My Nonprofit Reviews

A month shy of his 40th birthday and two months shy of being cancer free for 20 years, my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 Lung and Throat cancer. We never saw this diagnosis coming! We knew what the diagnosis meant, as we experienced all the elements of having cancer and the devastating effects nearly 20 years earlier; the only difference now is our children and the constant attention they need. Upon diagnosis, our 3 boys were 10, 7, and 4. I knew I was in for a long, stressful ride!

My husband was treated in Philly. This was an added burden on us because we live 2 hours North of the city. He had to drive there every week for doctors appointments and chemo. After 5 months of chemo, he was ready to add radiation. Because this was administered 5 days a week, he had to live in Philly for 3 months. We only saw him on weekends.

It was while waiting one day for Teds treatment to be over that a social worker told me about For Pete's Sake. After 7 months of Ted receiving treatment, being without him, having him almost lose his life due to a serious infection, working full time, taking care of 3 young boys by myself, cleaning the house, shopping for food, making the food, driving back and forth to sports by myself, worrying about paying our bills, Etc, that I welcomed the opportunity of just "get away from it all". No running to Philly to the doctors, no hospitals, no work, no schedules!
I cannot say enough about the opportunity that this organization provided or our family to be together without thinking about cancer for 8 whole days, worry free! They covered everything for us to travel to Disney World after enduring a long, hard year of many disappointments and time away from Ted! We got to be family for the week. Together, happy, re-energized! This organization even continued to help our family through giving at Christmas and sending us to Hershey Park this past summer to be together again as a family!
We LOVE "For Pete's Sake" and we are so blessed to have Marcy and her staff in our lives!

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