Funders to approach for For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation

Fps enables cancer patients and their loved ones the opportunity to strengthen, deepen and unify their relationships by creating unforgettable and lasting respite experiences. In fy25, fps responded to 496 inquiries from across the country and provided respite services to 135 patients and their families, resulting in 119 travel respite experiences with 388 travelers and 19 staycation respites experiences with 59 family members. Additionally, 59 people were served through direct ancillary services. Thus, fps served a total of 447 people through its direct respite travel and staycation programs this year. In addition, fps continued its support of prior respite recipients through its ancillary support program with over 36,077 touchpoints made to almost 3,000 families. Due to covid-19, two main changes to our respite program include our focused approach to community respites with our travel partner woodloch resort and the formalization of our staycation respite program. When the pandemic…