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Cancer, Kids, and Christmas was founded in 2012 by its founder Travis Sparks after his own battle with cancer and seeing firsthand the strain it put on his own family. He saw that without the help of family and friends his family may have felt the financial strains to the point of bankruptcy. That would have meant certainly there would have been no Christmas that year. 


We do provide our cancer families with the majority of all monies raised through our events, with zero dollars going to administrative fees. As we have grown over the years we have gained a few expenses, but we try to keep them as minimal as possible. We do lease a room that we use to store all of our donations for the events and a meeting room from time to time. We have purchased insurance that covers us at any event we do with a $1,000,000.00 in coverage. We are looking to purchased a few items, that help us make better events (in Narrows and Pearisburg) from year to year and these investments will save us money over a period time. 


To give a little back ground on what we have accomplished over our years of fundraising, we have raised $166,290.00 and we have provided 60 families with a Christmas that cancer would have stolen away from them. The checks have ranged from $750 for one family in 2012, to a huge number of 15 checks in the amount of $2900.00 handed out to each of our 15 area cancer families, we also donated $1000.00 checks to 7 families, and we provided 1 family with money to help build a Handicap ramp in 2018. We have grown from one event in 2012 to multiple events throughout the year. 


Make checks payable to Cancer Kids and Christmas and mail to: 


1815 Old Wolf Creek Rd. 

Narrows Va. 24124


Inquiries may be directed to Travis Sparks at (540) 599-2578


Criteria for the families we support

  1. One family member must have cancer; the mom, dad, child or a sibling.
  2. Family must have children. 
  3. The cancer recipient must be going through cancer treatments.
  4. Must agree to use the donation to purchase Christmas for the family. 
  5. Must agree to share their story on the Cancer Kids and Christmas FB page. 
  6.  In addition, must have a way to communicate with our founder with all updates. 


Every year we are always looking for new ways to grow, raising more money so we can keep adding families each year!  

watch wsls interview to learn more

Board of Directors

  • Travis Sparks, Founder
    Jeff Tickle, Finance Officer
    Bobby Lilly, Legal Officer
    Robin Lynn Ballard Ballard, Insurance Officer
    B.j. Sparks, Entertainment Officer
    Chucky Buracker, Donations Officer
    Melissa Basham, Events Officer
    Lisa Hamilton- Trent, Food Coordinator Officer
    Tim Dalton Dalton, Auctions Officer
    Hope Harrell, Vendor Officer
    Amber Haase Duncan, Decorations Officer
    Kim Woodyard, Alternate Officer
    Pamela Ann Hilton, Alternate Officer
    Barbara Lucas, Alternate/Secretary
    Chenaye Darryl Blankenship, Alternate Officer
    Added, Cathy Clark

Cancer Kids and Christmas

1815 Old Wolf Creek Road, Narrows, Virginia 24124, United States

(540) 599-2578

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