Please join us in thanking Sydney Rader — and our other volunteers — as she/they make what we do possible! We love that they love volunteering for Dragonfly! To read our profile from Day 1, please click here! To read our profile from Day 2, please click here! To read our profile from Day 3, please click here! To read …
Cancer is made worse when you don’t have access to family, pets, friends, and the world outside the hospital. Technology is an important tool for patients/families to maintain/manage communications, relationships, life circumstances, responsibilities outside of the hospital, education, and employment. The Elsa Heisel Sule Foundation has awarded a $20,801 grant for The Dragonfly Foundation to provide additional laptops, charging stations, …
The other day, I was visiting a friend who recently had surgery. The actual diagnosis that resulted in the operation wasn’t 100% percent confirmed. The relevancy for this blog is that she researched her symptoms online to help determine the cause of her issues. This is the part that motivated me to write about this blog post for Dragonfly: She …
The process of diagnosis and then establishing the best protocol for a pediatric cancer diagnosis is like going to war. Truly. There is so much waiting and anxiety associated with that, as well as managing a scared and sick child, dealing with a job, other kids other obligations and then back to the unknowns associated with cancer. Just writing this …
Thanks to our supporters and Findlay Market, The Dragonfly Foundation and its patients/families were again able to participate in the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade with its Dragonfly Fire Truck (thanks Stonelick Township Fire Department) and Dragonfly Train (Thanks, Todd Stine). During coverage of the event, FOX19 talked about the organization, Marty Brennaman’s involvement, and our mission: helping pediatric cancer …
“I was driving home from work yesterday and saw an “I Love My Dragonfly” bumper sticker!! The Dragonfly car and my car were both driving to catch up with one another to wave. After about 5 minutes, I was finally able to pull next to the car. As I turned my head, ready to wave, I noticed that the person …
