NY Childhood Cancer Summit

The NY Childhood Cancer Summit is a special event created for anyone impacted by childhood cancer. Whether you are a survivor, parent, sibling, caregiver or advocate, this day is for you.


Together, we will:

🎗️Share Resources

🎗️Build Community

🎗️Elevate Our Collective Voice


Join us for part of the day or stay for the whole experience, whatever feels right for you. There is power in coming together!

The summit's schedule is designed to be flexible, with opportunities to connect, explore partner resources and be with others who truly understand what you’re going through.

Come find your people and perhaps a bit of Comfort & Hope.

Event Schedule

🕚 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Check-In & Connection Time
Arrive, settle in, and begin connecting with fellow attendees and community partners.


🍽️ 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch & Advocacy Panel
Hear from powerful voices leading the charge in childhood cancer advocacy:

Jim Kennedy – VP of Government Affairs, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Theresa Kennedy – Former Communications Director for Brian Higgins – NY Representative of the Childhood Cancer Caucus and mother of a childhood cancer survivor


🤝 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Connection & Community Time
Explore partner tables, visit our Tribute Wall, and spend time with new and familiar faces.

Optional Breakout Sessions (1:45 PM – 2:45 PM):

· Self-Care

· Journeying Through Grief



💛 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Main Program
Keynote Speaker: Tim Conners – Inspirational speaker, author, and childhood cancer survivor
Candlelight Vigil: Led by Ellen Yeomans and Chris Arnold, parents of Paige Yeomans Arnold who passed away at the tender age of eight, as the result of a bone marrow treatment she received in her fight against CML. Each person who has lost someone to childhood cancer will be invited to cross the stage and speak their loved one’s name.



💬 Additional Features:

Tribute Wall Collage – Honoring fighters, survivors, and angels.

Resources Available for:
-Teen/AYA (Adolescent & Young Adult) Survivors

-Caregivers

-Bereaved Families

-Advocacy

Private Space for Bereaved Families



🤝We welcome our Community Partners:

13thirty Cancer Connect

Angel Flight

Advocacy

Camp Good Days

CureFest USA and TheTruth365

Griffin's Guardians

Maureen’s Hope

Patrick Wiese Foundation

Paws of CNY