Anne Won remembers the seven months she spent at a hospital as her young daughter received radiation treatments for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The toxic medications were neon green or blue, she said. There were doctor consultations at which Won took had to be her daughter’s advocate, and long, stressful, emotional days.

What brought a small bit of happiness were the bingo games the hospital hosted for cancer families.

“We looked forward to it because it was something fun to do,” Won said. “I always remember in the midst of the hardship, there was something fun to do and celebrate with other people in the hospital.”

With those experiences now in the past — her 16-year-old daughter now in remission — Won tries to bring similar moments of happiness to families who have children

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