Getting to Know Michael Hoefflin Foundation

MICHAEL ANDREW HOEFFLIN

Michael Andrew Hoefflin was born January 10th, 1986 in Los Angeles, CA. As he grew, his good health and athletic ability was matched with energy and enthusiasm. He was always a very warm and loving child.
At the end of his kindergarten school year, Michael had flu-like symptoms that didn’t improve with various treatments by his pediatrician. After a few weeks of illness, the occurrence of double vision prompted a brain scan.
On July 13th, 1992 at the age of 6, Michael was admitted to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles where he was diagnosed with a brain tumor; PNET/medulloblastoma — an aggressive form of brain cancer.
To see more of his story go here: www.mhf.org/michael-story.

OUR MISSION

The Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children’s Cancer is a public non profit 501 (c) (3) foundation that provides financial and emotional support to children and their families in the Santa Clarita and surrounding valleys. We strive to educate the public and provide grant funding for innovative research to accelerate progress in the fight against pediatric cancer.

WHO WE ARE
The Michael Hoefflin Foundation was established in 1995 in honor of a young boy named Michael Hoefflin, who had recurrent brain cancer. During his struggle, his parents, family, friends and neighbors, rallied together and formed the Foundation. The Foundation was created with the desire to help all children with cancer, using Michael’s kind spirit and compassion for others as a guide.
Before his passing in 1996, Michael played a key role of inspiration while the mission of the Foundation was being developed, and the goals of the organization bearing his name were being established. Today, as at our founding, we are here for them – the smiling ones, the brave ones, the ones full of hope and mischief, the ones diagnosed with cancer. These are our children.
The Michael Hoefflin Foundation is here with a simple wish – to put an end to children’s cancer in all its forms. Our goal is threefold: we are committed to finding better treatments and cures through medical research; to promoting awareness of childhood cancer; and to assisting local children and their families through outreach programs with love expressed through both emotional and financial support.
Simply put, the Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children’s Cancer strives to provide Hope. Help. Healing.™ to families struggling with pediatric cancer.

OUR IMPACT

Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease past infancy among children in the United States.
The Michael Hoefflin Foundation seeks to provide Hope, Help, and Healing.™ to children and their families struggling with pediatric cancer. We work to educate the public and provide grant funding for innovative research to accelerate progress in the fight against pediatric cancer.

For more information about Michael Hoefflin Foundation visit: www.mhf.org.

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