CKF TIMELINE
CKF 2021 Timeline
Jan 1 - New Year's Fundraiser
Jan 28 - Cancer Kids First reached over 1 million people
Jan 30 - Virtual Movie Night
Feb 1-10 - Neighbor's Cookie Dough Fundraiser
Feb 15 - CKF x ManisaCases phone case drop in honor of International Childhood Cancer Day
Feb 20-27 - CKF TikTok Competition
Feb 27 - Virtual Movie Night
Mar 5 - CKF Cancer Facts Virtual Bingo Night
Mar 13-27 - CKF 2021 Merch Design Contest
March 15-19 - Toy/book donation drive at A.G.S. and Fenton High School
Mar 20 - First organization-wide brainstorming meeting
Mar 21-27 - Virtual story time event; Events team volunteers submitted videos of themselves reading children's books to be sent to pediatric cancer patients at Joe DiMaggio Hospital
Apr 3 - CKF x TeensUnited "Coping with COVID" Event
Apr 11 - Pies by Bryce Fundraiser; toys/books donated to CHOC Children's
Apr 12-22 - Earth Day Cards collab with YCAT - a 501(c)4 organization focused on climate change
Mid-April - CKF hit 10K volunteers!
April 24 - Virtual Shadowing and Q&A session with Doctor Jasmine, a pediatric hematology/oncology fellow physician at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; CKF x Panda Express fundraiser
May 4 - Scoop Ice Cream Store Fundraiser
May 7- CKF Kiss and Cry Movie Night and Meet and Greet Q&A with actress Sarah Fisher
May 17-21 - CKF Sending Love Event Pt. 1; Events team volunteers created inspirational videos for individual pediatric cancer patients
May 23 - CKF x Medical Wonders Event
May 28 - The Reality of Cancer Event
June 5-12 - CKF Merch Fundraiser
June 15 - Start of #CancerKidsFirstMakeASplashChallenge
June 20 - CKF Sending Love Event Pt. 2
CKF 2020 Timeline
Apr 10 - Toy/book donation drive at Dolley Madison Library; donated items to St. Jude's
May 16 - Launch of CKF Arts Program; mailed cards to Seattle Children’s Hospital and Dallas Children’s Health
September - Partnership with Sunberry Art Studio to design our CKF coloring book; sent to 10 different pediatric cancer hospitals throughout the US
Nov 28 - Penny drive at Robek's Mclean
Dec 1-5 - Double Good popcorn fundraiser
Dec 9 - CKF's first birthday!
Dec 15 - 25 - Launch of the CKF Care Package Program; purchased and shipped dream Christmas gifts to over 10 patients
Dec 19 - Began distributing coloring pages to Olive Garden as a part of their menu
Dec 28 - AuthorityMag MEDIUM and ThriveGlobal article goes live
Dec 30 - CKF's Care Package Program helped its first INTERNATIONAL patient: Sophie Barlaan
CKF 2019 Timeline
Oct 29 - First toy/book donation drive at Timberlane Elementary School
Nov 1 - Second toy/book donation drive at the Kumon Math and Reading Center of Mclean - West
Nov 12 - First bake sale fundraiser at Kumon Math and Reading Center of Mclean - West
Dec 11 - Cancer Kids First gained official 501(c)3 nonprofit status
Dec 14 - Donated close to $1000 worth of items to Cincinnati Children's Hospital - CKF's first partner hospital
