What We Do
The Valerie Fund provides comprehensive care to children with cancer and blood disorders and their families in our centers at eight pediatric hospitals in NJ, NY and metro Philadelphia. We also offer support beyond our centers because we believe that the most effective way to heal the children in our care is to treat them in mind, body and spirit. That support starts the minute you step into one of our centers and continues well after you walk out the door.
Our Centers
The Valerie Fund Centers are hospital-based specialty centers where children are diagnosed and treated for cancer and blood disorders. At our centers, psychosocial staff work alongside medical staff to help patients and families navigate through the fear, stress and uncertainty that go hand in hand with their illness.
Programs and Services at Our Centers
We provide each patient with a team of social workers, psychologists and child life specialists that support them throughout their journey, which eases the burden so their family can concentrate on healing.
About Our Programs and Services
Scholarship Program
Since forming the Valerie Fund Scholarship Program in 2006, we have given financial support to hundreds of children treated at one of our seven centers to put towards a post-secondary education. We are grateful to our generous donors for making this scholarship program possible and allowing our children to continue their journey.
For more than 35 years, The Valerie Fund has operated Camp Happy Times, a one-week overnight camp experience for any child aged 5-21 who has or has had cancer, regardless of where they are treated. The Valerie Fund offers Camp Happy Times free of charge, including transportation, meals and on-site medical care.Over 150 children attend Camp Happy Times each summer.
