Recently a friend of mine's 5 year old daughter lost her life to leukemia. Anna's Wish is a non profit setup to help families in similar situations. 100% of the money goes to people in need.

For more information you can visit http://www.annaswish.org

Checks can be made payable to: Anna's Wish

P.O. Box 27
North Chili, NY 14514-0027

Thank you

SupremeCommander wrote:A girl in my neighborhood, who I went to elementary school with, passed because of Leukemia when I had just entered middle school. It was sad and had a great impact on the neighborhood. The parents continued to live there, but it never felt like they lived there. Felt like their house was empty.

I would encourage anyone looking to make a charitable doantion to consider a charity like the one mentioned. Losing a child is never easy and that burden greatly impedes the day-to-day.

similar story: my first Little League team's catcher had Leukemia. We certainly weren't best buds cause I only knew him through that team for 2-3 days a week for a couple hours of practice and then weekend games, but I do recall that it was my first real taste of sadness cause someone else was sick (missed half the season) and then was suddenly gone. Why gone and why can't he play any more? He looks tired. Why? Hard questions for a parent.