Emilio Nares Foundation

A dear colleague introduced me to the Emilio Nares Foundation years ago and I have been a proud supporter since. Their team is phenomenal and constantly providing thoughtful, caring assistance to the families they serve.

I have been working closely with ENF for about a year now. Their dedication to their mission is truly inspiring! Wonderful organization!

Emilio Nares Foundation is amazing. Without them life what have been more hard than what it already was trying to get to my daughter's cancer treatment. They are a true blessing. The staff is so amazing!!

I’ve been involved with ENF for 2+ years now, with about 10 months of serving on the external committee and it has been nothing short of an amazing experience. The mission is outstanding, the staff is superb, and it’s an organization that I want to continue to help grow and serve those in need.

I recommend this organization to anyone out there. 11/10 stars and hope more people can join our call to action to ensure no child misses a doctors due to a lack of transportation.

I have been a proud board member of ENF for several years. Year after year I continue to be impressed with the level of dedication the team has for serving children on their journey through cancer. It is remarkable to be a part of an organization that works day in and day out to ensure children with cancer have the transportation and support they need to make life just a little safer and easier. Bravo and keep up the good work!

Been working with this group for awhile and they are top notch in all respects. I will continue supporting everything they do. The snack bags is an amazing idea and I’m glad they do it.

ENF is a story of heroes. There is few things more horrifying for a parent than a Cancer diagnosis for your child. This is amplified when your resources are constrained. In addition to the flagship "Ride with Emilio" program that ensures that NO child misses their treatments do to a lack of clean and safe transportation; ENF also provides resource centers to help with the mountains of paperwork that is required. other overlooked projects like the knitting program provide for a place for peer-based networking so that these mothers do not need to walk this road alone.

In summary, the heroes that are staff with ENF spend their days trying to find ways to ease the burden that these families face. ENF is focused on helping parents on that journey with their child's Cancer until the day that this horrible disease is eliminated entirely!

Wonderful charitable organization doing important work with a smile!

I wholeheartedly recommend and support the Emilio Nares Foundation. Their work is a testament to the power of compassion, community, and the incredible impact that a dedicated group of individuals can have on the lives of those in need. They are not just a foundation but more importanly, they are a catalyst for change. Through their programs, they are actively changing the lives of children and families facing the challenges of pediatric cancer, bringing hope, comfort, and a sense of community. The transportation services they provide to ensure children can access their life-saving medical treatments are nothing short of a lifeline. I have seen first hand the emotional and social support they offer as well and it's beyond invaluable. Keep up the great work!

There is no better nonprofit to work with than ENF. I've been involved with ENF for the past few years and the amount they serve the community is something that I've not seen. Whether it's the transportation to treatments, snack bags for after-treatment nourishment, and even some before-school and holiday shopping events ENF provides an unmatched holistic approach to caring for these families in their most trying times.

Emilio Nares Foundation is my charity of choice because of the good they do for families in need of financial assistance while their child battles cancer. They have the best supporters of the organization and the friendliest staff and board that truly care about the good they do for their community.

I have worked with the Emilio Nares Foundation for the past 4 years they are a wonderful foundation focused on supporting children battling cancer. They do all they can to make the fight against cancer just a little easier or children and families are over San Diego and Orange County.

ENF is an amazing organization that helps children with cancer. It never crossed my mind that children with cancer might not have a ride to their cancer treatments. ENF has eliminated children missing their cancer treatments due to lack of transportation in San Diego and Orange County, going on almost 20 years strong in the community.

ENF has a goal of supporting children and their families to meet basic needs that they're unable to. You can really see this within each person that works for, or volunteers for ENF. I've been fortunate enough to be involved with ENF since around 2008 and have met the most amazing groups of people in my life.

While ENF is amazing at their public events, my favorite experiences have come when seeing the ENF team at the hospital with the children and families. Through those hard times for families, ENF is there. Whether it's through creating support circles for families, hosting toy drives during the holidays at the hospital, or providing snack bags - these things make such a positive impact. I highly suggest people take a van ride along, or hospital visit with ENF to see them with the families.

I was introduced to Emilio Nares Foundation over five years ago via an invitation to their annual fundraising event; Harvest for Hope.

In addition to providing transportation and other essential services to kids with cancer (and other critical illnesses) and their families, ENF is deliberate in how they extend to its patients much-needed encouragement, resources, support, compassion and most importantly, hope.

I’ve volunteered for many community organizations over the last 30 years and this one, hands-down, does the absolute best job of fulfilling its goals, working cohesively as a team, and ensuring the needs of its patients are met.

The Emilio Nares Foundation is more than an organization, it is a community that is united by hope and founded on love. The level of care in which their services are treated with is outstanding! I have had the pleasure of volunteering for them and my experience has been both positive and fulfilling.

I’ve volunteered for ENF events for years and I genuinely love the work they do… the people I’ve met there are very friendly and they really put their all to help our community!

