The countdown has begun! The Angels & Hogs Bike Rally is nine days away and only four days remain for your chance to win a very special prize. When you register for Angels & Hogs by June 20, your name will be entered into a drawing to win an iPad® – don’t miss out!
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Don’t miss your chance to get in on some summer fun for a good cause! It’s time to gear up for the second annual Angels & Hogs Bike Rally to benefit Angel Foundation! After a fun and successful first-ever Angels & Hogs event in 2010, we’re looking forward to another great bike rally with fabulous food, raffle, and live entertainment featuring Kathleen Johnson of...
As Angel Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary, we’ve talked a lot about the Power of 10 and what that means in terms of support of Angel Foundation. On that list are suggestions like have a dinner party for 10 friends and ask them to make a donation, ask 10 friends to “like” Angel Foundation on Facebook, donate $10 or...
In mid 2010, Angel Foundation received a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council for Teen Outreach participants to create a piece of public art under the direction of local glass artist, Malcom Potek. Over the course of five weeks, 10 teens worked with Malcom to develop the "Big Idea", translate the "Big Idea" into a meaningful design and finally construct the piece. The results are...
We are excited to introduce you to Angel Foundation's new executive director, Vicki Stute.
Vicki joined Angel Foundation on Wednesday, December 1, and she has been settling in beautifully. Her professional career spans nearly 20...
In the hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season, why not make your purchases count twice and make double the impact? What if your heartfelt gift to someone you love could benefit the community as well?
Now it can. Twice the Gift is a unique collaboration of 55 non-profit organizations that gives shoppers the opportunity to make a difference in the community...
Recently, The Daily Show interviewed David Rakoff, author of Half Empty, a book on pessimism and how it can sometimes be a good way of coping with difficult times. Rakoff talked about his experience when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 22 and suddenly found himself going through eighteen months of intensive treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation...
Amidst rising health care costs, could it be actually cheaper to pour more money into medical research and treatments? According to a new study from the American Cancer Society reported by the Associated Press, cancer is not only projected to become the leading cause of death worldwide this year, with 7.6 million deaths in 2008but it also costs society more than $900 billion a year if...
A recent American Cancer Society study on parental cancer brought much needed awareness of a large, underserved populationparents facing a cancer diagnosis while raising young children. An estimated 18.3% of adults recently diagnosed with cancer have minor children in their householdpotentially affecting approximately 2.85 million US children younger than 18 years of age.
...There's a special set of challenges that children and teens face when one of their parents has cancer. There's suddenly something crucially important to their family that they want to understand and seek support for but that many people their age won't be able to identify with. They want to take some time to have fun, but they don't want to be a burden on their parents when they are...
Back in April we took a look at a series of articles across the media spectrum that discussed the rising costs of cancer in the recession. A recent USA Today piece reports on the consequences of those rising cancer treatment costs patients who have involuntarily had to quit their medications due to financial hardship. One doctor, Dr. Katie Kelley at the University of California in San...
Finances
Funds Raised: $43,000 to help adults with cancer and their families
Expenses: Less than $2,100 thanks to Luther Automotive and their contractors for their generosity
Surprises and Obstacles
Square footage: 35,000
Items for sale: Tens of thousands
Time the lights went out: Late Friday night
Hours spent pushing water back out of the building in...
Although often a cancer experience can seen as a time of loss loss of hair, loss of strength and agility, and a loss of freedom sometimes, it can be a time of joy and community. Last week, FaCT staff and volunteers took 50 families to the Valley Fair amusement park for dinner,...
One of the many services Angel provides through the FaCT program is opportunities for the families we work with to spend time with other families going through the same cancer challenges. Recently, FaCT brought a group to a Tom Petty concert, where almost 30 adults and teens filled...
Don't forget! Angel's Attic begins tomorrow, with 35,000 square feet brimming with antiques, collectibles, and practical household items.
Who: All proceeds to benefit Angel Foundation
When: June 26-29, 10am-6pm
How much: $3 on Saturday, free Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. All items are half price on...
Shop Angel's Attic and be an angel.
Over the past several months a team of wonderful volunteers at Angel's Attic has been collecting great new and gently used items of all sorts. Now, we'd like to offer them to you at our Angel's Attic benefit sale great bargains...
Today, we are fortunate in that public awareness of the dangers of cancer has likely never been higher. Pink ribbons supporting breast cancer research dot car bumpers around the country. Self-exams for several types of cancer are regularly encouraged by doctors, and there are resources online for those who want to learn more on their own. Organizations like Angel Foundation, Susan G. Komen for...
While there are different types of cancer and each family's cancer experience is unique, the experiences of children have many commonalities. Here's a few tips:
Perhaps the biggest challenge living with cancer in the family is the chronic and persistent feeling of uncertainty that can permeate every layer of life. Some uncertainties center on your prognoisis itself will the treatment work? How long will it take to work? What if it...
Greetings from Angel Foundation. We hope that you are enjoying the beautiful Spring.
Like the spring flowers, Angel Foundation programs are growing and expanding at an unprecedented rate. I want to share with you some of our successes and enlist your help to make sure that our programs continue to grow so that we can meet the needs of our community.
Our Financial Assistance...
