Emergency Crisis Assistance Fund

Artists Healing Cancer are raising funds to cover insurance deductibles, tests and medical expenses for artists and their families dealing with the challenges of cancer.

Khylee Monson, 4 years old, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in June 2009.  Members of the community quickly formed a group called "For Khylee's Sake," dedicated to raising funds for her medical treatment.

Katie Rose Wilson, has been waiting 16 months for a diagnosis.  She needs assistance to cover the cost of surgery to remove a tumor in her upper lip. 

Amador Community Foundation's Emergency Crisis Assistance Fund (ECAF), is an innovative new program to support Amador County individuals and families facing a crisis such as fire, accidents or illness. The goal of ECAF is to financially assist in the recovery process immediately following a crisis.  The ECAF is basically set up so that when a crisis occurs, the Amador Community Foundation can instantly step forward and award a financial grant while the individual or family is coping with what has just occurred. The fund is not specific to any event or single person; that is to say, this fund is a collective of funds raised from donations, to take care of Amador County as a whole. An individual would not donate to the fund for a specific person or family, they would donate to the fund for the betterment of Amador County as a group.