Our Purpose and Legacy
Each day is a gift. Austin taught us this from his first moment on earth. But when cancer threatens to rob your child of their future, you truly realize how fragile life is, and how quickly these precious days can be taken from you. This is why we exist. Our ultimate goal, a cure. And until then, we fight for effective treatments that will offer more of these precious days for young cancer warriors and their families.
Fight
The Austin Strong Foundation partners with other foundations across the country in order to help fund essential research by some of the greatest minds in the field to find a cure.
Educate
Little funding exists for pediatric cancer research. Did you know 4% of the taxpayer-funded National Cancer Institute’s annual budget is directed toward pediatric cancer? This is why we must educate!
Fight
No child or family should have to endure this brutal disease alone. The Austin Strong Foundation stands beside those families currently in the fight for their children’s lives.
OUR PILLARS
Each day is a gift. And for this reason it is important to take on childhood cancer from several angles. The most important of those being research, but also very important, is creating family support activities and community education through experiences and memories made. A cure is coming, but we must make the most of our time. Tomorrow is never promised. Here’s what we are up to!
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
The Foundation is pleased to partner with this state of the art hospital right in our back yard. It means so much to us to be able to donate locally, and the exact place where Austin received his treatments. In addition to funding research, we do the Toy Drive every Christmas season for the entire children’s oncology floor, and are constantly collaborating on new ways we can support the hospital.
Austin Smith Inclusive Playground Project
This Inclusive playground will serve the residents of Monticello and the surrounding communities for years to come. The playground highly accessible making this a playground “Where Everyone Can Be a SUPERHERO”
Funding Research
By formally being a part of the DIPG Collaborative, and now Research Partners with Chad Tough Defeat DIPG we are able to be in the front lines of research for DIPG/DMG. It is with this that we can find effective treatments and ultimately a cure.
Teams share the burden and divide the grief.
This is all made possible with the help of partner organizations, donors, families, and other supporters.
Latest News & Events
Austin Strong – Golden Boy Beer by Big Grove Brewery
The crew at Big Grove Brewery are our SUPERHEROES!! We cannot thank them enough for this opportunity and their support. It means so much. If you haven’t tried ’Golden Bo…Learn More
Austin Strong Ride & Drive 2022
Yesterday was one for the books! The weather cooperated and allowed nearly 200 riders to come together and ride for Austin, DIPG, and all childhood cancer fighters. And what a beautiful day it …Learn More
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