Our Mission
Zac's Legacy Childhood Cancer Fund is to alleviate non-medical financial burdens Colorado families face while their dependent child is battling cancer. Our organization provides public awareness and education, while positively impacting the families of cancer-stricken children.Our tenacious Vision is to provide for ALL the non-medical financial needs of families as they try to meet their obligations of paying mortgage, rent, utilities, food, gas, cell phone, vehicle repairs, house cleaning and other costs.One day we seek to see the day of the end childhood cancer so families will no longer require assistance as they deal with the trials of cancer.Until that day we believe our communities benefit by understanding the struggles, trials, tribulations and types of childhood cancer that is experienced every day by their neighbors.
Our History
Zac's Legacy Childhood Cancer Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization that was created to honor the memory of Zackery Allen Carlson, who in his short life touched the hearts of all who knew him.
Zac, at the age of 2 ½, passed away on February 3, 2000, after lengthy complications from Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.
Zac's parents, John and Sara, dedicated every possible moment to be with their ill child. John and Sara were blessed to have family and friends to assist with both time and money. They allowed them the freedom to be with Zac during a very trying and at times heart-breaking ordeal.
John and Sara were able to observe the financial burdens and hardships that come with being dedicated parents. During the long stays in the hospitals with Zac, John and Sara discovered there was a tremendous need for financial assistance for the other families experiencing childhood cancer.
They wanted to keep this memory of Love, Care and Sharing. Zac continues to touch hearts through the Gift of Giving to those in need and this is the basis of Zac's Legacy.
