United Way agency · Serving McLennan County for 50+ years
The Community Cancer Association helps cancer patients in Waco, McLennan County, and Central Texas carry the cost of treatment — so you can focus on the medical and emotional part of the journey.
What We Actually Do
CCA is not the American Cancer Society, where the work is research and education. We offer tangible financial support — we pay for the things your treatment costs you.
Prescriptions
The biggest thing we do is buy medication — outpatient cancer drugs, medicine for the effects of treatment, pain and symptom control, and prescription co-pays.
What this coversSupplies
Nutritional supplements like Ensure and Boost, wigs, bras and breast forms, ostomy and mastectomy supplies, compression garments, and wound care items.
What this coversGetting there
Help getting to your appointments — necessary medical travel, gas cards, and bus passes, including trips to treatment centers outside the area.
What this coversIf there are any financial concerns regarding an aspect of your treatment, please reach out and let us know how we can help.
Check QualificationThe Local Case
We exist to provide tangible and measurable financial support so that you can focus on the medical and emotional part of the journey. CCA has been doing that in McLennan County since 1959 — as a United Way agency, with no government funding, paid for entirely by people here.
The board and the staff — which is just me — live, work, and worship in this county, with you. Local vendors, local funding, local donors. It is truly local. There's no national organization.
Held to their standards of accountability and transparency.
CCA is supported entirely by local donations.
Local vendors, local funding, local donors.
Serving McLennan County and Central Texas since 1959.
“I had to choose between paying for my cancer medication or food for my family. Now because of Community Cancer Association that is no longer an issue. Thank you to everyone who makes this possible.”
In the News
In 2022, TFNB Your Bank for Life named CCA a Charity Champion, and KWTX News 10 came to the Herring Avenue office to ask what happens when local demand outruns local funding.
Segment courtesy of KWTX News 10. Reporting by Julie Hays.
Read the full article on KWTX“If the CCA funding isn't there, I'm afraid some of those cancer patients without our services would not survive.”
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CCA takes no government funding. Your gift buys medication, supplies, and gas for a family in McLennan County who is facing cancer right now.
P.O. Box 5002, Waco, TX 76708
By the Numbers
Cancer doesn't discriminate. The people who need the help are often the ones who don't know it's available.
50+
Helping Central Texas cancer patients since 1959
100%
No government money — every dollar comes from and stays in Central Texas
1,300
Estimated new cancer patients in McLennan County (Texas Cancer Registry)
A proud member of the United Way network
Where to Next
See what CCA covers and how to apply.
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Come to a fundraiser and meet the people behind CCA.
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Run your own fundraiser with your church, school, or business.
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Put your business behind cancer patients in Central Texas.
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Cancer facts worth knowing, what CCA has been able to do that month, and how local support is being put to work. One page, once a month — nothing more.
We never share your address, and you can stop any time.