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 Newsletter April 18, 2008 September is National Childhood Cancer First of all I'd like to introduce our foundation to you. Cassidy's Hope Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization geared to bring childhood cancer awareness and to help those diagnosed in our community and surrounding areas. We do that in several different ways. Our "Love, Cassidy" program delivers gifts to Akron Children's Hospital 4 times a year on holidays for the children on the childhood cancer and blood disorders floor, the out-patient oncology clinic, and the pediatric intensive care unit. This year we are able to purchase items for Akron Children's Hospital to make the children and their families' stay more comfortable. An update on those items will be noted at a later date. "From the Heart" is another program to help families facing childhood cancer with every day household matters, such as house-cleaning gift certificates, gasoline cards, phone cards, meal and/or grocery gift cards. We have formed relationships with a few contractors to have wheel chair ramps built for those children who have lost the ability to walk. We can also help with leasing (free of charge to the family) hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers, bedside commodes, and other needed equipment for families whose insurance does not cover or an extra is needed for any reason. Our goal is to be able to help out with utility bills as we grow. As one parent is usually forced to quit or take a leave of absence from work to take care of a child, these small efforts mean a lot. Please check our website in the future as we are in the process of putting together our Grant Research Program. |
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Sunday – May 25th will be a benefit concert honoring Cassidy's Hope Foundation. The event will be held from 5 p.m. until dusk at Valley View Woods, Pavilion A (13005 Schreiber Rd., Valley View). For more info. Contact Julie Jakubczak ay 216-524-3782 or jules10306@yahoo.com. Hope to see you there! Each year we honor a "Hope Child" selected from Akron Children's Hospital. This year the event will be held on Sunday, July 20th at Century Harley-Davidson in Medina. It's our 3rd annual Cassidy's Hope Run. All the net proceeds will be given to our Hope Child and his or her family. This donation is used in any way the family sees fit. For more information on this event, please contact Jennifer at (440) 212-9029 for info, and we welcome donations for our raffles. We are gratefully taking donations for auction items. Our 2nd Annual Auction of Hope will take place on Friday evening, November 7th at the Eagle's Club in Medina. Nothing is too small -- or too big! Please note that any donations we receive are completely tax-deductible as we are a 501c3 not-for-profit organization. Please help us help others. Contact our phone number below. Cassidys Hope Foundation We are currently and always looking for small and large businesses to back us and support us. Even small items such as gasoline cards, grocery gift cards, or monthly monetary donations are a GREAT help to us. Some businesses even offer an employer-matching program. Every cent helps a family and child going through this horrible monster called childhood cancer! A big thanks to all of our supporters. We couldn't do what we are doing without you! Please contact us if you know a family in need. |
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