SuperSibs! Grant

SuperSib! Scholarship

Through a grant from SuperSibs!, the Children's Cancer Fund of New Mexico will offer a $500 scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year ONLY. Applicants who are high school seniors must articulate how being the sibling of a brother or sister with cancer has impacted their lives and how they will apply this learning to make a difference in the future. The scholarship will be awarded to one student after an independent committee evaluates criteria scores.

To be eligible for consideration for the CCFNM SuperSib! Scholarship, the student must meet the following criteria during the year of application:

• Must be a sibling of a child who has or has had cancer and is being or has been treated in New Mexico.

• Must live in New Mexico

• Must be a graduating high school senior in 2012

• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or a 2.5 (on a 5.0 scale)

• Must be planning on attending (full time) an accredited college, university of vocational institution in the Fall of 2012.

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 1, 2012. FOR APPLICATION AND MORE INFORMATION, CALL CCFNM 243-3618.

SuperSibs! is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring ongoing comfort, recognition and support to children with brothers and sisters who have cancer. SuperSibs! helps these siblings to redefine the cancer experience to use these life lessons for strength, courage and hope as they move into the future. No longer are these "shadow survivors" forgotten, and alone as they battle feelings of fear, insignificance, guilt, helplessness, anger and grief.

A Grant for $10,000 was awarded to the Children’s Cancer Fund to implement this wonderful program in New Mexico. Through this grant the Children’s Cancer Fund, along with the UNMH Pediatric Oncology Clinic, are providing exciting events dedicated to the Siblings of those affected by cancer. In addition, this grant also assists CCFNM in the purchasing of prizes for Siblings when they accompany their brother or sister to the Clinic for an appointment.

Some other fun things that CCF has done include providing backpacks filled with school supplies, hosting a banana split party for siblings and their families on September 24th, and a fantastic Camp dedicated exclusively to our fantastic siblings (date will be announced soon)!!!

Here are pictures of some of our CCFNM kids and their SuperSibs receiving
backpacks and school supplies so they can start the school year off right!

For more information regarding SuperSibs! please visit their website at: http://www.supersibs.org