ccThrive Information

ccThrive was conceived in 2014 by our co-founders and childhood cancer survivors, Bryan Fletcher and Gavin Shamis, and Gavin’s father, Andrew Shamis. There are no other organizations focused on the long-term quality of life of childhood cancer survivors. ccThrive was originally conceived to address the lack of role models available to children with cancer, which has become the ccThriver Ambassador Program. It quickly become clear that in addition to childhood cancer and their subsequent success, Bryan and Gavin had something else in common, luck and opportunity. ccThrive’s Mentor and Grant Programs are being developed to enable all childhood cancer survivors the chance to thrive. ccThrive’s mission is to build awareness that childhood cancer survivors can thrive by providing visibility to high profile childhood cancer survivors performing at top levels to demonstrate that survivorship is not necessarily defined by diminished physical and cognitive capacities. We encourage children with cancer to be as active as possible, both physically and cognitively and once off treatment, to be proactive and persistent in their full rehabilitation and entry into competitive pursuits.