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Kier’s Kidz at Rutgers

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Kier’s Kidz at Rutgers Kier’s Kidz, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, helps children and young adults coping

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Kier's Kidz is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps kids and young adults with cancer and their families. We help to underwrite pediatric cancer research. We work closely with Kier's Kidz at Rutgers and with our H.S. Kids Please donate at www.kierskidz.com.

Kier's Kidz

1 week ago

Dear Kier’s Kidz Family and Friends:Today, the 23rd of April 2026, marks the 18th anniversary of Kiersten Hickman-Perfetti’s death from a pediatric cancer. Our family is deeply saddened that Kier died. Kier had so much more life in her, as all who knew her would attest. Kier’s heart even continued to beat for two hours after she took her last breath. Kier had more to do in life.Of all Kier’s dreams, perhaps the greatest was to help children and young adults with cancer face and beat their cancer and to help find a cure for all pediatric cancers. She had a mission she knew she would not live to complete. So, Kier asked us to fulfill her mission when she created Kier’s Kidz, our nonprofit that addresses that wish and that mission.Kier would be proud of us, all of us who have contributed in any way to the success of that mission. She would love every single one of us. She would be happy for the children, young adults, and families we have helped. She would ask us to continue our work and to help find cures for pediatric cancers. And we will.From the bottom of my heart, I thank each of you, our Board members, volunteers, and donors, for all that you have done to keep Kier’s dream alive in the help we have given to so many children and young adults who have fought their battles with cancer.I also ask you to help a bit more by making a donation of any amount to Kier’s Kidz at www.kierskidz.com/ways-to-give/. What a wonderful way to celebrate Kier’s life.Thank you all.Love, Peace, and Health,Larry PerfettiKier’s and Keith’s Dad & Mimi’s Loving Husband ... See MoreSee Less

Ways to Give

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Kier's Kidz

4 weeks ago

Dear Kier’s Kidz Family and Friends:I would like to express our deepest gratitude and best wishes to the National Honor Society (NHS) students and staff of the Hun School in Princeton, NJ, for their hard work and generosity in raising and donating over $1,300 to Kier’s Kidz. Sanah Shah, a Hun School NHS student and a volunteer at Kier’s Kidz, deserves special thanks for encouraging her schoolmates to help Kier’s Kidz assist the kids and young adults with cancer in need in our area.Hun School has an excellent reputation as an academic powerhouse in its 6th- to 12th-grade and postgrad schools. Clearly, the students there learn much more than academics. Their work on behalf of kids and young adults with cancer demonstrates emotional maturity and depth of empathy, underscoring the importance the school places on social development. Congratulations to all Hun students and to the staff for all their accomplishments.Once again, thanks to each of you and to the Hun School for your caring and for your donation. We hope to work with you again.Love and Peace,Dr. Larry PerfettiCEO, Kier’s Kidz ... See MoreSee Less

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