Pablove Foundation Inc

INVEST IN CUTTING EDGE PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH; IMPROVE LIVES FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH CANCER THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY.

PABLOVE'S POWERED BY PABLOVE CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON AWARDING $50,000 SEED GRANTS TO PROMISING, EARLY-CAREER INVESTIGATORS, ENABLING THEM TO DISCOVER AND APPLY NOVEL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING CHILDHOOD CANCER, WIDELY DISTRIBUTE THEIR FINDINGS AND GAIN SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER FUNDING FOR LARGER, MORE INTENSE RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THIS STRATEGY HAS BEEN REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROVIDING A FOUNDATION FOR EXCEPTIONALLY VALUABLE SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS IN BOTH SCIENTIFIC AND CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE. PABLOVE'S DREAM IS TO ENSURE THAT NO BRILLIANT, PROMISING SCIENTIST GOES UNFUNDED IN THE INITIAL PHASE OF RESEARCH NEEDED TO ADVANCE FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE. CHILDREN EVERYWHERE ARE IN NEED AND ARE WAITING FOR THE INNOVATIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS AND CURES THEIR RESEARCH PROVIDES. IN 2021, PABLOVE AWARDED FOUR (4) POWERED BY PABLOVE SEED GRANTS TO INVESTIGATORS ACROSS THE GLOBE. PABLOVE'S RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED IN PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE HEALTH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION INSTITUTE IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER CINCINNATI, OHIO, TO NAME JUST A FEW. EACH PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON A DIFFERENT RARE PEDIATRIC CANCER, INCLUDING NEUROBLASTOMA, MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMORS, AND ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA. PABLOVE STRONGLY BELIEVES IN THE NEED TO SUPPORT THESE CUTTING-EDGE INITIATIVES TO REVEAL STUNNING NEW PATHWAYS TOWARD BETTER TREATMENTS AND ULTIMATELY CURES FOR THESE CHALLENGING, OFTEN DEVASTATING, PEDIATRIC CANCERS. PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH CONTINUES TO BE AN UNDERSERVED NEED AND WE ARE HERE TO DO OUR PART TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. INVESTMENTS TO FIND MORE TREATMENTS AND TO REDUCE SIDE EFFECTS MUST BE FOUND TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF THESE PRECIOUS KIDS.

PABLOVE SHUTTERBUGS IS A PARTICIPATORY HEALING ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT TEACHES CHILDREN LIVING WITH CANCER TO DEVELOP THEIR CREATIVE VOICE THROUGH THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY. PABLOVE OFFERS A PHOTOGRAPHY CURRICULUM THAT INCLUDES AN ALL-COST-PAID INTRODUCTORY CLASS, SUMMER CAMP, AND AN ADVANCED CLASS, WHERE STUDENTS LEARN TO WORK WITH PHOTOGRAPHY AS A MEANS TO ADVOCATE FOR CANCER RESEARCH AND EXPLORE THEIR IDENTITY WHILE LIVING WITH PEDIATRIC CANCER. PABLOVE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GATHER REMARKABLE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THIS MISSION BY PARTNERING WITH ART INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA) IN NEW YORK CITY, THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, ART MUSEUM AND BOTANICAL GARDENS IN LOS ANGELES, AND SAWYER YARDS IN HOUSTON. OUR STUDENTS FIND RESPITE FROM THE DIFFICULT ROUTINE OF TREATMENT WHILE THEY FOCUS ON A FUN NEW ACTIVITY: LEARNING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY. EVERY PABLOVE SHUTTERBUGS COURSE CULMINATES IN A GRADUATION AND YEARLY STUDENT GALLERY SHOWS TO CELEBRATE OUR YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS - ALL VIRTUAL IN 2021. PRINT SALES AT PABLOVE'S GALLERY SHOWS DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE POWERED BY PABLOVE RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM. THE NECESSARY ISOLATION OF THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED TO INSPIRE PROFOUND CREATIVITY THAT FURTHER INNOVATED THE PABLOVE SHUTTERBUGS ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM. 2021 PROGRAM SUCCESSES STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE FOUNDATION'S 2020 PIVOT TO VIRTUAL COURSES. BEYOND THE MAIN PROGRAM CENTERS IN LOS ANGELES, THE BAY AREA, SEATTLE, NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK, LOUISIANA, AND HOUSTON, PABLOVE IS SERVING KIDS IN 19 STATES NATIONWIDE - INCLUDING A STEADILY GROWING NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY FROM THEIR HOSPITAL ROOM. 2021 ALSO MARKED THE VERY FIRST TIME THE PABLOVE SHUTTERBUGS PROGRAM OFFERED A VIRTUAL SUMMER INTENSIVE COURSE. THE ROBUST SHUTTERBUGS EVALUATION PROGRAM REVEALED THE VALUE PLACED BY OUR CONSTITUENCIES ON VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING: 95% OF THE POST PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONDENTS STATED THAT THEY WOULD DEFINITELY, PROBABLY OR MAYBE BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A VIRTUAL COURSE EVEN IF THERE WERE AN IN-PERSON OPTION. AS EXCITED AS WE WILL BE WHEN OUR EXCEPTIONAL IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING CAN RESUME, VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING IS HERE TO STAY. IT IS EASY TO SEE THE JOY THAT OUR PROGRAMS BRING TO KID LIVING WITH CANCER. MOREOVER, WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) OF THE KIDS WE SERVE. WE CONTINUED DATA COLLECTION FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION INITIATIVE. BY ADOPTING A WIDELY APPLIED AND VALIDATED QOL ASSESSMENT WE FOUND THAT BY THE END OF THE INTRODUCTORY SHUTTERBUGS COURSE, SCORES FOR BOTH THE YOUNGER CHILDREN AND TEENS, SHOWED STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN QOL. THIS IS A PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT VALIDATION OF THE POSITIVE EFFECT THAT OUR SHUTTERBUGS ACTIVITIES HAVE FOR THE KIDS WE SERVE, AND PABLOVE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE QOL AND OTHER LEARNING IMPACTS OF OUR COURSES IN ORDER TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE AND OPTIMIZE OUR PROGRAMS TO FURTHER INCREASE BENEFITS.