Andrea Van Deren hugs her 17-year-old son, Sebastian, during a family camping trip at Mount Madonna County Park near Watsonville, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Sebastian has been battling cancer with the help of the non-profit Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer support services. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Everywhere you turn at Jacob’s Heart, you find love, compassion, joy and hope rising above the sickness, struggle and sorrow that are the reasons it exists.
Walk down a 30-foot hallway through a mosaic of photos showing hundreds upon hundreds of children with parents, siblings, and staff from Jacob’s Heart, each image holding a story that