Clay Bear goes to Summer Camp

Annual Congressional Pumpkin Carving Contest - Pumpkin Bash Event

Pumpkin Bash Event - October 29, 2025

Every year, Members of Congress and their Staff compete in the Congressional Pumpkin Carving Contest. This event is a great opportunity for Representatives and Senators to come together and support efforts to develop new treatments for pediatric brain tumors. Congressional Offices may carve the pumpkins but YOU get to decide the best!

Jun 16

Clay Bear Heads to Summer Camp!

This summer, something truly heartwarming happened at Sunrise Summer Camp—a special place where pediatric patients and their families get a much-needed break filled with sunshine, laughter, and healing.

Jun 16

Clay Bear Day Delivered Smiles to Pediatric Patients

In May, 2024, IAA honored "Go Gray in May for brain tumors" with a "Clay Bear" fundraiser. This was a huge success and allowed us to give almost 300 patients a new cuddly bear in July when they came for treatment to the Oncology floor. This was our first IAA Patient-Program, but won't be our last!

Jun 4

ALL EVENTS & NEWS

Our Mission

Imagine An Answer (IAA) was formed in 2015, several years after we had learned that our son Clay, then 3, had a brain tumor.

To drive progress towards a cure, IAA connects and funds scientific researchers nationwide who are working on innovative treatments to resources in the Washington, DC community and within the federal government.

IAA has raised over $2 million to-date, and now have dedicated scientists working in two world-class pediatric hospitals. Imagine where we can go with your help and our persistence!

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Our Challenges

BRAIN TUMORS

are the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children

1/3

of children's brain tumors are pediatric low-grade gliomas (PLGG)

50%

of PLGGS will experience PFS* if there is residual tumor following surgery

In 2020, the US government allocated more than $6B towards cancer research. In 2021, only 1.2% of those funds went towards pediatric cancer research, and only 9% of those funds went towards brain cancer research. To help us continue driving pediatric brain cancer research forward, consider becoming a donor.

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