cancerkid The Jonathan Jaques Children’s Cancer Center at Long Beach’s Miller Children’s Hospital has received a $50,000 grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to help child survivors of cancer cope with the various enduring effects of their treatment.

“Unfortunately, what it takes to get children cancer-free can leave them with longstanding problems,” said Jayme Palumbo of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research.

The $50,000 to Jonathan Jacques is among part of approximately $1.3 million that was granted today by St. Baldrick’s to 21 medical facilities across the country that specialize in the treatment of children with cancer.

These fall grants, combined with the $12.8 million awarded in June to fund cutting-edge research, bring St. Baldrick’s total of support in 2010 to more than $14 million.