World Eye Cancer Hope

One Rb World brings the global community together for connection, learning, support, and hope.

From September 12–14, 2026, World Eye Cancer Hope will host 2026 in San Antonio, Texas, welcoming patients, survivors, families, medical professionals, researchers, donors, and partners from around the world: https://givebutter.com/OneRbWorld2026 🌎

For families affected by retinoblastoma, this gathering offers a chance to feel less alone. For survivors, it creates space to share lived experience and be heard. For medical professionals and researchers, it strengthens collaboration across borders. And for donors and sponsors, it is a meaningful way to help make this community experience possible.

Whether you plan to attend, donate, or sponsor, your support helps bring One Rb World 2026 to life.

Register, donate, or sponsor here: https://givebutter.com/OneRbWorld2026 🌟

Bedtime can be hard after medical trauma. For children who have experienced treatment, procedures, hospital stays, or separation, sleep can bring big feelings to the surface.

Trauma-informed sleep support starts with safety first.

What helps your child feel safe enough to rest? Tonight, that might be one extra check-in, a comfort item nearby, or a simple phrase you repeat each night: “You are safe. I’m close. I’ll check on you soon.”

Cindy Pilchuk, RN and Certified Child Life Specialist, shares practical ways parents and caregivers can support children when traditional sleep strategies are not enough.

Read the blog called Trauma-Informed Sleep Supports here: https://bit.ly/4gGGo1R 👈

One $20,000 gift can make the entire Child Life Program possible at One Rb World 2026.

Across all three days, this program will support children with , siblings, and attending families through play, connection, and age-appropriate support during a deeply meaningful conference experience.

We are looking for a company, foundation, or individual supporter to underwrite this program and help create something families will carry with them long after the conference ends.

The Child Life Program sponsor will receive conference recognition, a dedicated social media thank-you, website listing for a year, onsite signage, branded photo or video of content from the Child Life Program, and so much more.

Learn more about becoming a One Rb World partner:
https://wechope.org/onerbworld/one-rb-world-2026/partner/ 🤝 ♥️

For questions or to become a sponsor, please contact One Retinoblastoma World Event Chair and World Eye Cancer Hope USA President Marissa D. Gonzalez at [email protected] 📨

Are you an ophthalmologist, oncologist, researcher, or care coordinator working with children affected by retinoblastoma?

One Rb World 2026 is your opportunity to connect with global colleagues, share insights on best practices, and collaborate on advancing early diagnosis, treatment, and lifelong care.

The conference takes place September 12–14, 2026 in San Antonio, TX — right before the SIOP World Congress. A concessionary registration fee is available for delegates from lower-income countries.

📋 Register: givebutter.com/OneRbWorld2026

What’s one question you would ask if you were in a room with retinoblastoma families, survivors, doctors, researchers, and advocates who understand this journey?

THAT’S what makes One Rb World different. It brings the whole Rb community into the same room.

🌟 https://givebutter.com/OneRbWorld2026

One Retinoblastoma World 2026 | San Antonio, Texas, September 12-14 - Please Join Us! One Retinoblastoma World - a global effort to bring quality care to every child with eye cancer, survivor and family. Please join us!

“There is always the medical journey, but there is also the emotional journey.”

For many families affected by , survival is not the end of the story. The impact of childhood eye cancer can continue through adolescence, adulthood, family planning, sibling relationships, grandparent experiences, second cancer risk, and the quiet moments families carry long after treatment ends.

This World Eye Cancer Hope article brings together the voices of survivors, parents, grandparents, and family members who share honestly about life beyond childhood retinoblastoma care. Their experiences remind us why connection, open conversation, peer support, and lifelong care matter so deeply.

If your family has ever felt alone in the long shadow of Rb, we hope this helps you feel seen.

When Survivors Grow Up: Family Experiences After Retinoblastoma - WE C Hope WE C Hope CEO Abby White asked families and survivors about their experiences of life beyond retinoblastoma, after a particularly painful family insight.

At One Rb World, the Child Life program is so much more than a room full of toys, books, crafts, and games.

It is a place where children can play, ask questions, make friends, explore big feelings, and feel less alone in their retinoblastoma experience.

These photos from our 2024 One Rb World Child Life program in Hawaii capture some of the joy, creativity, laughter, and connection that happen when kids have a space created just for them.

We are thrilled to bring the Child Life program back for One Rb World 2026 in San Antonio, giving children, siblings, young relatives, and children of adult survivors their own place to belong while families and professionals gather, learn, and connect.

Learn more about the 2026 Child Life program and make plans to join us this fall in San Antonio: https://wechope.org/onerbworld/one-rb-world-2026/childlife/

A little winner update that made our day. 💛

Cindy Hansen, winner of the handmade quilt from our World Retinoblastoma Week giveaway, sent us this beautiful photo with her prize, and we just had to share it.

Thank you again to everyone who entered, donated, shared the giveaway, or helped us spread awareness during World Retinoblastoma Week. Every bit of support helps World Eye Cancer Hope continue providing education, connection, advocacy, and support for families and survivors affected by retinoblastoma.

👀 And yes, we love a good giveaway around here, so stay tuned for the next one!!!

You can continue supporting our work anytime at givebutter.com/wechope.

Congratulations again, Cindy!