My Nonprofit Reviews

I became involved with this charity, like many people often do, after having a personal experience. My daughter was diagnosed with eye cancer shortly after being born in 2007. We were lucky in many ways and our precious child is wonderfully healthy and happy today. Still, the nightmare of those first few weeks were awful. My wife and I were terrified. Our fears were magnified by this exceedingly rare disease. I mean, cancer in your eye? I never even heard of that before. The anonymity of the disease exasperated the terror we were subjected to because there were so few people in our medical community that knew much about it or could answer the 52,000 questions we had. Somehow, in the midst of the haze of desperation and fear we were introduced to a woman who couldn't help our daughter but certainly saved us. This non medical person survived eye cancer as a child and has since dedicated herself to helping others dealing with the trauma of such a difficult circumstance. She had more knowledge than most doctors we spoke with. She was always there to speak with us. She was our angel. That woman started this charity and subsequently asked me to join the board. I was both humbled and honored. This is a great charity for many reasons. This great group of people work hard to raise funds not only to help affected children and their families cope with the devastation of this disease but they also spend so much time bringing awareness (and earlier diagnosis) to families and medical communities around the US and around the world. Many children are alive today and many more will be saved because of the dedication, commitment and hard work being done at DECF. I am extremely proud to be affiliated with such a wonderful nonprofit organization

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