"Make sure they study those tumors in my brain because if those tumors can help some kid someday not die from cancer like I am," says Carson Leslie, a Texas teen who died of cancer at the age of 19 in 2010and who's helped more than 325,000 people through mental health and suicide prevention education and support since his death.
The Dallas Morning News reports two local nonprofit organizations are now working together to make that happen.
The Carson Leslie Foundation and Grant Halliburton Foundation are neighbors in Dallas' Pegasus Park, and they've teamed up to provide mental health support to kids with cancer and their caregivers at Children's Health Children's Medical Center Dallas.
"The psychological effects is critical to helping children with cancer live normal lives now and in the future," Annette Leslie, chief mission officer of the Carson Leslie Foundation, says in a statement.
A recent study found kids with cancer have a 40% higher rate of mental health-related outpatient visits than the general population, while siblings have a 10% higher rate.
"Both of our organizations believe that positive change can be achieved through collective efforts and a commitment to compassion," says Kevin Hall, president of the Grant Halliburton Foundation, which has provided mental health and suicide prevention education and training to more than 325,000 students, educators
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