Dragonfly Stories

News, Updates, & Tales of Courage
Christine Neitzke, Dragonfly Co-Founder, & A Dragonfly

Christine Neitzke is a Finalist for the Jefferson Award, the Nobel Prize for Public Service!

So excited for Christine Neitzke, Dragonfly Co-Founder!!!!! She is a top 3 finalist for the Jefferson Award from Rotary Club ...

Stories & Quotes

"I plan on having a dragonfly tattoo. My son walked through hell fire and at what seemed the darkest moments ...
New Diagnosis/Extended Stay Care Package

New Diagnosis/Extended Stay Care Packages Post from a Dragonfly

Note: This blog post was written by Emily, one of our young adult Dragonflies!! We are grateful to Speedway Children's ...
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A Thank You Note From a New Dragonfly Mom

This family JUST STARTED with Dragonfly!! To answer their daughter's question, yes, she and her family will be Dragonflies until ...

Dragonfly Gala Photos

[soliloquy id="3164"] Above is a sample of some of the photos taken at the event by BeautyBeneath Photography. If you ...
Photo of hands illustrating strength

TDF sponsor’s monthly Munch and Mingles for parents with patients at Children’s

Today was the first monthly Munch and Mingle we will be hosting at Cincinnati Children's Hospital's Cancer & Blood Diseases ...
Dit It For Dragonfly Shirts

Sycamore HS Hosts Pep Rally for FFTC Fundraiser for Dragonfly!

Published on Jan 23, 2015 Members of Sycamore High School's Fashion for the Cure social service club shaved several of ...

“I promise I will be an advocate for the rest of my days.”

I gave a tour of the Landing yesterday to reps from a company we are working with... It wasn't until ...
The Landing

A Dragonfly Dad sees us from behind the scenes…

One of our Dragonfly Dad's, who lost his son, attended a recent Volunteer Orientation we held at The Landing... He ...

“With you all and what you have done…”

From a Dragonfly Dad: "With all of the things that I have been through with all of my kids, the ...
Dragonfly Cartoon

Imagine being kid afraid of being cured – because of a fear of losing Dragonfly.

We "keep" our Dragonflies (and their families) from their date of diagnosis until the patient is 5-years post treatment/bone marrow ...

Circus, Smiles, Suite (& Food) Oh My!!! Thank you, Metro PCS!

Thank you, MetroPCS, for providing Dragonfly with a suite (and food!) at the Syrian Shrine Clowns Circus performance last night ...
Matt and Sam

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“I can’t imagine our lives without these connections now”

Each week, we receive calls/emails from Dragonfly family members and supporters giving us advance notice that newly diagnosed cancer patient ...
Our Dragonfly and Dragonfly co-founder, Ria Davidson

How cancer affects our 13-30 year olds…

This is reposted from our FB page. I have also included a response from one of our Dragonfly Moms. My ...
Heart Sign Made By Dragonflies at the Devon Still/Beyond The Stripes Taping

Enquirer Article/Post: “8 coolest things we saw Bengals do off the field”

*** Today, The Dragonfly Foundation was featured in a story by the Sports Team of the Cincinnati/NKY Enquirer. See #8 ...
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So happy he fainted!

The Dragonfly gifts patients, both in and out of the hospital, almost every day! Our gifts are never cookie cutter ...
Dragonfly Family Bracelets

“Thank you so much for the gifts you sent A. He LOVED everything!” — Especially our bracelets!

We have special "I <3 My Dragonfly" bracelets and bumper stickers for our families. We also gift daily to our ...
Reds Player Mesaraco signs autographs for our Dragonflies at Reds Fest

Dragonfly hits a home run at Reds Fest thanks to CBTS & Cincinnati Bell

In December 2014, The Dragonfly Foundation had the incredible opportunity to invite more than 60 Dragonflies (young patients with cancer ...