The Catie Hoch Foundation is an all-volunteer organization where every
dollar delivers fun for kids and funds for a cure.

 The Catie Hoch Foundation is dedicated to helping children while they are in treatment for cancer.  A child’s cancer diagnosis is devastating and the strains on the family are enormous – emotional, physical and financial.  We strive to help alleviate some of those burdens.  Because we know first-hand what these families are goingthrough, we are able to meet the needs that are not met by other means. We make a difference in the lives of children with cancer.

ABOUT OUR CATIE

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   HOSPITALS THAT WE SUPPORT

• Albany Medical Center
• Dana Farber
• Fletcher Allen HealthCare,
  Burlington, VT
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Strong Memorial,
  Rochester, NY

THE CATIE HOCH FOUNDATION:

• Endows a pediatric cancer research position at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC
• Provides emergency financial assistance to families of children with cancer
• Pays for housing at the Ronald McDonald Houses
• Treats kids to lunch and a movie
• Provides gas and food cards
• ”Adopts” families of children with cancer
• Treats kids to a day off from the hospital
• Created the Catiebug Rainforest Bedroom at the Albany Ronald McDonald House
• Purchased medical equipment to help find a cure.

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The final Catiebug…This year we celebrated the 10th annual Catiebug for a Cure. It is with regret that I announce that it will be our last Catiebug. Cancer is once again a part of our life. My husband Larry was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in January and he will be in treatment for most of this year. We feel that it is time to pass the torch on to many other fine organizations that are helping children battle cancer. The Catie Hoch Foundation will gratefully continue to accept donations, but we will not be doing any additional active fund-raising. So I hope that you will support us in our final year and I thank you for helping us help kids while they are in treatment for cancer.

Illness in family ends link to Catiebug for a Cure 5k CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE

Nick's Fight to be Healed Foundation continues Catiebug 5K tradition! A local foundation called Nick’s Fight to be Healed Foundation has agreed to continue the Catiebug Run to honor Catie Hoch and Nick Cammarata, as well as countless other children who battle cancer every day. “The mission of ‘Nick’s Fight to be Healed Foundation, Inc.’ is to support local pediatric blood cancer patients as well as serve the young adult cancer community. ” . We hope that you will continue to support this community event. Go to www.fighttobehealed.org for more information on Nick’s Fight to be Healed Foundation. We are so lucky that this wonderful organization is going to take over the race. So to all of you wonderful participants, I hope to see you at the race next year!