My Nonprofit Reviews

jen76
Review for Angels of Hope - A Family Cancer Foundation, Shelby Township, MI, USA
On May 28, 2010 our 14 year old son Cameron was diagnosed with AML Leukemia, the next 9 months brought us to our knees so many times. It was the scariest time of our life's. Cameron's initial stay in the hospital was 36 days when he finally did come home, it was only for 5 hours because he spiked a fever. My husband lost his job after three weeks because we were both off those first three weeks of diagnosis and he promised Cameron he was not leaving him until he came home. It was a promise he kept. It all worked out because Cameron needed someone to be with him full time and I needed to keep working to keep our insurance. Our lease was due up on one of our cars so we turned it in and went to one car, there was some days I did not know how we would eat or take care of our family, Cameron has two younger siblings Cassidy and Cole. We heard of Angels of Hope through children's Hospital and we applied for a grant. We needed help paying our mortgage. The thought of losing our home at such an awful time was overwhelming. Angels of Hope put that thought at ease and helped us catch up and it was one less thing to worry about. That Christmas we knew there was no way we could give the kids a Christmas, the thought of losing your child and that this could possibly be is last Christmas, well, there are no words. Angels of Hope came through again and my kids had the best Christmas they ever had. It wasn't about the gifts but the extreme generosity of people we did not know. We gotten the chance to go to the Lions game and a breakfast with Santa through Angels of Home. There are no words to say Thank you enough and we will be forever be grateful.