Imagine being told you only have 6 to 12 months left with your child. 

How would you want to spend it? 

We partner with families to help give them the priceless gift of quality time together by easing the burden of life expenses.

We help with the following:

• Loss of wages
• Rent and mortgage
• Food and Groceries
• Utilities
• Car payments and insurance
• Medical expenses
• Travel expenses for clinical trials
• House cleaning
• Funerals
• Bereavement support
  
  

When Noah was in the midst of his 16-month battle with terminal Diffuse Midline Glioma brain cancer, we turned to foundations for help with bills, groceries, and medical expenses. Because there is currently no earthly cure for Diffuse Midline Glioma brain tumors, Noah's treatment took us from our home hospital, Vanderbilt Children's in Nashville, TN, to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and Duke University in Durham, NC, where the most promising trials at the time were being held. Noah's dad was a self-employed physical therapist, and because of the significance of Noah's diagnosis and treatment, he was unable to keep the doors of his office open during Noah's journey. We became fully reliant on the generosity of others to help us navigate the financial strain of Noah's battle with brain cancer.

Most of the foundations we connected with would offer assistance for one bill for one month, or a one-time lump sum to help with whatever we needed. While we were very thankful for that, the battle didn't last just one month, it lasted for 16. And those 16 months were full of the most exhausting emotional, spiritual, and physical battles as we researched, prayed, hoped, and pleaded for Noah's precious life to be sparred on this side of eternity.

We also learned through Noah's journey that the government only gives 4% of its yearly budget to pediatric cancer research, and an even smaller portion of that goes towards brain tumor research, which is the leading cause of pediatric cancer deaths. The trials Noah enrolled in at the University of Michigan and Duke University were funded by different foundations, namely the ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. These, along with other foundations, like Storm the Heavens, Tough2Gether, Live Grays Way, and Arms Wide Open, are providing the funds necessary to research better treatment options for kids being diagnosed with this terrible disease. It is our honor to partner with such organizations to help fund research and continue advocating for change on behalf of our children.

It was through our experience that God began to stir in our hearts the idea for the NoahBRAVE Foundation. We would exist to help families in their journeys with brain tumors not once, but through the entire battle from diagnosis to healing and beyond. We would also help support research for a cure since pediatric brain tumor research is way underfunded and there is currently no known cure and most doctors tell parents upon diagnosis, “I'm sorry, but there's not much we can do. They have 6-12 months. Go home and make memories.”

Your donations go directly into the hands of families with children fighting brain tumors, namely Diffuse Midline Gliomas, and funding research for a cure of terminal brain cancer.