Our Wish:

The Buddy Pal for Life Fund wishes to provide a sense of hope to every newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patient and their families at the time of their family meeting.  When parents/patients leave their family meeting after finding out their prognosis and the course of treatment and all the tests they have to undergo; they are usually overwhelmed and extremely scared of what the future might hold for their child and their families.  They leave the meeting with a bunch of pamphlets, the paperwork explaining the treatment options and little else.  We wish to give them strength knowing someone else cares and knows what they are feeling.     The "Hope Package" we provide the families will include: 1) a book to help them learn about their type of cancer and the different procedures (we have one book for leukemia patients, one book for brain and spinal cord cancers and one for solid tumor and other types of cancer 2) a journal for them to write their thoughts down or just draw a picture 3) a scrapbook , gluestick and some stickers so they can remember their difficult journey 4) a small stuffed animal the child can hold when they are feeling sad or window markers for transplant patients 5) a disposable camera to take pictures for their scrapbooks 6) notecards to write thank you notes 7) a phone card for transplant patients and their families 8) A book The Jester Has Lost His Jingle by David Saltzman, donated by The Jester & Pharley Phund The hope packages are distributed by the oncology social workers within the first couple weeks of the patient's diagnosis.  On average we donate approximately 20-25 packages a month depending on the need of the oncology floor. We wish to thank all the supporters of The Buddy Pal for Life Fund.  We couldn't do this without the love and support of our many contributers. Our thanks and appreciation goes out to everyone who has supported us in any way. The contents of the Hope Package costs us :  $17.00 for each book with shipping, $7.00 for each journal, $9.00 for each scrapbook with gluestick and stickers, $5.00 for each stuffed animal, $4.50 for each disposable camera, $4.00 for notecards, $4.00 for the Hope bag and $20.00 for the phone cards.

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If you know someone who will benefit from our "Hope Package" please contact us by email.  We will gladly send one to the family of any recently diagnosed pediatric cancer patient.  Please provide us with the family's name and mailing address, along with your name (so we can let them know who provided us with their information).  A medical binder (for you to record labs, clinic/hospital visits, procedures, operations, etc) for your use is also available.  Please email us your request with your name and address and we willl send it directly to you.