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Share Your Story
We love to hear how Creating Hope has helped you or your loved ones. By using the form below, you can share as little or as much as you would like. We hope you’ll take a minute to share your story!
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Mark Thompson |
05/29/2009 05:05:47 pm Painting Again
I live with my wife in Massachusetts where I was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. Because of the experience of Dr. Lawrence Einhorn in dealing with my type of cancer, I moved back temporarily with my parents in Indiana to receive my chemotherapy treatment at Indiana University. There is nothing pleasant about having to go to any hospital for chemotherapy treatment except for the kind doctors and nurses . Your world is turned upside down, and most everything about the whole experience is dark and depressing. Amid my anxiety, during one of my many visits to IU for chemotherapy, I met the Gianfagnas, and was acquainted with Creating Hope. I have always enjoyed art, pencil drawing, and even painting with oils, but got away from it a while ago for different reasons. Naturally, I was interested in what the Gianfagnas were doing. It was a very pleasant surprise to receive such a nice kit from them, and an even greater surprise when they showed me how easy it was to make a beautiful bookmark. Oil painting is very tedious, and involves a lot of bad smells, setup, and cleaning, I guess part of the reason I stopped painting. Creating hope gave me the tools necessary and showed me how to create beautiful art in any location without all the mess and setup. It gave me something to smile about and even look forward to on my infusion days. I am now considered a cancer survivor, and since then I've finished a portrait of my great grandmother, and a water color painting of a horse. I have been very weak after the chemotherapy and for the most part have felt pretty useless and unproductive, but finishing two art projects has given me a sense of accomplishment, and it's been gratifying to see people enjoy my art once again. A great big thanks to such a wonderful couple, the Gianfagnas, for helping me find something I had lost while I felt I was losing everything. Mark Thompson
markmywords75@yahoo.com
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A note from the website admin |
11/13/2008 02:11:33 am How to Make Memorial Donations
Tina posted a story earlier regarding the Bruce W Allen Memorial Gift. If you would like to use the online feature to make your memorial donation, you can include a note when you are in the payment screen (click on the blue print on the lower left side that says "This gift is in memory or celebration of".) A box will expand, allowing you to type a personal message and the name of the person you are donating in memory of. Please contact us if you have any suggestions or troubles using the new website! Blessings, Patti
contact.us@creatinghope.us
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Tina Gianfagna |
11/13/2008 01:11:09 am Bruce W Allen Memorial Gift
originally posted (10/27/08) Creating Hope learned today that a dear friend, Bruce W Allen, father of Amy White and husband of Linda Allen, passed away on Monday October 13 at the IUS Cancer Center. Creating Hope has been named recipient of memorial donations. We thank them for this remembrance, and for their encouragement to Creating Hope.
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