Not much new medical information to report. Hannah called me after school today to say her feet hurt too badly to play in today's school lacrosse game. She ended up playing for about 3 minutes on defense, and was doing some running and she made it through. I don't know why they hurt so badly this morning, she didn't do any out of the ordinary physical activity this weekend! We go tomorrow to get her fit for new orthotics, hopefully these will be better than the last ones, which were just too painful for her to wear.
Well, it's that time of year again...RELAY for LIFE on June 2nd! This year again it was a question of whether to participate, due to issues with the American Cancer Society and their use of funds (not only for childhood cancer, but use of funds in general.) Our team met, and it was Hannah who made the decision that she wanted to be involved. Relay for us has never been about being the team that raises the most money, but rather about supporting Hannah and the other cancer survivors, and those who have passed away from cancer.
This event really makes Hannah feel special. She is able to do the survivor lap, she wears that special purple shirt that lets everyone know that she's a survivor, she's out there picking up all the quarters from our quarter lap, and she gets to run a game from our tent. She feels like she is in charge that day, and feels so supported by everyone there. She walks around the track and sees all the luminary bags we have made, and all of the bags around the track in her honor also. I think this is one of her favorite things. So, for us, this is about supporting Hannah and her struggles and triumphs over cancer! Sometimes the further you get away from the cancer, the harder it can be. Others don't see the difficulties that still exist in your life. They don't see how hard school is for you, how emotionally and physically demanding each day is for you, how just putting your hair up in the morning and noticing the bald spot again and again is challenging. So for this one day, it's all about her and supporting her.
We hope that you will all join us again this year in supporting Hannah and all those you care about who have had cancer. Here is Hannah's annual picture at Relay, with her Hannah bags!!
Please consider purchasing a luminary this year in support of Hannah or another loved one.
The cost is $10 each. We will decorate one for you, or you are welcome to decorate them yourselves also if you like (I will get you the bags). Let us know if there is anything in particular you would like on your bag and we will decorate it specially for you. If you would like to email any artwork or photos, we can also include those on the bags. We will send you an email with a picture of your bags once they are completed.
Here is what we need if you are purchasing a bag:
- Your name and address
- Who is to be honored on the bag (in memorial or in honor of)
- Any photos or artwork you would like included on the bag (you can email or send them)
- Anything additionally you would like us to include on your bag
Payment can be made by any of the following:
- Check made out to American Cancer Society-send to us at 1556 Grand Avenue, Mattituck, NY 11952 or;
- Paypal money to us at kprokop@optonline.net or;
- Payment made directly to ACS via the Relay website here: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR You can fill out all the information for your bag, which will be sent to us, and you can make payment via your credit card. If you donate this way, please go through the "participant" option, and put in Hannah Prokop so the notice is sent to us via their website. You may also want to email me and let me know if you do it this way, so I'm on the lookout for it.
Thank you all again for your continued support for Hannah and for the fight against cancer. It really makes a difference to us!!
Here are also a few other photos of the girls with all luminary bags from 2011, and some of Hannah running her duckie game last year. Last year we came up with the wonderful idea of an ice cream truck, which would have gone over well, except that it was so COLD the day of Relay!
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| luminary bags 2011 |
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| Hannah's duckie game |
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| ice cream team! |
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| Spin the wheel |
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| our family 2011 |
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