We raise funds for pediatric cancer research in memory of our beautiful best girl, Elayna Grace, and in hopes of saving other children like her.

Elayna was diagnosed in April of 2014 (at 5 years old) with stage 3 kidney cancer. We watched our sweet girl's life change in an instant. She had major surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation, and when treatment ended we celebrated remission, but ten months later we were told that she had relapsed. It was the new worst day of our lives. We knew that her treatment would be even harder and longer, and that our chances of beating it weren't as great. She had to fight even harder the second time, completing extremely toxic treatment, and again celebrated remission. Sadly, we learned in fall of 2016 that she had relapsed yet again and her fight was far from over. She continued to fight for her life and endure brutal treatments for nearly two full years, until  she passed away at the age of 9, on August 22nd, 2018. 

Watching her fight cancer was excruciating. The worst part was that there was no direct treatment path after our first time through treatment- and that is directly because of a lack in funding for pediatric cancer research. Elayna believed that we need more research and treatment options, and that is why she spent countless hours raising awareness and fluttering homes her last few years with us. It’s too late to save her, but it's not too late for so many others.

You would think that Elayna would've felt sorry for herself. What she did instead is enjoyed every minute of her life. She inspired so many people. While other children are wishing for toys, she was wishing for a cure for all children with cancer. So am I.


We believe that Unravel can help us cure childhood cancer, and that is why we will continue to fight for funding for pediatric cancer research, even if it is so hard to do without Elayna by our side.

Please consider donating in honor of children who continue to fight, and in memory of children like Elayna, who are so very missed.

THANK YOU. Sincerely. It means so much. It really does.

– Elayna’s Mommy

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About Unravel Pediatric Cancer:Unravel is a nonprofit organization working to spread knowledge about the grim realities of pediatric cancer and the devastating impact from the lack of funding. We supply the information, tools and support to individuals and communities that want to help create change; because good people want to do good things but sometimes they need help getting started. All monies raised by and for Unravel will go directly to the fight against pediatric cancer.In addition, Unravel partners with other nonprofits to strengthen our efforts. We do all of this with one goal in mind; we will unravel pediatric cancer.Please visit https://unravelpediatriccancer.org/science for more information.