I really wish them the best and hope to see ENF grow in the future

As a corporate partner of The Emilio Nares Foundation, it is so humbling to help them on their mission to provide rides to critical care for underserved children. Their focus, dedication and long term commitment are commendable.

Such a wonderful organization! I volunteer for Emilio Nares Foundation and experienced first hand the support they provide to children with cancer and their family. Because of ENF, low-income children with cancer can get to their appointments on time, EVERY TIME without their families worrying about transportation! Thank you ENF for making an impacting in our community

I had the pleasure to volunteer for ENF they’re values and they’re staff are amazing they put the cause before anything else

After losing my older brother to cancer, I know first hand how daunting the doctors and treatment visits can be all on their own.
While working with the wonderful, giving and loving people at ENF, I can say, it is truly a gift to personally see the life-changing effort and care given to every ENF family.
Keep changing lives and providing the much needed love and support you provide to so many!

The Emilio Nares Foundation is an organization that I hope no one ever needs but should be so thankful that they exist. Childhood cancer is a parents nightmare, and for those in need don't have the means to get to their appointments for treatment. With ENF this is one less worry parents have when ensuring their child gets the medical treatment they need to beat cancer. Since joining, working with ENF has been one of the most humbling and rewarding experiences, and am proud to support.

As the manager of the pediatric oncology unit, I have worked closely with ENF for many years . They have partnered with us to provide transportation for our patients and families to eliminate missed chemotherapy / treatment appointments due to lack of transportation. They developed loving tabs t-shirts for our brave little patients for easy access to central lines. ENF also provides a resource center for our families , providing computers, legal aide, assistance with completing forms for FMLA for parents, financial support for utilities , financial support for funeral expenses and many other services, too many to name. Prior to covid they offered many supportive groups including an incredible knitting and sewing group which not only taught this art but also provided mothers and patients a hobby to do during long days, weeks or months while hospitalized. Any needs families have, the ENF team makes every effort to help. They are an incredible foundation and an integral part of our team. We could not provide the excellent care we do without their partnership . They are a Great Non profit and we are all blessed to work along side them. They are truly deserving of this award.

The Emilio Nares Foundation is an amazing organization helping low income families navigate their child’s journey with cancer. After hearing Richard Nares speak once about his son Emilio and the organization founded in his name,I knew I had to get involved. ENF programs range from transportation to and from cancer treatment appointments, to healthy snacks for inpatient children, providing shirts to make getting chemo more comfortable and when needed, bereavement assistance. ENF saves lives and provides so much support, financial and emotion to their families along the way. Hearing their stories and meeting the families has been both rewarding and life changing. I am so thankful to have been able to support this organization throughout the years.

I've had the honor of attending several ENF fundraising events and I continue to be inspired by this dedicated and passionate organization. ENF's mission is incredibly strong and heartfelt and the impact of families is immeasurable. I will continue to support ENF and love to see their presence in the community grow as they help more and more families navigating childhood cancer.

ENF is an amazing foundation. Their main goal is to get children with cancer, and their families to treatments, but they do so much more. They are also there for emotional support for families going through such a difficult time. We are happy to support ENF.

Mary and Russell Forest
7/2/2020

My family is close friends with the extended family and have helped volunteer for the organization for many years. It is a truly amazing organization that makes a tremendous impact and provides help for those that need it most.

This is one of the best non profits I have ever been apart of

Ive been volunteering for this event since I was a kid, and now enjoy their other events as an adult. There are great people here working an even greater cause!

After hearing their story and mission, I felt truly inspired to help anyways I could. The wonderful people at ENF have helped so many lives and continue to do so. Five star.

I haven’t taken a ride with them but there goodie bags helped me and my son when we were there a long time. And we got called them to order a shirt and they were amazing by saying they provide them and they mailed my son two which are amazing to access his port!

A wonderful charity to honor the memory of a beloved son.
Helping families with children fighting cancer and being there for emotional and financial support. Starting out as a small organization to what it is today.

I am so very thankful that this type of nonprofit exists. It is difficult on it's own to raise children. But having a child with cancer is devastating. Many families must still raise and keep a (somewhat) normal life for their other children and cope with having a sick child as well.

Emilio Nares Foundation simply helps in anyway they can to ease the daily life of having a sick child.

I donate and adopt families within this foundation so I can help where i can.

I could not be more proud to help out with this amazing non-profit. It has completely changed my life just seeing twinkle in these brave little faces. They are the heros we all need to be.

The Emilio Nares Foundation goes above and beyond to ensure that not only are transportation needs met on time every time, they provide invaluable support and serve as a resource for the vast needs of the patients and their families supporting them on their journey. ENF loves its families and has a heart to serve with compassion and encouragement.

