The nonprofit Angel Foundation was launched in 2001 when founder Margie Sborov decided she had seen enough of the issues that cancer patients and their families have to face. Today the foundation, which is based in Mendota Heights, has provided more than $10 million in emergency financial assistance and 30,000 program services to Minnesotans in the following ways:
Facing Cancer Together: These free, kid-friendly programs are designed to help children deal with having a sick parent. Programming includes social opportunities for fun and peer support and educational classes and other resources for parents and caregivers, such as AngelPack backpacks (pictured) for kids facing a loved one’s diagnosis.
Upcoming events include a Kids Night In /Adults Night Out, a Cock-a-Doodle Traveling Zoo; and a Teen Outreach Take and Bake. Each summer, the foundation offers Camp Angel, a free getaway for ages 5 to 18 who have or have had a parent or caregiver with cancer.
Emergency financial assistance: Adults living in or being treated in the Twin Cities seven-county metro area are eligible for this support, which isn’t limited to a specific type of cancer. Assistance is for basic, non-medical living expenses such as housing payments, food, utilities, and fuel costs.
To learn more or to support the foundation through donations, volunteering — or the yearly Angel Gala for more information — go to mnangel.org.
