From a Dragonfly Mom: “I wanted to thank you all for the joy you’ve brought us! “A” will be going home from Cincinnati Children’s to hospice care today. He will have good days and bad days. As I sat with hospice to discuss the beauty of transitioning from this earthy life to the next stage of life, “A” joyfully played …
(PLEASE SHARE!) On September 29, 2015, The Dragonfly Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit, held a news conference at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The video describes the announcement, and provides insight into how Dr. John Perentesis, Director of Oncology, Cincinnati Children’s Cancer & Blood Diseases Institute, and Marty Brennaman, a Dragonfly Board Member & Spokesman, regard The Dragonfly Foundation and the …
On Tuesday, September 29th, Dragonfly, with support from Zscaler and other organizations, donated nearly $45,000 worth of laptops, iPads, gaming systems and charging stations to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. (For more details, please click here.) Following are some of the comments that Dragonfly Families and others left on our Facebook page: “Where is the LOVE button?!!? This is awesome!! I can’t …
CINCINNATI, OH – September 29, 2015 – Today, The Dragonfly Foundation® provided Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Cancer & Blood Diseases Institute with another set of 25 new HP® laptops with webcams and warranties (the first set was donated in 2010). They also added to the number of tablets, gaming systems and other electronics they have donated to date with …
Wilmington News Journal September 22, 2015 By Dylanne Petros Jayden Hairston, 8, in remission from nephroblastoma WILMINGTON – A local boy dressed up as Superman for Halloween. The next day he was in the hospital. Jayden Hairston, now 8, was diagnosed with Wilms’ tumor, or nephroblastoma, in 2013. The tumor is a cancer of the kidneys that usually occurs in …
From a Dragonfly Mom: “It’s childhood cancer awareness and I wanted to take a chance to hit on an area sometimes overlooked and that’s the siblings. This photo was the day Luke and Joel met. Because Joel was born during flu season and with restrictions in the NICU, they didn’t even meet until Joel was 3 months old! We truly …
September 8, 2015 Marc Hardin, Reporter Cincinnati Enquirer Professional stock car racing driver Ben Rhodes was greeted with a colorful sign, some Kentucky Speedway-themed cupcakes and a room full of smiles Tuesday afternoon when he arrived at the Dragonfly Foundation in Mason. Rhodes is a second-year driver competing on the Xfinity Series, NASCAR’s second-tier national series. He’s already a winner …
“We were at my sons ball game the other day and my dragonfly wasn’t having such a good day then all of a sudden we saw at least 6 dragonflies so I knew everything would be just fine.” “Just wanted to thank Dragonfly for the awesome gifts my son received yesterday. It was almost like you knew him; cars, trains, …
Welcomed items include: Gift cards ($5-50) for iTunes, Kindle, Amazon, GameStop, Target, Wal-Mart, National Chain Restaurants and Clothing stores Patients spend hours/days researching the best items to purchase, giving them a measure of control and something to pass the time. Video games and game systems (PlayStation 3, Wii Systems, etc.; video games of all ratings) Tablets (iPad Mini’s, Kindles, etc.) …
Two of our families are being interviewed on WXIX FOX19 tomorrow morning about Kings Island’s #KicksCancer Fundraiser. The station asked for a biography from the families, so the anchors could know something about the interviewees. Here is what Jay Robison sent us: “The Dragonfly eclipses the realm of “just another foundation” helping cancer patients. Unlike other organizations, they genuinely focus …
