The Childhood Cancer Companion Program is designed to give kids a sense of comfort during a difficult time. Children with cancer often feel a sense of loneliness following their diagnosis. Cancer takes a toll not only on a child’s physical health, but also their mental and emotional state of well-being. While friends and family are an invaluable resource, sometimes what a child needs is someone who has been through the same things they have and can empathize. The CCCP creates a community of childhood cancer patients and survivors who are all in it together.

The CCCP came about as the result of the Children’s Cancer Cause (CCC) College Scholarship. The 2019 College Scholar Isha Kunnath came up with the program as her advocacy project proposal. With the help of the CCC, the program was able to come to fruition.