Free beach vacations for families fighting cancer
Our mission is simple, because cancer is not.
Waves of Grace gives families facing advanced cancer a free week at the beach, in a vacation home donated by generous owners, so they can rest, reconnect, and make memories together.
Since 2014, 125+ families have traded hospital rooms for ocean views, thanks to $650,000+ in gifts and 22 homes opened by their owners.
How a trip happens
Families don't apply on their own. Every trip starts with a referral from someone on your cancer care team.
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Your care team refers you
An oncologist, nurse, or social worker sends us your family's application.
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We find your home
We match your family with a donated vacation home and dates that work around treatment.
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You go to the beach
Spend a week together by the water, including a professional family photo session.
Ways to help
Sponsor aTrip
$5,000 sends one family to the beach for a full week.
Sponsor a trip
GiveMonthly
A monthly gift, in any amount, helps us say yes to the next family.
Give now
Share yourBeach Home
Donate a week at your vacation home and give a family a place to rest.
Share your home
PartnerWith Us
Sponsor our events and put your company's name behind families' weeks at the beach.
Become a sponsorWhat your gift covers
No two trips look the same, so we don't hand families a fixed package. Your gift covers whatever that week takes.
A week in a beach home
Seven nights in a vacation home, donated by an owner or rented when none is available.
Groceries for the week
A stocked kitchen so families can eat together without worrying about the cost.
Travel to the coast
Gas, flights, or whatever it takes to get the family from treatment to the water.
Beach and mobility gear
Chairs, umbrellas, and beach wheelchairs so everyone can make it onto the sand.
Activities and outings
A dolphin cruise, mini golf, a night out. The ordinary things cancer has put on hold.
A welcome basket
Small comforts waiting at the door, plus a professional family photo session.
Every dollar goes toward a family's week, never toward a bill they have to think about.
Sponsor a weekMark your Calendar
The Herb Lee Golf Classic
October 5, 2026
The Grove
Golf, volunteer, or spend the day with us at our biggest fundraiser of the year.
Golf Classic details
Let's Kick Cancer
All football season
With Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates
Jake is donating $10 for every yard he kicks this season. Match his kick each week: if he kicks 45 yards, give $45. Help us hit $39,000 for #39.
Match his kickSend a family to the Beach
Every gift, in any amount, brings a family closer to a week away from cancer.