Resources

PARENTING THROUGH CANCER

At Angel Foundation™, we know that helping a child navigate their way through a loved one’s cancer diagnosis is hard. We are here to help you start those difficult conversations. Sometimes, questions will come up for which you don’t have an answer. We can help! Contact us or call our program team at (612) 627-9000 for assistance.

Helpful Information

How to tell your child you have cancer
Age-appropriate tips and tools
Basic definitions of cancer and its treatment

Talking about an adult’s cancer diagnosis with children can seem overwhelming. Angel Packs™ are a free resource filled with tools and activities to help families discuss cancer in an age-appropriate and comforting way.

  • Angel Packs™ are free to patients living or being treated in our service area: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Olmsted, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, St. Croix (WI), St. Louis, Washington, or Wright Counties.
  • To receive your free Angel Pack™, please contact your oncology health care provider or contact us at programs@mnangel.org.

Click Here to Request an Angel Pack™

FAMILY GUIDEBOOKS

We have guidebooks and resources that were created to help you explore and learn more about what it means either to be a caregiver with cancer or a child, pre-teen, or teen with an adult in your life who has received a cancer diagnosis.

English

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Children – Pre-Teens – Teens – Parents
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Español

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Niños – Pre-Adolescentes – Adolescentes – Madres/Padres
 

Hmoob

Nyem hauv qab ntawm daim duab hauv phau ntawv qhia es koj xav pom.

Me Nyuam – Nyuam Chuav Tiav Hluas – Hluas – Niam Txiv

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