My life experience with Cancer, treatments, Doctors, Nurses, and a whole medical world shadows any and all aspects of any-thing Cancer related as it does with any Patron of the Emilio Nares Foundation. However a huge difference in the two worlds is that my experience is one as an adult caregiver while Parts of the time I played the Patient role consumed with Cancer. At least as an adult in general my day to day life isn’t so scary since I’ve been exposed to this “Treatment” lifestyle in my past. With that said contributing to easing the stress for some of the bumps in the road due to the nature of treating cancer for these young Patients and their families makes me feel hopeful that my meager contribution will make their stress a little bit bearable. God Bless the staff of the Emilio Nares Foundation for their continued involvement with Cancer Patients and their families and God be with the children when they need it the most.

ENF is one of the most thoughtful and considerate non profits I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Richard and the team (Rosie!) sacrifice everything for the comfort and joy of these kids and their families and we at Corrao Group are honored to work with them and support them in every cause!

My experience to date with ENF has been amazing. Meeting the kids and parents of kids that we help while battling some of life's most difficult challenges has been the most amazing part. Seeing their strength and hearing their stories makes it the most rewarding time I donate throughout the year and it isn't even close. The program/foundation are amazing and I can't imagine not being a part of it.

I’ve personally witnessed the incredible work ENF does for kids, their families and everyone else involved in any child’s journey once diagnosed with cancer. Wonderful organization and a remarkable story of how it takes a village to help a child along.

Just an incredible group of people working hard for a great cause!

Love their mission and that they are so well run so you know your contribution is making a big impact on the children and their families.

I have known the Co-Founders, Diane and Richard Nares, for over 30 years and it was my honor to know and love their son, Emilio. Their long and courageous fight for Emilio ended tragically, yet they have spent years giving his life dignity and purpose by founding ENF. Emilio’s name is spoken hundreds of times a day and his beautiful legacy lives on in the Emilio Nares Foundation. ENF has a unique awareness of the extensive needs of families and is committed to providing many supportive services to help navigate their entire journey. When families are at the end of their noble battle and face the most vulnerable time, ENF provides a Bereavement services. Our flagship program, "A Ride with Emilio,” guarantees NO child will be forced to miss treatment because of transportation needs in San Diego County and has been recently expanded to service Los Angeles, Riverside and Imperial counties. I am honored to be a part of this Board of Directors that is committed and focused with hundreds of volunteers working selflessly to help families in need.

As an ENF Board Member for the past two years, I have increasingly become more passionate about what this foundation does to help children with cancer and their families navigate the often unknown and uncharted roads of their cancer journey. The Co-Founders, Richard & Diane Nares, the ENF Executive Director, Karen Terra and her staff, and the ENF Board are dedicated to helping all children and their families - especially the underserved - on their cancer journey - for however long that journey lasts.

Linda Holland, ENF Board Member since 2016

The Emilio Nares Foundation (ENF) navigates families through their child's journey with cancer. While the organization is most known for their transportation services that provide free rides to and from hospital appointments, check-ups, and doctor's meetings, ENF's support of these families goes way beyond that.

ENF is there for these families through their entire journey. The day they get that dreadful diagnosis, ENF is there to help translate medical records and serves as a column of support for the families to lean on. ENF provides snack bags so the kids can get a nutrition meal after 24 hours of fasting before a treatment. ENF is there to help with unexpected changes in the familes life -providing rent money when the family can no longer afford it, furniture when the family is without, and bereavement services if the child's journey ends tragically.

ENF is an foundation of hope for over 200 families who would otherwise be without.

The Emilio Nares Foundation makes a real difference in the lives of the children it serves. Through its flagship program, Ride With Emilio, it helps ensure that no child misses their cancer treatment due to lack of transportation. Its Loving Tabs shirts make cancer treatment more comfortable. And the various other support programs help families feel less alone through their child's treatment.

Getting to work with ENF over the last few years has been an honor. The staff truly put their hearts into the effort to ensure that the mission is accomplished. The team strategically focuses on the core goals and programs of the organization, like Ride With Emilio. Its great to see results you can touch and outcomes that you plan for.

I have experienced Cancer in my family thus I know the pain and suffering it causes to the person affected and the entire family.
Having seen what the ENF is doing especially helping the most vulnerable CHILDREN gave me a smile in my face and warmth feeling that there are still people who cares.

Great organization making a difference for those in need!

Absolutely amazing foundation. Love both what they stand for and the amazing work every member of their team does for all the families. Working with them and donating to such a great cause was an absolute pleasure.

Emilio Nares Foundation has been one of the best Nonprofits I have had the opportunity to work with. Their goals in providing selfless acts to a community of needy families has impressed me. Their acts have inspired me to be more proactive not only in my community but also in other communities that may be lacking resources.

I look forward to continue working with Emilio Nares Foundation. I wish them bigger success than they have ever dreamed of.

Learning of the Emilio Nares Foundation, I was immediately compelled to donate to such a great cause. Having had personal family members suffer from Cancer, I knew the profound impact my donation could have on so many of the kids that are fighting an intense disease during what should otherwise be a care-free stage of their lives. I am hoping that more people will consider contributing to such a great cause as ENF, because we need more organizations like this in the world!