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Never Postpone Your Health
Cynthia Traini sticks with things. She’s lived in the same house in Harrisburg since 1989 and held the same job delivering Papa John’s pizzas for almost 18 years. Pizza delivery is quite a physical job, she said. In and out of the store, in and out of the car, up stairs, down stairs, carrying hot heavy boxes in all kinds of weather. She’s fallen. She’s been bitten by dogs. But she kept at it long enough to watch her customers’ kids grow up.
A couple of years ago, she had a mammogram. Something the doctor saw resulted in the suggestion of a biopsy. “I got scared, so I postponed it,” she said.
The Ripple Effect
By Nancy Eshelman
Hearing a cancer diagnosis is like throwing a rock in a pond. The ripples spread, touching everyone and everything in life.
For a caregiver, it can feel like a tsunami.
Jay and Johanna Fessenden have been living with Jay’s cancer diagnosis for eight years. Jay, who is 39, has undergone several surgeries. As a result, he’s become disabled and suffers seizures that must be treated immediately with medication.
For Johanna, 37, that means sticking close to home.
How the Scrap Happy Angels Began
My cousin and I formed a team thirteen years ago named “Scrap Happy Angels”. So far we have been able to raise over $45,337.00 for this wonderful Foundation. We came up with the team name since we are both avid scrapbookers. We decided to have a scrapbook day named “Scrap Happy Angel Crop” each year with the monies being donated to the Angel Walk. We contacted all our fellow scrapbookers and were able to raise approximately $700 the first year of our event.
Vicky and I both lost our mothers in 1998 due to cancer. Each of us was fortunate enough to be able to give our mothers the best of care without having to worry about how to pay for the many services needed. We are also both lucky to have a very dear aunt who treated both of us as her own daughters. About seven years ago our aunt became very ill and it was then that we found out she also had cancer.
We've Got to Tell the Kids
It’s not a pretty scenario. A 48-year-old woman sits in the living room of her Carlisle home. She stays on the first floor these days; the stairs are just too much. Before this began, she weighed 157 pounds. These days the scale barely tops 100. She’s lost her hair and her appetite to chemotherapy. The side effects are grueling; the pain intense. Then the phone rings. A bill collector is on the other end.
Season’s greetings from everyone at Vickie’s Angel Foundation
We are so glad to have given more than 70 gifts to 32 families affected by cancer. Special thanks to gift donors from Select Medical, The Medicine Shoppe, McKonly & Asbury, LLP and our wonderful volunteers and staff. Thank you all for helping us make the holidays brighter for these families!
Neato Burrito's First Ever T-Shirt To Benefit Vickie's Angels
For all of you burrito fans, we are sure that you probably already frequent one of the seven local Neato Burrito locations. While you are enjoying your next yummy burrito, consider purchasing their first ever Neato Burrito t-shirt. The price is $12, with the net proceeds of the first 500 shirts to benefit Vickie’s Angel Foundation. Shirts are available at all locations.
Stories From Our Families - September Edition
When the diagnosis is cancer, families take a physical and emotional hit. But for many people, a diagnosis results in a financial hit too.
Troy and Carrie Yaremchak were both working hard and enjoying life with their four children in their Newberry Twp. home. Then, in April, Carrie, 41, was diagnosed with brain cancer. Suddenly, she could no longer work.
Modjeski & Masters First 5K Big Success
We had a beautiful morning to have our first annual Modjeski & Masters 5K in honor of the 90th anniversary of the Market Street bridge. Modjeski & Masters are bridge builders who just happened to build the Market Street Bridge. They liked the fact that Vickie's Angel Foundation serves as a temporary financial bridge for local families fighting cancer, and decided to join our mission by hosting this walk/run. $5,250 was raised in total. What a success! Below are a few of the highlights.
Vickie's Angel Foundation Awarded Harrisburg Magazine's Reader's Choice Award
Vickie's Angel Foundation has received the Reader's Choice award for a Nonprofit Organization by Harrisburg Magazine. Wow! We cannot thank all of our supporters enough who took the time to vote for us. We are small but mighty, and together we are making a difference in the lives of local families fighting cancer. Thanks again for helping us spread the awareness of Vickie's Angel Foundation.
2018 National Night Out
Please join Vickie's Angel Foundation to celebrate National Night Out and our community. Participants include the New Cumberland police department, fire department, emergency health services and town band.