From a Dragonfly Mom: “Last night we went to a car show in Milford to look at cars and teach my pups how to act in public. I was wearing my dragonfly t-shirt and a beautiful little girl walked up and said ” the dragonfly foundation, I’m a dragonfly” then she asked if she could pet my puppys. 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 …
From a Social Worker at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: “Just wanted to let you know that my patient was THRILLED about the Supernatural DVDs you purchased for her! Thank you thank you!! She said, “My life is very happy today” and “I’m the happiest girl today.” I have not seen her happy in weeks, so this is a HUGE step forward. …
From one of our long-time volunteers, Anne Petersen: “We recently got back from a family trip to Nashville. On the way we stopped at Mammoth Cave in KY and did a long and strenuous lantern lit cave tour. About half way through our guide had us turn off the lanterns to get an idea of how incredibly DARK (and a …
From a Dragonfly Mom: “I was talking about Dragonfly today and someone told me how lucky we were to be part of Dragonfly and how they wish they could join. I had to explain that in order to be a Dragonfly, your kid had to have cancer so it would be lucky to NOT be eligible for Dragonfly. However, if …
A note from a Dragonfly volunteer who greeted Kings Island visitors for us on Saturday (still have openings in August!): “I had a wonderful time volunteering today for KI Kicks Cancer! The staff was very welcoming and helpful with getting us set up, and guiding us on what to do. I was able to make genuine connections with a lot …
From a Dragonfly Mom (see picture): “Thank you for letting him be a Dragonfly instead of just a child with cancer and alone.” This post is special to us because of her quote, but also because this Dragonfly mom’s SISTER-IN-LAW knows that her nephew identifies himself as “a Dragonfly.” She must believe very strongly that we have made a difference …
Oh, the life of a Dragonfly mom: “My daughter starts kindergarten and they now know about mychart at her school. I gave them stacks of paper! Funny how schools give one tiny line for hospitalizations. Seriously, here’s 4 pages of admissions.”
From a Dragonfly Mom: “On vacation in Illinois we went to Japanese garden and walking through the garden looking at the small waterfall guess what lands in front of us on a beautiful tree branch. A small beautiful dark purple dragonfly. Of course I thought if all of you. Thank you for looking out for us and our dragonfly where …
We love how our logo has become a real symbol of comfort, especially in the darkest times. The photographs are screenshots of posts made by two of our families who lost their Dragonflies. Our youngest daughter A had HEHE and passed away in January. We were recently in Oklahoma and had another service for family who could not attend the …
