Our Purpose
Our Belief
We believe families should focus on healing, strengthening family bonds, and savoring every moment with each other. It is our hope that we lessen their worries over unpaid bills and ease their stresses of increased medical bills by helping where we can.
Our solution
Providing financial support to the families with children fighting pediatric cancer and being treated in Omaha hospitals by paying basic living expenses such as utilities, rent/mortgage, and other expenses related to daily living.
Supporting the two area summer camps devoted to providing a camping experience to those children with cancer and their siblings.
Our Impact
Our Proof
127 Families
we have helped in 2023
A recent request: “I’m asking for help with my rent bill. I’ve been unable to work due to my son’s recent diagnosis of Leukemia. All my time is spent with him here at the hospital.”
581
requests fulfilled in 2023
“My son has a brain tumor. It’s been a very long road for our family with lots of ups and downs. When we come to our downs, it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of the MAYF.”
17 Years and counting…
children & Families Impacted
From a very humble beginning, MAYF has a given over $1,200,000 to families, special camps for children with cancer, and hospital oncology units since we started.
Who We Are
The Metro Area Youth Foundation (MAYF) is a 501c3 charitable foundation formed by Optimist Clubs in the Omaha area, eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. It has since expanded to include many additional friends and supporters who do not belong to the Optimist Club.
Our mission is to improve the quality of life for children and their families, focusing on financial assistance to those fighting pediatric cancer.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAYF ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE