Today was the first monthly Munch and Mingle we will be hosting at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s Cancer & Blood Diseases Institute. All families on A-5 not just Dragonfly registered families are invited for a free lunch (NO BIG SPEECH INVOLVED!). CCHMC has been doing this for awhile, but we just started sponsoring the events on a monthly basis. It was …
Published on Jan 23, 2015 Members of Sycamore High School’s Fashion for the Cure social service club shaved several of their teachers’ heads during an afternoon pep rally in the school’s gym on Cornell Road. Proceeds will benefit the Dragonfly Foundation. This is the 2nd year that they have donated to Dragonfly! ◂
I gave a tour of the Landing yesterday to reps from a company we are working with… It wasn’t until the middle of the tour when one of the gentlemen mentioned that a relative of his was going through cancer. He briefly made some comments to give context to the young man: “veteran,” “beautiful family,” “adorable little girls”…. I knew …
One of our Dragonfly Dad’s, who lost his son, attended a recent Volunteer Orientation we held at The Landing… He sent us this note the next day: “It truly felt like being with family…. even though there were a lot of people that I didn’t know, being in the environment, where all the love has come from through our Journey… …
From a Dragonfly Dad: “With all of the things that I have been through with all of my kids, the way that the Dragonfly foundation… the way that you were there for me did more for me than you can imagine. All of my life of parenting I have felt alone in the battles… I have done everything in my …
We “keep” our Dragonflies (and their families) from their date of diagnosis until the patient is 5-years post treatment/bone marrow transplant… This little one did not understand that at the time… “N said that he is afraid to be healed of the cancer because “I don’t want to get kicked out of Dragonfly and it would be “unfair to other …
Thank you, MetroPCS, for providing Dragonfly with a suite (and food!) at the Syrian Shrine Clowns Circus performance last night at The Bank of Kentucky Center!!!! **Suites make it possible for young immuno-compromised patients to attend events, as well as allow the opportunity for families to interact with one another, something they can’t do when sitting in a row of …
Many employers offer matching gift programs to encourage employees to contribute to charitable organizations. Some employers even offer funds to support employee volunteer hours. Most of these programs will match your charitable contribution dollar for dollar, and some will even double or triple your gift. Here are just a few examples of companies that match donations: US Bank (1:1) Duke …
Each week, we receive calls/emails from Dragonfly family members and supporters giving us advance notice that newly diagnosed cancer patient and would soon be registering with Dragonfly. Here is an example of a Facebook Messenger conversation we had with one of our Dragonfly Moms (reprinted with permission, names removed): Dragonfly Mom: “Keep your eyes out for a KC. I was …
