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Our Korpal 5 Family was always known as the "Awareness Family." We always participated, & held fund raisers. From Breast Cancer, to Alzheimers. When the reality of our 17 year old son, Sean, was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia on May 18th, 2014, we were stunned, with no sense of direction, & our world turned upside down. My husband & I had secure full time jobs, but found out that didn't work out with a critical ailing child in the hospital. We were juggling to keep the balance of working, our other two children ages 15, & 19 yrs old. For the first time in our lives, we became the Family we always read about to help. We went quickly to two months behind on our mortgage, in our home of 14 years. Also, 2 months behind on car payments. Friends, Hockey Teamates, & Families started organizing Meal Train.com, & a couple fund raisers. A Beaumont Nurse reached out to us, by educating us on support in the community, such as, Angels of Hope. Steve was so personal, & when he said he was looking into different things to support our family. Home mortgage, utilities, considered it done. Always easy to contact, & punctual with results! It was amazing, & took the focus back to caring totally for our Strong Sean. It took that financial pressure, & insecurity my husband & I were experiencing. Our son is turning 18 next month. He's Goalie Captain of his HS Hockey Team. He misses hockey, & his physicians stated during his Maintainance Dose of Monthly Chemo in January, he's looking forward to stepping back on the ice again! Strong Sean always wanted his goalie helmet painted after playing ice hockey for 9 yrs. Steve from Angels of Hope gave us an amazing connection to have Our Strong Sean's Goalie Helmet painted by a NHL Designer of Goalie Helmets. Ray Bishop sent a creative video telling Sean, he will be talking to him about teaming up with his Goalie Design on his mask. These kinds of things keep our son in motion, & looking forward to things in his life. We NEVER thought we would be the family that ever needed a helping hand, because we always helped others, & that's just what us Korpal 5 do, but now the shoe is on the other foot. We are BEYOND grateful!!! With much love, & appreciation, The Korpal 5 (Jim, Kristine, Strong Sean, Ryan, & Lauren). When we come up from air from all this. Plan on us Korpal's paying it forward, thanks to the Angels of Hope

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