Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund
Fund for Transportation · About this organization
What you get
Gas cards for driving to active cancer treatment. The amount is not published. Ask.
How to start
Ask your Waters Center social worker about gas cards for treatment trips and how to request or collect them.
Good to know
- Check with your treatment team before relying on a gas card.
The details, as published
Paige’s Fund for Transportation provides gas-card help to families whose child receives active cancer therapy through the Waters Center in Syracuse and travels by private vehicle. The benefit is intended to offset repeated treatment travel, but the official page does not publish card value, frequency, or distance rules. Families should ask the Waters Center social worker or Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund for the current request and distribution process.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Fund for Transportation — household bills and cash assistance
Paige’s Fund for Transportation provides gas-card help to families whose child receives active cancer therapy through the Waters Center in Syracuse and travels by private vehicle. The benefit is intended to offset repeated treatment travel, but the official page does not publish card value, frequency, or distance rules. Families should ask the Waters Center social worker or Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund for the current request and distribution process.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas for private-vehicle travel to active cancer therapy
- The official page does not publish the gas-card value.
- No frequency or distance rule is published.
Travel And Transportation
Fund for Transportation — travel and transportation
Paige’s Fund for Transportation provides gas-card help to families whose child receives active cancer therapy through the Waters Center in Syracuse and travels by private vehicle. The benefit is intended to offset repeated treatment travel, but the official page does not publish card value, frequency, or distance rules. Families should ask the Waters Center social worker or Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund for the current request and distribution process.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Gas for private-vehicle travel to active cancer therapy
- The official page does not publish the gas-card value.
- No frequency or distance rule is published.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The published program serves children with cancer or a broader medical category that includes pediatric B-ALL.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page uses a pediatric or child description without a numerical age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- Active therapy through the Waters Center must be confirmed.
- No numerical income rule is published in the reviewed material.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be through: The child must receive active therapy through the Waters Center program..
- The child must receive active therapy through the Waters Center program.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- New York — New York — New York
- Syracuse — Syracuse
- Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders — Waters Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The fund appears on the active official page; card inventory is not posted.
- No application window, deadline, or call-first instruction is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Availability must be confirmed through the treatment team.
- Card amount and frequency are not published.
- Limited to active therapy and private-vehicle travel through the Waters Center.
- Are gas cards currently available?
- Must the child receive all treatment at the Waters Center?
- What gas-card value, frequency, mileage, or distance rules apply?
- Who may request the card and what documentation is required?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- How We Help — Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund · checked Aug 27, 2026
- How We Help — Paige’s Childhood Cancer Fund · checked Aug 23, 2026