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Reflections Of Grace Foundation, Inc. is named after Grace Elizabeth Ekis, a 5-year old girl from North Huntingdon, PA, who lost her courageous 13-month battle with a rare cancerous brain tumor on Valentine's Day 2008. Grace's cancer was a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a tumor of the brainstem for which there is no known cure and there have been no advances in treatment options for more than thirty years. Despair over the loss of their child coupled with frustration over the lack of research protocol led Tamara and Brian Ekis to form the Foundation in their daughter’s memory. As its mission, the Reflections Of Grace Foundation is dedicated to:
- Providing financial, emotional, and educational support for children and their families affected by pediatric brain cancer.
- Raising awareness of all types of pediatric brain tumors, with a focus on DIPGs, or Brainstem Gliomas.
- Joining with other like-minded organizations in funding the search for a cure for DIPG and other forms of pediatric brain cancer, in the hopes of curing all cancers.
Monies raised by the Foundation fund grants directly to families with children battling brain cancer, and are used to fund crucial research grants, with the intent of someday discovering a cure. To date, Reflections Of Grace has given $873,000 to help 600 families of children battling brain cancer, across the United States, and has awarded $710,000 to fund crucial research grants.
