Holiday Gift Card Drive

Dear family and friends,

As you all know, 2012 has been a challenging year for our family, beginning with Mac’s diagnosis of brain cancer in January and continuing through the past 10 months of radiation, chemo, scans, blood draws, joy over the reduced size of the tumor, fear over the unknown journey ahead, anger and sadness over the significant changes in our child – from weight loss to hair loss, nausea and anxiety.

Since January, we’ve put so many things in perspective and truly reflect on what matters in life like time with family and friends and making lasting memories.

The holiday season is a time to be thankful for and to celebrate what we have. We are so lucky to have our support system of family and friends – new and long-term – who helped us get through every day since January 17. We’re so grateful for all you have done for us!

We would like to ask our community of support to help others this holiday season. As you know from our experience, it is almost impossible for families to continue living the way they did prior to their child’s diagnosis. This obviously has emotional implications and financial impact as well. Many times, having a child with cancer means losing an income while also adding expenses to traveling to and from Boston, not to mention the medical costs.

We would like to collect gift cards for the parents of the children in the Hematology/Oncology Department to help with the stress that having a sick child and the holidays may bring. The gift cards can be for a gas station, a grocery store, or any store.

Help us alleviate some of the stress for these families during the holiday season so they focus on what is really important – celebrating every moment with their families – not worrying about whether or not they can afford to put together a holiday meal or purchase a special gift for their children.

If you would like to help, please send all donations by December 10, 2012 to:

Super Mac’s Support
c/o Bill & Rebecca Connor
2 Delmore Drive
Chelmsford, MA 01824

Again, thank you for all that you’ve done for us – and all that you may do for others whom you haven’t even met!