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Thanks to our partnership with Logitech Video Collaboration and Zoom Video Communications, Hopecam is able to help kids like 9th grader Elyssia connect to her school while homebound for treatment of Leukemia. Watch Elyssia’s story below and find out how you can help.
Logitech Video Conferencing Helps Hopecam Connect Children with Cancer to their Support Systems
Read the Logitech Hopecam Case Study here: Logitech Hopecam Case Study
Hopecam's founder, Len Forkas, talks about how you can use AWS DeepLens to boost mental or physical health and support children overcome challenges with cancer.
What is the AWS DeepLens Health Challenge?
*For the Health Challenge, you can use your DeepLens to develop a project about boosting your mental or physical health. Think of something in your life you want to improve, and figure out how DeepLens and AI might help get you there. We’re hoping to see projects that range from helping patients with chronic diseases through to yoga pose recognitions and exercise counting.
*excerpt from AWS DeepLens Challenge
Giving back
For each project that meets the AWS DeepLens Health Challenge entry criteria, AWS will give you $50 in AWS credits, and Hopecam will receive $249 from AWS!
Learn more about the Health Challenge at - AWS DeepLens Health Challenge.
Our founder Len Forkas was recently interviewed by Rich Conte about Hopecam. Listen to the podcast here: The Tech Life Podcast
On Sunday May 6th, we held our 18th Annual Hopecam 5k. The rain stayed away and it was a beautiful morning. Thank you to everyone that came out to honor our Hopecam child Fletcher. Over 450 people attended and we raised $53,500 to help connect more children with cancer!
Race Across America (RAAM) starts on June 12th, 2018. This year, Frank Fumich will be competing in RAAM for Hopecam! RAAM is a 3,089 mile solo cross country bike race from Oceanside CA to Annapolis MD.
Frank's goal is to raise money for Hopecam so we can connect more children to their classroom, friends, and support system while they are in cancer treatment.
Who is Frank Fumich? He is a husband, a father to two girls, a business owner, and ultra-endurance athlete/adventurer. Read more about Frank here: FrankFumich.com
Thank you Frank Fumich for racing across America to help Hopecam defeat social isolation and put more smiles on the faces of children fighting cancer!
We are honored to be a 2017 recipient of the Blackboard Inc. Charitable Giving Grant. Thank you to Blackboard for this amazing opportunity to help more children with cancer stay connected to their friends and classrooms! Read more about the Charitable Giving Grant here: Charitable Giving Grant
Your donation helps connect children in treatment for cancer to their friends and classrooms and decreases the loneliness and anxiety they experience during this time. Did you know that the average Hopecam child misses over 80 days of school? Consider a gift to Hopecam to help a child with cancer Stay Connected to their classmates, friends and family during this frightening time.
This year, Facebook is matching the first $2 Million Dollars in donations to nonprofits on #GivingTuesday. Donate through Hopecam's site on Facebook starting at 8am on Tuesday, November 28th and your donation will be matched. Or start your own personal Facebook fundraiser for Hopecam. It’s easy to create and share your post with friends. Contact info@hopecam.org for questions or assistance.
On Thursday October 19th, Hopecam held a Celebration event to thank everyone who helped us reach and hit our goal of $1 MILLION! On June 25th, Len Forkas completed the Race Across America (RAAM) a 3089 mile solo cross country bike race from Oceanside CA to Annapolis MD.
Len dedicated each day of the race and 56 time stations along the route to children served by Hopecam. He also spoke with a Hopecam child each day of the race. This is his second time completing the race, Len completed RAAM in 11 days, 21 hours and 35 minutes and won the competition’s Lon Haldeman Award as the race’s top fundraiser.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible and for those who could attend the celebration event.
The following documentary is the “Race for Hope” bike race, a 3,089 mile journey completed in 11 days 21 hours for Hopecam.
Hopecam, an organization dedicated to helping children battling cancer overcome social isolation during their treatment, celebrates reaching its $1 million fundraising goal to connect another 1,000 children to their friends at school. Since its founding in 2003, the organization has connected 1,350 children in 46 states.
The successful campaign was led by founder Len Forkas’ participation in the Race Across America (RAAM), a grueling, 12-day, 3,089 mile bike race from San Diego, California to Annapolis, Maryland. Forkas dedicated each day of the race and 56 time stations along the route to children served by Hopecam. His second time completing the race, Forkas finished in 11 days, 21 hours and 35 minutes and won the competition’s Lon Haldeman Award as the race’s top fundraiser.
Thank you to filmmakers Mauricio Cimino, Will Hoffinger and Mike Myers.
