Help in the
Nick of Time funds a number of efforts to help families that are struggling
with childhood cancer. The two biggest programs, executed in conjunction
with our partner One Mission, are the Junior Good Box program and the Never Alone
Fund.
The Good Box
program sends age-appropriate boxes of toys, games, crafts, and stuffed animals
to the children in the midst of fighting cancer. It is a treasure chest of joy and distraction
when a child is dealing with the painful, boring, and isolating process of
cancer treatment.
The Never
Alone fund targets helping families deal with the unexpected and often devastating
issue that come up during treatment. This could be as simple as the treatment.
funds for a babysitter so a single mom can leave a sibling home when going to
the hospital or more critical like money for a parent’s place to stay near the
hospital, or funds to fix that old car that’s the lifeline to get to the hospital
and doctor visits.
This past
year with your help we sent over 80 Good Boxes to children ranging in age from
1 to 18 and covering 31 states. Almost half these children have Leukemia, one
of most difficult forms of cancer. The
thank you notes from parents are heartwarming but these pictures tell the story
even better.
The Never
Alone fund was also busy this year, helping families facing difficult life
situations while fighting cancer. These
included helping with car repairs to get back and forth to treatment, dealing
with short term rental needs, and in one case helping a family who lost
everything in a fire.
Hopefully
this has helped put some faces and stories to what Help in the Nick of Time and
One Mission are doing with what you contribute.
100% of what is raised goes to helping these families. Your support will smooth out the bumps in the
road for families and put smiles on the faces of children as they go about the
task of fighting childhood cancer. You should be proud.
