In December 2014, The Dragonfly Foundation had the incredible opportunity to invite more than 60 Dragonflies (young patients with cancer and their families) to attend the Cincinnati Reds’ premier fan expo, Reds Fest. Thanks to Cincinnati Bell and CBTS, we were able to have a suite at the event! This provided space for families to interact with each other, hang …
Allison, a really sweet volunteer, sent us this note! So great to see you both today at WLW! We love you guys and it was such a nice surprise to spend a few minutes with the kids, especially seeing Freddie who I have such a fantastic memory of my first Dragonfly volunteer experience. He and his sister are such great …
From a Dragonfly Dad: “Our beautiful 7yr old son lost his battle with Cancer and went “home” on Nov. 21st. I am truly grateful for the overwhelming support from everyone at The Dragonfly Foundation Cincinnati. You were able to help make some incredibly happy moments for our son. The week before he passed/went home… we made a visit out to …
We took a bunch of our Dragonflies to a private suite at the Cincinnati Reds’ Reds Fest today, thanks to Cincinnati Bell and CBTS. Highlights included: — Watching Cincinnati Reds players jump rope, draw, high five, limbo, sign autographs, hug and fist bump our kids and their families — Seeing all the smiles — Listening to the kids ask players …
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 …
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 …
The Dragonfly Foundation hosts 5-12 patient events A WEEK for our families, from sending a family to the movies, to sending them to our Dragonfly suite at US Bank Arena, to hosting more than 200 at the Landing or at places like Kings Island Amusement Park. We try to do what we can, when we can, as often as we …
Today was Dragonfly’s 4th Annual Kings Island Day for our patients/families. More than 220 came to Kings Island today for a day of fun, food and entertainment. Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, such as Matson Money, and individual donors, we were able to pay for their tickets, their meals, refreshments, desserts and the appearance of 2 Peanuts(TM) characters, Snoopy …
[soliloquy id=”1503″] As I arrived at the Dragonfly picnic, I had no idea what to expect. The one thing I knew for sure was there would be water balloons, lots of them. To my surprise, this picnic seemed more like a festival. There were inflatables, face painting, and even a video game truck! As families arrived they greeted each other …
From a Dragonfly Mom: “As my kids were headed to camp what they wanted to know was when they could go to The Landing! You guys must be the best at “joy” when a week of upcoming fun was interrupted by thoughts of Dragonfly get-togethers!” Here’s 50 reasons why our families like visiting The Landing, our patient/family space. The Landing …
