You make healing possible for children like Olivia.

Thanks to supporters like you, The Periwinkle Foundation provides emotionally healing programs that walk alongside children and teens through every through every part of a child’s cancer journey—whether they’re newly diagnosed, in treatment, or moving into remission.

At The Periwinkle Foundation, our mission is to create a community of  joy and healing for kids and teens facing cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

Your generosity ensures that, in 2025 and beyond, Periwinkle can continue offering transformative camps, arts experiences, and survivor programs—unique opportunities that uplift and empower children like Olivia.

“My name is Olivia and I had B – Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. During my cancer journey, I often couldn’t come out to see anyone because my immune systems were so weak. Without friends around, I needed some distractions.

Dance and art have always been the best ways I expressed myself, but since I was so tired and weak from treatment, art became my outlet and main focus.

Periwinkle’s Arts in Medicine program had a big impact on how I felt during my treatment – it made me more cheerful and took away some of the frustrations of cancer when I was creating something.

I submitted an art piece to the Periwinkle annual art program, Make a Mark, and my art was able to go on a tour. When I found out I got a purple ribbon, it was a bright spot during my journey because I felt so grateful for Periwinkle to give me an opportunity to show my art in different places around town.”

Olivia, Age 14