A cancer diagnosis means more than just disease and treatment. It means financial and emotional stress, which strains the whole family dynamic. Staying within our quality of life focus, we offer family togetherness experiences customized to each family’s request.
Families can be referred from other organizations and social workers or submit requests directly to us to be verified.
We make every effort to accommodate a family’s request, combining both a cash budget and our volunteer network to pursue donations and connections to make
The teen forgot he had asked for the gift, and was doubly surprised when he got exactly what he’d wished for!
It was a normal family night out for Kaleo & his family, thanks to CPK and the Houston Zoo.
For Emersyn “Em” Brown, it was an afternoon of friends, family, and hometown heroes with the Minnesota Gophers, Carlie Wagner & Lindsay Whalen. Another special Family Experience with the Southern MN chapter.
The ten year old’s story was so incredible – she not only survived the treatments and cancer battle, but grew and found many talents in the isolated room, and was one of the most positive kids ever, according to her mom. She even passed fourth grade on the A honor roll in the middle of it all. I found out in person just how incredible she is.
Maddie was also interviewed by the Owatonna newspaper, and was incredible. “They all deserve a day like this,” she stated, referring to the other children with cancer she got to know while staying at the Ronald McDonald House during treatment phases. The story made the front page, appropriately titled “Queen Maddie.”
Our incredible local committee worked some real magic to send one of our local kids to a Vikings game. It just so happened it was quite the game to attend - at the last minute, the Vikings made an incredible play and won, sending them to the NFC championship. Better yet, the miracle play was made by our lucky attendee's favorite player and they were only yards away from the thrilling action.
AND THEN...Roger Goodell handed our Viking fan and his brother two tickets to THE SUPER BOWL! We worked it out so the entire family can now attend and we are THRILLED for this experience of a lifetime!
This is what we and our volunteers LOVE to do. For those of you who donate or participate in our For a Day 5K, this is what it's all for and we thank you for providing us the means to jump into opportunities like this.
Another successful fashion show concluded on May 3, 2015. It’s hard to believe, but this was our 8th Annual Fashion Show. Many of our models have been in the show since we started the event years ago and it’s been absolutely amazing to watch them grow from adorable timid youngsters learning their way around the runway to stunning, grown, and strong teenagers (and some are even…gasp…adults….Where does the time go?!!) who owned the runway this year. Two of our models, Billie and Stephanie, graduated from our event this year as they celebrated their 21st birthdays! (click to read more)
A belated celebration at Disney for Isaiah and his family