That 1 Family Shines Warrior 2 Cancer Breakfast For 4 Ride A Child
Recap and 5 DIYUpcoming DIY and 6 Sponsor Partner Spotlights
and 7 Volunteer DIY Spotlights Volunteer 8 PDX Opportunities from the 10 Message Executive Director
11 Candlelighters New Staff Headquarters 12 New for Candlelighters
CandlelightersConnections SPRING 2018
Family That Shines: Todd Family Meet Izabell “Izzy” Rae, a 9 year old cancer warrior from Eagle Point, OR! Izzy was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when she was just 4 years old. She is currently two years off treatment and doing amazing! She loves music and dancing and her favorite items to watch are Pitch Perfect and Dancing with the
Stars, and her favorite song is Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars because it makes her feel happy. She has also found a new passion, volleyball, which she was able to play for the first time this year! Izzy, her mom Courtney, step-dad Clarence, little brothers AJ and Pomai, little sister Lilo, a dog named Koa, and a lizard named Shephard are a part of the
Todd Family at the Southern Oregon Holiday Party.
Candlelighters For Children With Cancer publishes CandlelightersConnections four times a year to provide news and other information to our childhood cancer community in Oregon and SW Washington.
Southern Oregon Candlelighters Chapter chaired by volunteer and Candlelighters parent Kim Bruhn. “We love the family activities with all the people who know exactly what we went through. Candlelighters has been a tremendous support system and always helped us anytime and in any way they could including but not limited to helping us pay a deposit for an apartment closer to the hospital while we were doing treatment/chemotherapy twice a week. They are our family!” says Courtney. “You never think it will ever be your child until it does. Candlelighters is an amazing organization who have helped in so many ways and continue to do so even after therapy is completed.” Candlelighters offers programs and services to the WHOLE family when a child is diagnosed with cancer and will continuing serving the family through remission and beyond. We create opportunities for families to join with one another, help break up the monotony of treatment in the hospital, assist with paying bills, and more.
AJ, Lisa, Izzy, and Pomai enjoying the Oregon outdoors.
“Izzy loved her fruit snacks from the Snack Cart and always looks forward to seeing all her Candlelighters Family at Candlelighters family activities. She has made many friends for life because of Candlelighters.” Now that Izzy is off treatment, we’ll be watching her just being a kiddo enjoying life. Candlelighters Southern Oregon Chapter is proud to have The Todd Family as a member!
Our Mission:
To provide a community of healing, hope, and light throughout the life-long journey of childhood cancer. We advocate, we educate, we build partnerships, and we foster solidarity for all families experiencing cancer.