hi everyone!!

thank you for all of your prayers. they have been really holding us up & i know that lewis is doing so well bc he is constantly being prayed over - THANK YOU.

we can’t believe that our little guy is turning TWO next wednesday (!!), and wanted to share about a fun fundraiser that we are participating in & that we would like to invite you to join in as well!

the 2022 STARRY NIGHT FUNDRAISER by Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation

PBTF is sending out lanterns to all of those involved in the pediatric brain tumor community. We will all light them together on September 28 (Lewis’ birthday!) to honor the more than 28,000 children fighting. We would love for you, our biggest supporters, to order a white lantern as well to participate with us!

We are also supposed to walk 51 miles for the fundraiser for the month of September, but I am not sure if we will be able to do that part haha. Sorry for the late notice on my part, be sure to sign up right away so they can send your lantern in time!

Be sure to sign up for your own white lantern to light with us! We'd also love to see pics from you lighting it, keep us posted! Sign up here: https://givp.nl/e/D2HH6iag

More info on the event & org: https://team.curethekids.org/event/2022-starry-night-main-landing-page/e317067

And our facebook fundraiser is linked here. We have raised $920 of our $1,000 goal so far! All proceeds will go to PBTF, the largest patient advocacy funder of pediatric brain tumor research.

We are also excited to participate in the Sam Day 5k Run this Sunday! Sam Day Foundation is an organization near & dear to our hearts, as we knew Sam & are close to his wonderful family (hi Lorna!). The Sam Day Foundation advances research for childhood and young adult cancers and facilitates wellness-centered support and experiences so kids with cancer can survive and live well. We love them!

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, so our community has been very active, so we hope you have been seeing a lot of posts/info about that! Only 4% of federally funded cancer research is spent on pediatrics, so there is a lot of work that needs to be done to change that. We hope you can get involved in some way before the end of the month, thank you!