the loss of one, birthed a mission to help millions of others
The Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer’s mission is to erase the effects of pediatric cancer and optimize each child’s quality of life through essential specialized intervention beginning at the time of diagnoses and continuing throughout survivorship. The Foundation provides services to children with cancer as well as their families through our three major divisions; Diversionary Therapy, Psycho-Oncology, and Healthy Lifestyle Education. The Foundation provides all services at no cost to the families. Services are funded solely by the generous donations of its supporters.
CONTENTS 4
A message from the President
5-8 A Year in Services 9
People & Places
10-11 Education 12
Financial Overview
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Financial Summary
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Board of Directors
15 Contributors
ONE PRIVILEGE OF MY ROLE AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION is the time I spend with donors, trustees, staff and other supporters in the incredible places where we work around the country. Beyond the day-to-day management of budgets and programs, I get to meet the passionate people who make our organization so strong. It’s those people—people like you—who make a decisive difference for children faced with pediatric cancer every day.
For example, in the past year, I’ve had the good fortune to meet the people behind places like the Dupree Nature Preserve in Kentucky. The new preserve near Lexington was designed to protect upland forests along the Kentucky River, and also to get more city-dwellers outdoors. Staff and trustees worked
AMY JO OSBORN, President/CEO
tirelessly to bring this space to life, and visitors long into the future can enjoy nature trails, an education center and school environmental programs.
In Arizona I celebrated the launch of the Monterrey Water Fund, the latest in a network of 32 water funds around the world. The project, in which big water consumers fund upstream conservation efforts, will conserve habitat, help prevent floods and protect the water supply for more than 4 million people in the area.
And in Braselton, GA I participated in a tribute to Dr. Don Panoz Chinese business innovator and TNC trustee and global board member Jack Ma, who has become a powerful advocate for the environment in China. The event was jointly hosted by our volunteer leaders in California and China, who came together in a new partnership to build more support for global conservation.
Your partnership with us is essential: both the resources you provide and the energy you impart. This report is not just an accounting of a year ’s work. It is a tribute to you and all those who make our achievements a reality. Thank you for your support.
4 • a message from the president
20,942 The Austin Hatcher Foundation served 20,942 individuals in 2013 at No Cost to the individual.
3 1 60 The total number of hours that volunteers worked in 2013.
110
In 2013, we provided service to individuals in 110 locations across the county.
350 The Austin Hatcher Foundation had over 350 volunteers serve across the country.
a year in numbers • 5
6 • healthy lifestyle division
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE EDUCATION DID YOU KNOW?
65% of cancers can be prevented with healthy lifestyle choices.
The Foundation’s Healthy Lifestyle division empowers children to make lifestyle choices that stress nutrition, exercise, sun safety and tobacco avoidance.
healthy lifestyle division • 7
PSYCHOONCOLOGY DID YOU KNOW?
Radiation to a child’s brain can significantly damage cognitive function.
The foundation provides cognitive testing and individual programs designed to teach children metacognitive strategies to work within these cognitive deficits at no cost to hospitals or families.
8 • psycho-oncology division
psycho-oncology division • 9
10 • diversionary therapy division
DIVERSIONARY THERAPY DID YOU KNOW?
More than 40,000 children undergo treatment for cancer each year.
Diversionary Therapy provides families faced with pediatric cancer with specialized activities that promote the involvement of leisure, recreation and play by reducing barriers. These opportunities promote self-esteem, personal fulfillment, psychological, social, intellectual and spiritual/cultural well-being.
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TERE & KEN JONES Los Angeles, California
KATHY MATTHEWS Phoenix, Arizona
12 • people & places
CHRISTI HISSONG Kennebunk, Maine
GEORGE SIEGLE East Lansing, Michigan
DONNA GIBSON Cleveland, Tennessee
TAMARA YELTON Ooltewah, Tennessee
EMILY FEATHERSTON Birmingham, Alabama
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2%: Melanoma is the second most common form of cancer for adolescents ages 15-29 and is increasing steadily an average of 2% each year.
300%: Obesity increases an individual’s risk of getting cancer and worsens an individual’s chance of survival after cancer diagnosis. (About 17% of children and adolescents are obese. This rate is 300% higher than in 1980).
2: The link between smoking and cancer is well-documented; including the fact that cancer is the second leading cause of death and was among the first diseases causally linked to smoking.
90%: Smoking causes about 90% of lung cancer deaths and almost 80% in women.
65%: 65% of cancers diagnosed in adults are affected by these lifestyle choices. Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children younger than 15 years. In the 1960’s, the 5-year survival rate for ALL was 4%.
Today, it is approaching 90% {70% for brain tumors}. Therefore, families
need to prepare for survival.
40% of childhood cancer survivors report neuropsychological late effects.This makes survivors 10.5 times more likely to have severe cognitive dysfunction than their peers.
13 • education
education • 14
12 • financial overview
financial summary • 11
Board of Directors
Contributors
AU S T I N H ATC H E R F O U N DAT I O N F O R P E D I AT R I C C A N C E R 2013 ANNUAL REPORT