Creating Your Legacy of Hope

For decades, supporters like you have helped make progress against cancer possible. Today, more people are surviving cancer than ever before. Nearly 19 million Americans are living with or beyond a cancer diagnosis.

That is a reason for hope.

But for most survivors, the end of treatment is not the end of their cancer journey. Physical and emotional challenges can continue for years. Survivors may face increased risks for heart disease, fatigue, mental distress and other health concerns.

Support from people like you helps patients receive care that looks beyond treatment and focuses on living well after cancer.

At City of Hope, survivorship care begins at diagnosis and continues for life. Patients have access to follow-up care, wellness resources, rehabilitation services and support designed to help them navigate life after treatment.

Research is also helping improve the future for survivors. By studying the experiences of thousands of survivors, City of Hope researchers are identifying ways to improve quality of life and help more people thrive.

As the number of cancer survivors continues to grow, so does the need for lifelong survivorship care. Helping people live longer, healthier and fuller lives after cancer is a future you help make possible.

Priscilla grew up in the Midwest in a family that valued education and helping others. After a rewarding career as a medical librarian, she established a scholarship for aspiring teachers at Mankato State University in Minnesota.

Her mission to fight cancer was shaped by heartbreaking personal loss. Before the age of 70, Priscilla lost four of her cousins to cancer — an experience that fueled her commitment to support research and cancer treatments.

After moving to California, Priscilla became a supporter and regional fundraiser for City of Hope. Her dedication deepened even further after her husband, Fred, survived two cancer diagnoses and Priscilla faced breast cancer herself in 2018. She went to City of Hope for her care.

The compassionate care she received only strengthened her determination to help spare other families the pain cancer brought to her own. Before his passing, Fred included a gift to City of Hope in his will. Priscilla is now considering her own legacy gift to continue their shared mission of hope and healing for generations to come.

Shape Your Legacy

October 19–25 is National Estate Planning Awareness Week, a timely reminder that creating or updating your plans is one of the most important gifts you can give your loved ones.

By planning today, you provide for those you love while helping advance cures for life-threatening diseases. There are many charitable gift options available, including:

• Gifts that cost nothing today
• Gifts that can provide income for life
• Gifts that offer potential tax savings
  

Many donors choose to leave a future gift through a will or trust. Others name City of Hope as a beneficiary of a retirement account, donor-advised fund or life insurance policy. Any gift can create an impact for future generations.

To find out more, use the form at the bottom of this page to request your free copy of Plan for Peace of Mind and other guides to learn more and help ensure your wishes are followed according to your plan.

Celebrating More Tomorrows

For every person who survives cancer, there is a future waiting to be lived. A future filled with gatherings, birthdays and everyday celebrations that once felt uncertain. Thanks to supporters like you, more people are reaching those milestones.

Each year, that future comes to life at City of Hope’s Bone Marrow Transplant Reunion, where survivors, families, caregivers and donors gather to celebrate not just years of survival, but years of living.

What began in 1978 with a single transplant survivor referring to his transplant anniversary as a “second birthday,” has grown into a beloved tradition that welcomes thousands of survivors and loved ones. The reunion is a powerful reminder that cancer care is about helping people return to the lives and moments that matter most.

Your support helps make breakthrough treatments possible. It advances research that improves outcomes for future patients and helps ensure survivors receive the care and support they need long after treatment ends.

Because of you, more people are not only surviving cancer, they are living full and meaningful lives beyond it.

Join us in the fight to help end cancer for all!

 The annual Walk for Hope events bring together survivors and supporters to find cures for life-threatening diseases.

Chicago 10/3 Atlanta 11/7 Phoenix 11/7 Los Angeles 11/8

Register at
walk.cityofhope.org

100 Years of Hope and Counting