Who Dream #11 In Honor of Toni Turner & Family!’s Fundraiser
Benefitting: Valley Girls and Guys
Team: Who Dream #11 In Honor of Toni Turner & Family!
Event Fundraiser: Be The Hope Walk 2022
Please help us with WHO Dream #11 for Toni Turner and her 3 kids. Toni has stage 4 breast cancer and is being treated at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Here is a little of her story...Back in 2017 my kids had booked me a flight to Hawaii to attend a family and friends vacation for May 2018. Unfortunately, I received a call May 14th telling me that my oldest and only sister had passed out and per the doctor I needed to get their as soon as possible if I wanted to see her again. So I caught the next flight out but by the time I made it she had already passed away. From the time that my plane landed I had to make the plans to bury my sister, make sure her 4 kids (18 and up)still had a place to stay, bills paid up to give them a fresh start bc they had never been on their own although they are older. I'm all they really have. I buried my sister on May 20th 2018 and caught the next flight out which was on May 21st also the same day that I was supposed to leave for Hawaii for my trip. But I just couldn't bring myself to it mentally, physically and emotionally bc I really had no time to grieve from making all the plans to put her away nicely. So I never really got a chance to go. So if I could wish for anything of course it would be more time with my kids possibly seeing grandchildren in the near future but I know time has no price and it waits for no one. So my wish would be to take my kids on a family vacation in Hawaii.
So this is where YOU all come in! Airfare is booked for mid July, but we still have hotel and money for the trip! Help us help this amazing family! Every dollars matters and is appreciated. Donate today!
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About Valley Girls and Guys
Valley Girls & Guys! is an all-volunteer organization with the sole goal of harnessing the power of community to support cancer patients and their families. Our journey began in 2007 raising money to support a national breast cancer organization, which culminated in donations totaling over 3.2 + million dollars. In October of 2014, Valley Girls & Guys became a Washington State 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing assistance to local families who were suffering from any cancer diagnosis. Valley Girls & Guys! is served by its Founder and President, Tina McDonough, and a steadfast Board of Directors who carefully steward the resources of our donors to efficiently and effectively support cancer patients in the communities where they live, work and receive treatment. A Cancer diagnosis affects the whole family, and Valley Girls & Guys! eases the burden faced by families in need.
Valley Girls & Guys develops and supports programs that offer hope and encouragement to cancer patients and their loved ones through:
- Patient financial assistance
- Patient support groups
- Funding local cancer research, at Seattle Children's Hospital (Strive-02 Solid Tumor Immunotherapy and High Risk Leukemia clinical trial) and at the Cancer Vaccine Institute at UW Medicine (breast and ovarian cancer vaccine clinical trials)
- Granting Who Dreams to those with a terminal diagnosis
- Sending personalized blankets to those undergoing treatment through our Glenda Weiler Blankets of Comfort and Hope program
- Supporting local support services of cancer patients, such as Camp Kesem, Mountain For Mammaries, and Casting for Recovery
- Funding mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies for those uninsured or underinsured
- Funding scholarships at local high schools for those affected by a cancer diagnosis
- Community Outreach Program - Be The Hope Walk
Through these programs, we are strengthening the community that surrounds cancer patients and their families at a time when they need it most. Valley Girls & Guys! is dedicated to working alongside those in need, within their community, through the total cancer journey.