My Nonprofit Reviews

My granddaughter was diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer. It was a shock for everyone. It couldn't be, she was to young, she didn't fit the profile for someone having cervical cancer according to the doctors! Her mother was having an extremely difficult time accepting that her child had cancer; she felt hopeless. As she was searching the internet about cancer, she happened on the Phil's Friends website. Here was a man who had beaten cancer twice and he was a survivor!! Maybe it wasn't hopeless after all. As she looked at the website she saw that she could send a Hope package to her daughter from someone who had traveled the same journey they were on. My granddaughter was surprised when she received her Hope package and then every week after she received a card. She said that it meant so much to her that people she didn't even know cared about her! For people who are on this long and scary cancer journey, it means the world to know that there are others who have traveled that same journey and understand, that there are others who may not have walked in those shoes, but who care enough to volunteer their time and to donate items for the Hope packages. By the grace of God, my granddaughter is now cancer free and just graduated from college. Phil's Friends will always have a special place in our hearts for their caring and thoughtfulness!!

Lin M