Our Mission
Cooper Trooper Foundation’s mission is to champion the fight against childhood cancer through sibling support and research funding.
How we support siblings and their families
CTF is committed to enhancing total family treatment through the development and distribution of Cooper Trooper Courage Kits. This program addresses emotional needs of the well siblings of children diagnosed with cancer. Siblings receive a package JUST for the them, during a time when much of the attention is focused on their sibling with cancer. And, who doesn’t love to get mail? Courage Kits can be requested online HERE and shipped at no charge, anywhere in the U.S. to siblings of children with cancer ages 0-18 years old. Our hope is to remind siblings that they are special too! In fact, research has shown over and over that siblings are often at risk for emotional and behavioral difficulties, such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Research funding: Cooper Trooper Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Endowment Fund
This fund is set up at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. CTF realizes the great need for more awareness and research in the area of pediatric cancer. In fact, of the National Cancer Institute’s federal budget, only about 4% goes specifically to pediatric cancer research. This is not acceptable. There needs to be more money spent to research treatments, and more importantly, find cures for the leading cause of death by disease for our children in the U.S. The Endowed Fund initiated by CTF, financially supports research specific to childhood cancers.
