life tomorrow. This dual approach is reflected in our two primary programs: the Shutterbugs arts education program and the Powered by Pablove seed grants program.
The Pablove Shutterbugs healing arts program teaches kids with cancer the art of photography. Many kids with cancer experience feelings of sadness, isolation, and low self-esteem, and Shutterbugs provides a creative outlet during a dark time in their lives. The program is offered in-person in seven cities across the country and virtually, allowing us to serve kids with cancer everywhere, even those in the hospital.
We also want a cure. Our Powered by Pablove research program provides $50,000 seed grants to young investigators to jump start their research. We’ve invested $3.1 million in seed funding for daring pediatric cancer researchers, who have leveraged this initial funding with an astounding 366% return on investment. This makes Pablove’s net total funding impact $14.1 million in solving pediatric cancer.
Our art + science approach comes full circle with 100% of proceeds from the sales of our students’ photos directly funding pediatric cancer research.
Fall classes are starting and we need you to sponsor a kid living with cancer!
Cancer is tough. Being a kid with cancer is even harder. But when you donate to the 52andChange campaign you can help make it a little easier for one kid struggling with their incredibly difficult reality.
Throughout the six-week Pablove Shutterbugs class, students learn about light and shadows, forced perspective, and the rule of thirds. Just as important, every Saturday they have a chance to be creative and meet other children who are going through a similar challenge.
Over and over again, we hear that one of the hardest things about being a kid with cancer is not being able to participate in activities you love. Once treatment begins, kids are often forced to stop playing their favorite sport or engaging in their favorite hobby. Even visiting with friends is difficult. That’s why the Pablove Shutterbugs program is so important. It provides a safe and fun way for kids to interact. Even better is that this program is evidence based -- we know that participation significantly improves quality of life.
The direct cost for one Shutterbugs student is approximately $500. However, the Pablove Foundation is committed to delivering this important program free of charge to children and families.
We can only do that with the support of donors like you.
Cancer remains the #1 cause of death by disease for kids under the age of 19 in America, and at any given time approximately 40,000 children in the U.S. are on active treatment. Of those diagnosed in the U.S., one out of every five children will not survive. Every child we lose is one child too many.
Of those that do survive, two out of three will face at least one of the following long-term effects: secondary cancers, heart damage, lung damage, infertility, chronic hepatitis, alterations in growth and development, impaired cognitive abilities, or a psycho-social impact. One quarter of childhood cancer survivors face a late effect from treatment that is classified as severe or life-threatening.
Our mission was born out of this adversity, and it recognizes a twofold need:
The Pablove Foundation is unique in that it approaches the issue of childhood cancer from both of these angles.
To date, the Pablove Shutterbugs program has served nearly 1,500 six- to 18-year-old children who have been diagnosed with cancer. Over half of our Shutterbugs are female, and the ethnic demographic breakdown is as follows: 51% Hispanic/Latino, 17% Caucasian, 13% Multi-Racial, 9% Black/African-American, 2% Other (the remaining 8% declined to state their race in our surveys).
Equally important, research into underfunded, cutting-edge pediatric cancer treatments benefits all children and families who are impacted by this disease. Globally, more than 400,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year.
Founded in Los Angeles in 2008, The Pablove Foundation is named after Pablo Thrailkill Castelaz, the son of Jo Ann Thrailkill and Jeff Castelaz. When he was five years old, Pablo was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor, a rare form of childhood cancer. After 13 months of treatment, Pablo passed away just six days after his sixth birthday. His dad then rode his bike from Florida to California to raise awareness for pediatric cancer. While he pedaled the family’s community came together and began fundraising. They presented Pablo’s parents with $250,000 and The Pablove Foundation was born.
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