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Alex Hancock
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Alex Hancock |
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In March
2008, at age 10, Alex was diagnosed with
a medulloblastoma brain tumor. She had
surgery to remove the tumor and has
already completed radiation therapy; her
next step is chemotherapy at Children’s
Hospital.
Alex is a wonderful sister to our three
other girls, ages 9, 6, and 2, Alex is a
great friend and true inspiration to all
of us.
On February 27th Jeff and I took Alex
for an appointment to a neurologist. We
had noticed that her handwriting had
become shaky and that she was having
some slight balance problems. After a
physical exam the doctor asked us to go
and have a MRI done to check and see if
there were any problems internally. We
took her to Children’s, completed the
MRI and came home that night. Early the
next morning, we received a phone call
early requesting that we return to
Children’s for another MRI. So, off we
go again not expecting to hear the bad
news that Alex had a brain tumor and
would need to stay in the hospital and
have surgery early Monday morning. We
were shocked! The tumor is called a
medulloblastoma, it is cancer but it is
very treatable with a combination of
surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. She
made it through the surgery very well
and was able to come home 5 days after
the surgery. She then spent one month
recuperating before starting radiation.
Radiation was for 6 weeks - 30 days and
it was very hard on her. We are so proud
of her for completing radiation, it was
tough!
Her next line of treatment is
chemotherapy. It will start on June 26th
at Children’s Hospital in DC and will be
for four months. The course is a high
dose chemo with stem cell rescue every
28 days; this means she will be in the
hospital receiving treatment for 6 days
and then come home to recover until the
next one starts again.
Her last chemo will be in mid September
and as soon as she feels better she will
be joining her friends at middle school.
Before that begins, Alex is preparing
for the end of the year activities as a
5th grader and hoping to go to the beach
for a week as soon as her sisters finish
school. Please keep Alex in your
prayers; we know that this summer will
be a hard one for her. Thank you to
everyone who has helped us by bringing
meals, cards and presents for Alex,
visiting us in the hospital, organized
play dates for the other girls, and
opened your heart to our family. We can
never tell you how much we appreciate
all of the love and support that has
been given to us. It is what gives us
the power to keep on going with a smile
on our face every day. Please sign
Alex’s guestbook, she loves to read the
messages and it is very inspirational.
Lisa
www.caringbridge.org/visit/alexhancock |
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Boston Market
Fundraising Night
Sunday,
November 23rd at Boston
Market in Frederick on the Golden
Mile. It will be held from 4:00 PM -
closing.
Attached is the voucher that's required
when meals are ordered. PLEASE PRINT!
Click for PDF file
for Boston Market Voucher
To aid the manager in
planning for a head count, please RSVP
to
DVHall@aol.com Thank you for
Supporting Alex! |
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Alex's Election
Day Bake Sale!
Tuesday, November
4th, 7am –7pm at
Providence United Methodist Church
3735 Kemptown Church Road, Monrovia, MD
21770
Click for
Printable Flier and more Information!
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Kemptown Fall Festival
5K
Saturday, November
15th
8:30am
Kemptown Park
Join us around the park and through the
woods in this first ever Kemptown park
race! You don’t need to be light on
your feet, just watch out for falling
acorns!
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Cost: $25.00- t-shirt included
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Premiums: prizes for top all around as
well as each age group!
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All proceeds go directly to the Patty
Pollatos fund, inc. to benefit the
Hancock Family of Kemptown Elementary
School.
To Register: Go to
www.Active.com by November, 13th.
Contact : event coordinator Colleen
Parsons at 301-865-4164 or
parsons7@comcast.net for questions
Click for PDF file
for Full Flier
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KIDS' TRIATHLON RESULTS:
Together, we
raised over $2,600 for Alex Hancock.
There were 95 participants who paid a
registration fee of $20 and over $700 in
additional cash donations.
Thanks to the
weather, our event sponsors and
volunteers, it was a huge success:
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Highway Safety & Services,
Inc.
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kept
our neighborhood safe for
the kids, volunteers and
spectators
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Pool
Watch
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provided the pool and life
guards |
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Costco
of Frederick,
Weis of
Spring Ridge,
Weis of
Mt. Airy,
Giant
of Urbana,
Dunkin’
Donuts of New Market,
Dunkin’
Donuts of Urbana
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provided the donuts,
bagels, bananas, watermelon
and waters for the kids |
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Lance
Armstrong Foundation
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provided wrist bands for
all participants |
Thanks to all
the parent volunteers who assisted on
race day and all the great kids who
participated in the event. Some special
thanks to:
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John Mulhern for all
the hours put into the design of the
triathlon courses, forms,
announcements, running the swim
heats and tallying race results.
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Kim Mulhern for
distributing flyers, coordinating
the event volunteers, obtaining gift
card donations and coordinating the
food table. |
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Thanks to the
McLean’s and McCaskill’s for
distributing flyers, obtaining
donations for the food table and
helping with registration the
morning of the event. |
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Thanks to the
Troutman’s for the helium tank for
the finish line balloons. |
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Thanks to Lindsey
Hancock’s Brownie Troop, led by
Jenny Lipetzky, for providing the
wonderful water station for the kids
at the playground on
Winmoor
Drive. |
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Thanks to Lindsay
and Greg Hall for distributing
hundreds of flyers, helping with set
up, clean up and anything else I
asked of them. Without their
support, I would accomplish nothing. |
It took
everyone to make it happen, and it was
truly an example of the community coming
together to “TRI
for Alex!”
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Tri for Alex - Kids Triathlon
Click for PDF file
for Full Flier and Rules
www.caringbridge.org/visit/alexhancock |
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Thank you for Supporting
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The Peoples Charity Celebrates
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Mission Statement
The Patty Pollatos Fund, Inc. is an independent and
non-sectarian 501(c)(3) and community-based non-profit that operates
with an all-volunteer workforce to educate and assist local families and
individuals in Maryland about economic opportunities, raise funds and
assist in raising funds for families during the temporary financial
strain caused by cancer, spinal cord injuries, heart, liver or kidney
transplants which knows no income level. We stand in the gap for other
non-profits in their hour of need and we also provide assistance, as
needed, with national disasters.
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Email to: debbie@ppfinc.org
Call: 301-865-2265 for more information on The PPF, Inc. Charities |
Mail Donations to:
PPF Inc.,
c/o Debbie Williams
11102 Eagletrace Drive, New Market, MD 21774-6704
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