The Pinky Swear Foundation was started in 2003 by a 9-year old boy named Mitch who gave away his life savings to other children with cancer the Christmas before he died and made his Dad pinky swear to help other kids with cancer after he was gone. Pinky Swear became a national presence in 2014 and is now helping children in almost every state paying needs based grants and providing experiences to families whose worlds have been turned upside down emotionally and also financially.