Walking Miracles Family Foundation

The moment your child or close-loved one is diagnosed with cancer, your life changes. You suddenly find yourself navigating a world of new terms, treatments, and decisions. At Walking Miracles, we don't believe you should have to navigate this world alone. That's why we provide guidance and support along each step of your journey.

Your Pathway to Recovery

600+ Families

assisted since 2012

$250 Travel Card

To reach treatment appointments

All 55 Counties

in West Virginia reached

Empathetic Support

Patient navigation & counseling

We are also serving newly diagnosed families and survivors impacted by childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer.

Sometimes getting there isn't half the fun; it's half the battle.

Families in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania drive two to three hours each way to receive treatment.

The costs associated with travel to and from cancer treatment can be a major barrier to receiving the best care possible. The burden of travel in West Virginia and Pennsylvania is even more difficult because many rural areas have no public transportation, not even a bus system.

In fact, the average family drives two to three hours each way to receive treatment. When you consider that one cycle of chemotherapy is typically given once a week or for several days, then rest for several days or weeks, the journey can seem like an uphill battle.

At Walking Miracles, we believe that travel expenses should not be the deciding factor in where a family goes for treatment.

Time Challenge

2-3 hours each way for treatment visits

Financial Burden

Gas, lodging, food, and missed work expenses

Rural Isolation

Limited or no public transportation options

Our Programs and Support

Travel Card

Up to $500 in travel assistance

Walking Miracles Family Foundation provides each family and survivor up to $500 in travel assistance. This card can be used for gas, lodging, and food expenses associated with travel to and from cancer treatment in or out of West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.

Families and survivors can apply with our nurse navigator twice a year for a $250 travel assistance card until they reach the total of $500 to talk with her and to fill out the application here. They can apply every year while in treatment and also during survivorship for follow-up appointments.

Tablet Program

Stay connected to vital resources

Our LNX tablet program assists family and survivors to keep connected to valuable resources/services such as:

Referral Networks

Telehealth

Patient Monitoring

Oncology Team

Financial

Counseling

Cognitive Testing

Psychological Services

Travel

Pharmacy Locations

Out of Network Providers

Tablets provided by the Bernard McDonough Foundation

Port Shirts

Going through chemo and radiation is exhausting. Having had 8 years, I understand those feelings.

Not only are we tired physically, but emotionally too. I was always anxious about getting sick and had pockets full of Wintergreen life savers.

There is nothing worse the ruining your clothes during chemo and not having an extra outfit to wear. That's why we created the Walking Miracles Family Foundation port shirt.

Our shirt was created for this in mind. The shirt is dry fit material and special zippers were hand sewn in them to make it easier for for to access your port without the embarrassment of disrobing.