Occasionally, the child must undergo treatment far from the family home, making visits & appointments difficult and costly. Imagine how this can add up over the course of a several weeks or months of treatment. The TBCF helps to ease this financial burden by offering free hotel accommodations to immediate family during an emergency or an unusually extended hospital stay. It is critical to the child’s recovery that their parents or guardians are with them every step of the way.  Imagine the fear a child with cancer faces, having to undergo surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy in an unfamiliar environment filled with strangers. Beginning with the initial diagnosis, the process is commonly measured in terms of years, not days or months. These children require their parents’ love and support, the familiar family structure they knew before getting sick.