The Ryan Callahan Foundation is a non-profit organization established by Ryan and his wife, Kyla, to make memorable experiences a reality for newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients and their families, those in the depths of their fight, and continuing the relationship with families who are bereaved. The foundation focuses on the family unit as a whole, providing moments of escape to strengthen a family’s bond, allowing them to persevere through the stressors pediatric cancer has forced their family to endure.

The foundation runs three major community outreach programs; the 24 Club, Cally’s Crew, and Cally’s Comforts. Ryan and Kyla strive to alleviate the financial burden pediatric cancer has claimed on a family through the 24 Club’s financial assistance program. In addition to this assistance, the foundation provides family vacations, where all expenses are paid, for a family to escape the day-to-day hardships of battling cancer. Cally’s Crew Suite, the foundation uses this VIP experience to bring together families with similar struggles to strengthen a sense of community in the isolated world of pediatric cancer. Lastly, the foundation’s Cally’s Comforts program provides comfort bags for families that have unexpected stays in the hospital filled with items to help make their stay a bit more bearable.

While continuing to honor our late ambassador Tony Colton, the foundation has developed a program in honor of Tony, in partnership with Haught Funeral home, named Bridging Tony’s Legacy. This program aims at easing the financial burden for families who have lost a child to pediatric cancer.

After the Callahan’s move north in 2020, they have planted their roots in Rochester, NY, and have established their second branch of the Ryan Callahan Foundation. We are proud to say we are now running all of our programming in both cities, striving to assist more pediatric cancer patients and their families.