T-shirts, buttons and other items available at our CafePress stores: (sales fund emergency assistance for families)
Capital Candlelighters needs your support!
Volunteers
In-kind donations
Sponsorship
Fundraising
Workplace contributions
Gas cards for patients
Financial support
Volunteers
As a non-profit organization we rely on our volunteers. It is important to us that our funding goes directly to families as much as possible.
We need volunteers for a variety of tasks:
 | Program coordinators |
| Event / Program assistance |
| Event / Program photographer |
| Office assistance |
| Public relations assistance / graphic design |
| Grant writing |
| Anything else you would like to help with!!! |
Each volunteer goes through an application process and a short training program.
We also welcome applications to our executive board from people who have an interest in childhood cancer and who are excited about contributing to the work we're doing.
In-kind donations
Gifts are always welcome, and you may claim a tax deduction for the fair market value of the item you donate. We are always looking for items such as:
| Office Supplies (pens, paper, staplers, binders etc.) |
| Tickets to events and entertainment facilities |
| Small toys and games, travel sized toiletries for our “New Diagnosis” bags |
| Prizes to raffle at our fundraising events. |
| Auction items – some of the most popular auction attractions are donations of a stay at your lake cabin or city condo, gift certificates for goods or services at your business. |
Sponsorships
Sponsor a party or event either financially or with goods or services, such as our holiday party or our summer family party. You can also sponsor a teen’s participation in a Teens Tackling Cancer event, a parent for a parent retreat or gas cards so a family can get a child to and from Madison for treatments.
Fundraising
Have your community group such as Eagle Scouts, Optimists Club, student council, etc. hold an event to benefit Capital Candlelighters. Groups and individuals have conducted creative fundraisers for us with "Penny Wars" competitions, casual dress days at companies, head shaving events, etc. We are happy to provide you with posters, brochures and other presentation materials if want to do a fundraising drive to benefit Candlelighters.
Workplace Contributions
| Please write in “Capital Candlelighters” when you donate to the United Way |
| If your employer matches your gifts to non-profit organizations, fill out their form the next time you donate to Capital Candlelighters and double the value of your contribution instantly! |
| Talk to your human resources manager about giving employees a day of fun by allowing them to wear casual dress, denim, holiday apparel, etc. if they contribute to Candlelighters. |
Financial Support
Capital Candlelighters relies solely on our community for financial support. We do not receive any state or federal funding, nor do we receive financial assistance from our national organization.
We receive funding from:
| Individual and business donations |
| Fundraisers |
| Grants |
What your money could do:
| $500 will provide emergency financial assistance to the family of a child with cancer |
| $100 will supply a family with a “New Diagnosis Bag,” including a $50 gas card, books and informational materials, toiletries and toys. |
| $50 buys 4 books on childhood cancer for our parent library |
| $25 will send a child, his or her sibling or a parent to an overnight retreat |
Donations are always welcome and events are available for corporate sponsorship.
All donations are tax deductible (to the extent allowed by law)
Our federal tax-exempt ID is 57-1151037
For more information, please contact us at 608-231-8006.
Our mission is to educate, support, serve and
advocate for children with cancer,
their families, survivors of childhood cancer and the professionals who
care for them.
Spring Party
Liberty Mutual
Request a quote for your auto insurance through this link (no purchase necessary) and Capital Candlelighters will receive $10!
If your child is currently on the inpatient unit at the American Family Children's Hospital,
email us
info (at) capcan.org
Capital Candlelighters Online Bookstore