JAJF Celebrates 20 Years of Helping Families with Cancer

ATLANTA, Sept. 29, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- The Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation (JAJF) marks its 20th anniversary this year, celebrating two decades of a simple but powerful mission: treating families to WOW! Experiences® that give children who will lose their mother or father to cancer a timeout to create indispensable memories together, while they can. The foundation, founded in 2006 by Jon Albert in honor of his wife, Jill, who was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, has been at the forefront of a movement to recognize the profound impact that late-stage cancer has on entire families. Over the past 20 years, JAJF has provided thousands of families with custom, all-expenses-covered trips that allow them to step away from the daily grind of cancer treatments and appointments, and simply be a family.

JAJF's approach, which follows a formal prescription from an oncologist, has been embraced and praised by the national oncology community. Oncologists across the country prescribe WOW! Experiences as a formal part of a patient's treatment protocol, recognizing that while medicine treats the disease, positive, fun memories treat the family. Jon Albert, the founder and CEO of JAJF, was recently selected as a 2018 CNN Hero, and the foundation continues to receive a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, its highest distinction, every year since 2020. The organization has also received recognition from national outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the TODAY Show, USA TODAY, and CNN, where Dr. Sanjay Gupta has spoken publicly about the importance of "prescribing" JAJF and the medicinal value for families confronting terminal illness.

JAJF's work has earned national recognition, and the foundation continues to expand its reach to families nationwide. The organization works with an ever-growing coalition of oncologists, hospitals, corporate partners, and individual donors who share its belief that the best part of memories is making them. Family after family, JAJF is giving the gift of precious time and lasting, positive memories for the children. "Cancer does not stop; nor will JAJF," the foundation says of its next chapter, one that will continue to give families facing the unimaginable something medicine alone can't provide.

Founded in 2006, the Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation is a national 501(c)(3) public charity that treats families facing a young parent's late-stage cancer diagnosis to WOW! Experiences®, oncologist-prescribed timeouts from cancer that allow families to travel and create treasured memories together. Following a prescription from an oncologist, JAJF arranges custom trips for families with a terminally ill parent from driveway to driveway. JAJF continues, year after year, to maintain a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, its highest distinction. Learn more at www.JAJF.org.