The Gala is our largest event of the year and raises funds that help us provide direct financial, emotional, and practical support to children with cancer and their families.  Since its inception, the Gala event has raised significant funds to fight children’s cancer and each year, public awareness about the fight grows.

The evening offers a wealth of entertainment and opportunities to support the Foundation.  We invite you to come out and enjoy the silent and live auctions, great entertainment, and fine dining.  (Click to continue reading…)

Scholarships in the amount of $500 are awarded for post- high school education for cancer patients and survivors. The applicant must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an accredited undergraduate school or accredited trade school.

MHF awarded its first college scholarships in September 2008 to four recipients. Since 2008, the Foundation has awarded 22 scholarships. The next scholarships will be awarded at our upcoming Evening Under the Stars on September 13, 2014.

According to Sue Hoefflin, one of the Foundation’s co-founders, the organization’s Outreach Committee started the scholarship program. “Many of our patient children were doing well and heading off to college.  (Click to continue reading…) 

In honor of Christopher Wilke, a 12-year-old boy who recently lost his battle with bile duct cancer,  Burbank resident and ultra marathon runner Roy Wiegand is planning to run from Angels Stadium in Anaheim to the Michael Hoefflin Foundation in Santa Clarita, on Friday, July 4. All proceeds from this run will go to the Foundation.

Wiegand’s son and Wilke were in the same Boy Scout Troop, and Wiegand was “blown away” by the amazing effect Wilke had upon so many people in his community. At the rosary for Wilke, Wiegand heard so many stories about the boy, who was an avid baseball player and loved the Angels. “It really spoke to me,” said Wiegand, who for the past five years has done challenge runs to raise money for Lifewater International, an organization that builds water wells in developing countries.  (Click to continue Reading…)