"Your Child Has Cancer"....it is difficult for many to comprehend even having to hear those words. But now, we all can relate a little more closely to a "day in the life" of this plight. Anxiety, loss of control, the fear that every germ might pose a serious medical threat. Add on the burden of financial instability and lost wages. THESE ARE THEIR SHOES of families facing pediatric cancer since the day that diagnosis came. 

Please join our team and help support families in Western New York facing pediatric cancer.

P.U.N.T. provides local families who are facing pediatric cancer with six programs including:

Helping Hands is a critical safety net to help families make ends meet for basic living expenses by paying bills directly to alleviate the most pressing financial hardships.

Dawson’s Locker aids with the day-to-day costs of pediatric cancer by providing gas and grocery cards and hospital parking and cafeteria vouchers. These items are distributed by our psychosocial teammates at both Oishei Children’s Hospital’s inpatient unit and Roswell Park’s pediatric clinic. This program is named in honor of Buffalo Bills Tight Ends and P.U.N.T. champion Dawson Knox.  

Ultimate Compassion bereavement efforts center around an annual “Remembrance Weekend” retreat and funeral assistance for every child in our community who is lost to cancer.

Adopt-a-Family brightens the holiday season for patients and their families by fulfilling wish lists.

Fields of Dreams gives patients referred by hospital psychologists for being most in need of a morale boost a special gift, experience, or opportunity. 

Game Day offers a child fighting cancer and their family a memorable opportunity to cheer on our Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium in the comfort and security of a private suite.