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Thank you to everyone who joined us at Harvest for Hope on September 30th. Every year, this amazing event is a huge success and this year was no different! We are thankful and honored for the outpouring of support and generosity!

Thank you to everyone who came out on June 9 to the Punchbowl Social Grand Opening. Punchbowl Social raised over $16,000 for ENF and we are so grateful for what this will mean to the families we serve.

Thank you gap intelligence for yet another amazing Drives for Rides! Each year keeps getting better and better! Thank you for your hard work and dedication and thank you to our wonderful partners and sponsors for supporting us each year. Our awesome volunteers, and everyone who helped make it possible. Until next year! (read more)

We held our 14th annual “Harvest For Hope” fundraiser on Sunday, October 1 at the San Diego Central Library. On behalf of ENF’s Board of Directors, staff and the precious families we serve, we all extend our deepest gratitude to each of you for your participation and generosity at Harvest for (read more)

When Richard Nares and his wife Diane lost their only child, Emilio, just shy of his 6th birthday, they were devastated. After marrying later in life, Emilio had been their joy. During his treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, the San Diego-area couple was saddened watching other families struggle just to make it to the hospital, (read more)

Emilio Nares was just 5-years-old when he died following a two-year battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). His parents, Richard and Diane, collected the pain they felt over the loss of their only child and channeled it into building a foundation to help other sick children and honor their son’s memory. The Nares sat by (read more)

Come take a virtual tour of ENF, visiting Rady's Children's Hospital, meeting the people we help and learning about our many programs. Produced by Tim Hernandez of Milton Motion

Six-year-old Eliana Feliciano was diagnosed with cancer last year on Christmas Day. On Thursday, after finishing her year-long treatment, she was the first patient to ring the new survivor bell at Rady Children’s Hospital. The bell gives children who complete their cancer treatment a way to celebrate the achievement in a poignant way. The bell (read more)

2017 marks the 10th anniversary for Loving Tabs Healing Shirts. Loving Tabs are specially designed shirts that enable medical providers to administer chemotherapy and other medications into the permanent chest “cath port” through an open-close shoulder panel, without having to lift or remove the patient’s garment. This simple, yet innovative solution increases patient comfort (read more)

ENF would like to give thanks to the D.W. Hearst Jr. Foundation for their generous gift of $50,000 to support our programs and services. These funds directly impact low-income underprivileged families whose children have cancer. We will now be able to continue to help families who need a ride to their child’s cancer treatment, ensuring (read more)