Another thank you note: “Hello! “My daughter, A, became a dragonfly this year. We traveled to Cincinnati from Toledo and honestly had no idea what we were getting into when we came down. After sitting at home for over a week with our doctors doing nothing, we just wanted to get there and literally threw some stuff in a bag …
“If it wasn’t and still is for the help… I don’t know where we’d be”
A thank you note we received: “Hi ria I dont kno if you remember me but we are apart of your foundation but we weren’t really involved for a while cause our son was in the hospital his name was R. I just wanted to touch base with you and let you know that after his 3 year long fight …
NKY chamber to honor Emerging 30
FT. MITCHELL, – The Northern Kentucky Chamber will recognize the region’s top growing small businesses at the 12th annual “Emerging 30” cocktail reception. “Emerging 30” is comprised of local businesses making a significant economic impact on the community based on annual revenue growth. Winners receive public acknowledgement of their achievements and are encouraged to offer their guidance and advice to …
Sorority carves out time for philanthropic pumpkin fest
Source: http://www.newsrecord.org/college_living/sorority-carves-out-time-for-philanthropic-pumpkin-fest/article_c9ce8f4c-57fd-11e4-9048-001a4bcf6878.html Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2014 10:07 pm Emily Begley | College Life Editor | 0 comments Members of Theta Phi Alpha walked across McMicken Commons with their heads down Sunday afternoon, bracing themselves against the possibility of being hit in the face with a pie. Sunday marked the sorority’s second-annual Pumpkin Fest, a philanthropic event that allows Greek life …
Dragonfly Patient/Family Event at Hall-ZOO-een
CLICK ON THE VIDEO BELOW The Dragonfly Foundation brings comfort and joy to kids and young adults enduring cancer and bone marrow transplants. Thanks to our generous supporters, we were able to invite our Dragonfly Families to attend Hall-ZOO-een at the Cincinnati Zoo. There, they were able to enjoy trick-or-treat stations, several animal encounters, food, gifts and discounts at the …
Connor’s Run/Walk: Kids Helping Kids
Pulse Journal News Article October 18, 2014 “HELPING KIDS WITH CANCER” Three years ago, Connor Kranson decided he wanted to do something to help children battling cancer. So, the boy with a big dream and an even bigger heart held a fun run/walk in his Ashmont Neighborhood. Today, the Mason Intermediate fifth grader has repeated that run three more times. …
We are a community, a family, unlike any other
On a recent news story, there was a report of an elderly man in Texas undergoing cancer treatment. Before his diagnosis, he took his dogs for a walk every day, but because of the exhaustion he felt from chemotherapy, he couldn’t walk very far. Seeing his struggle, more than twenty of his neighbors placed lawn chairs in their front yards …
If Cheers Could Heal, Leah Still Would Be Cured
Reprinted from the Enquirer on 10/8/14 http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/10/07/devon-still-beyond-the-stripes-cheers-leah-still/16893041/ If cheers could heal, Leah Still would be cured Cliff Radel, [email protected] 4:16 a.m. EDT October 8, 2014 (Photo: The Enquirer/Cara Owsley) 35 CONNECT 21 TWEET 1 LINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE If cheers could cure cancer, that cruel disease would have been wiped out Thursday night by the ovation given to Devon Still. The Cincinnati Bengals …
“Channel Awareness Into Action”
One of our Dragonfly Mom’s posted this on her blog… Even in light of Carlin’s wonderful MRI results yesterday, I find that when you are the parent of a kid with cancer, elation and sorrow can exist simultaneously. Happiness we can bask in, for the clean scan and that Carlin is currently doing great and feels terrific. Celebrating that we …
From a Dragonfly Mom: “This thank you is long past due, our son J had a right temporal lobe ependymoma brain tumor and now we have to go to his oncology appointments at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital but we live at Virginia Beach Virginia. Not only does J have to endure a 10 hour trip each way but has a two …