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 …
What an exciting few days!!
On Thursday, August 2, 2014, The Dragonfly Foundation received a major donation from Mark Matson during the Matson Money Investor Symposium held at Horseshoe Casino. Mark and Melissa Matson, both Board members, are long-time supporters. Words cannot begin to describe how grateful we are for their donation. On Friday, August 3rd, The Dragonfly Foundation was part of a successful attempt …
“… sometimes the only light in a cold dark place…”
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 …
“The ‘club’ you never want to join, but now never want to leave.”
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 …
“Thank you for letting him be a Dragonfly instead of…”
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 …
More paperwork…
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.”
We are always with them…
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 …
“3 Positive Things to Post” from a Dragonfly Mom
“1) I am thankful for my family always being there for me. 2) I am thankful for our Dragonfly family for putting a smile on my daughter’s face for everything you do for us. 3) Thankful for having a job to support my family. As we all know how the mortgage market can be…”
Our “Blue Bags” are trendy among Dragonflies
Our New Diagnosis/Extended Stay Care Packages come in big blue bags. (Pictured) One of our mom’s posted this note on Facebook after picking up her son from Camp Joy’s camp for cancer patients. “I had to laugh when I picked N up at camp….I saw so many of the Blue Dragonfly bags sitting out stuffed full of kids laundry and …
Awwww….
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 …