On Monday, Ella and Chase were introduced to Drexel University’s women’s soccer team.
The Kisses for Kyle Foundation has created a partnership with the team in support of childhood cancer. Ella and Chase were chosen to be part of this partnership!
You know how much our family loves soccer and some of us are Drexel alums, so we are so thankful for this pairing.
Ella was only 4 when Shane passed and for her this is a much needed mentoring partnership to encourage her and show the importance of hard work and most importantly, teamwork.
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The reality that summer is almost over is upon us. September is not just the start of the school year for us, but more importantly it’s our month to raise our voices even higher than normal about Childhood Cancer.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
This year is our busiest yet.
We are proud to be apart of the proclamation in Pennsylvania which declares September Childhood Cancer Awareness month. We received the official document from Governor Wolf on Shane’s 4th birthday.
The growing awareness of childhood cancer has brought about many events throughout the month which we can all be involved in. I will post them as they come along.
Shane’s Future Days is working with Kendra Scott in Ardmore, PA to help host a Shop for a Cause event on September 7th to benefit our foundation in honor of Shane and Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
We hope to see many locals out on that night to help kick start what we hope will be a BIG month for bringing to light a battle that continues throughout the months, years and really, forever, for families affected by childhood cancer.
We are so excited for our upcoming event September 7th in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness month!
Come shop at Kendra Scott from 6-8 with some sips and sweets!
20% of the sales will go to Shane’s Future Days!
The holidays are coming and this is a perfect way to get yourself or someone you love a beautiful piece of jewelry all while giving back to help fight childhood cancer in Shane’s memory.
The morning of his 4th Birthday, (7/11), Paul and I received an email from Dr. Keller, the researcher from cc-tdi.
He was asking if it was OK to feature Shane and our family in a grassroots crowdfunding campaign for their Legacy Gift program.
The email was truly a gift to us because he had this to say:
” I know it must be bittersweet to hear that we use Shane’s cells and mice as our ‘ultimate test case’ to make decisions about promising drugs, but it’s equally his story and your passion for future families that make Shane’s memory prominent in our minds each day.”
This means everything to us. It’s Shane’s legacy and what we can tribute to help find a cure so that other families do not have to go through what we did.
Research like this is the key to understanding these rare cancers.
We will proudly be donating the research funds raised from our 3rd annual Celebration of Life to this campaign.
For those of you who wished you could have attended and/or wanted to contribute, please consider a small donation to this campaign in memory of Shane.
CureFast: creating a Legacy by accelerating Childhood Cancer Research
Shane’s Future Days is so thankful to all our extremely generous donors and sponsors for our 2017 Celebration of Life event.
You all contributed to help raise $17,000.
Last year, we were able to expand our footprint as a foundation. We only hope this year we can go the distance!
Thank you for helping us along the way!
2017 COL sponsors
Southwest Airlines
Victory Brewing Company
Napa Valley Wine Train
Johnson’s Popcorn
Allegro Winery
Corner Bakery
Mohegan Sun Pocono
A Piece of Cake and Candy Too
H20ooohh! Indoor Waterpark at Split Rock Resorts
Wicked Cool Toys
Sabrina’s Cafe
Weinrich Bakery
Kisses for Kyle
Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Union
Stampin’ Up!
In the Mix Event Group
On the Mark Woodworks
Adventure Aquarium
Chaddsford Winery
Uncorked Artist
Scout
The Santos Family
The Solms Family
The Ruch Family
The Rubinsohn Family
The Hunt Family
The Pottichen Family
The Kehl Family
The Michaels Family
The Hartz Family
Teresa Link
Rebecca Dobson
Kelly & Carter Moore
MaryJean & Steve Dixon
Bill & Helene Metzgar
Dan & Megan Metzgar
Andy Burr
The Lewullis family
The Metzgar Family
Chase’s Hop Shop
Diggerland
Kara Anderson, Kristan Holloway & Amy Maguiness: Plexus
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Travel Set Go
Sterling National Bank: Neal Landerer
Omnicomp: Harvey Mindel
Firsttrust Bank: Ted Doman
Janann Ewing: LuLaRoe
Liz Falcone: Rodan & Fields
Philadelphia Zoo
Caesars Entertainment
Picaboo
Sunset World Resorts
Woodloch Resorts
Sahara Sam’s
Tieks
SkyZone Levittown, PA
Pocono Raceway
Kendra Scott: Ardmore Store
Walnut Street Theatre
Zoobooks
Anthony Rizzo Foundation
Our 3rd annual Celebration of Life was a success, despite some difficulty from Mother Nature!
We are incredibly proud to announce that we raised a little over $17,000 so far!!
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There are many people to thank for helping make the day a success and for coming out and celebrating life and hope.🎗
Thank you to the players of the 07 VE Gunners and Fishtown Rowdies as well as their coaches and families for helping to kick off our event.
The kids played for Phil and the Stendardo family. Soccer was such a big part of Shane and “goal” was one of his last words.
We know he would have loved this addition.
Thank you to our families. We appreciate your love and support and on Saturday we couldn’t have prepared all the tents without your hard work!
Thank you to Scott and Mariah Starks Fata, Joy, Cecilio and Rose Santos and Dan and Megan Metzgar for helping run the tables and 50/50.
Thank you to Marc Rubinsohn for his great MC work and his fundraising efforts for the foundation.
Thank you to ASHS Mini-THON students who kindly volunteered their time, especially to Payton for her talented face painting skills.
Thank you to Chase & Ella’s McKinley Elementary school teachers who helped run and supply the snow cones.
Thank you to all our donors and sponsors and especially Kendra Scott for coming out and hosting a trunk show to further benefit the foundation.
Thank you to the staff Vereinigung Erzgebirge for helping us hosting such an amazing event.
Thank you to all of you who braved the weather on Saturday and helped us celebrate the day. These events don’t work without all of you, thank you so very much.
Thank you to those who generously donated even though you couldn’t be there.
Our COL is about truly celebrating life, appreciating every day, giving your kids an extra hug and raising money further childhood cancer research to build upon hope.
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Shane’s Future Days was nominated as one of the Top 75 Childhood Cancer Blogs by Feedspot. We came in #42 and are in great company. Thank you for the honor!
This picture was my first and only Mother’s Day with Shane.
Today, I am a mother who cannot celebrate with all of my children, but I can celebrate my accomplishment of being their mom. Time moves on and new beginnings are upon us, but I am changed forever by my precious boy.
In his short time here, Shane taught me to appreciate the beauty of each day and how precious life’s moments are.
I will never doubt my ability as a mother or the things I can push myself to do for the sake of my child.
Even if that meant letting go.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you….moms, moms to be, moms who lost, moms of sick children, moms who are trying to conceive, and those who aren’t moms by blood, but play the role of one…..celebrate you.
More awesome raffle prizes!
A 2-Pack of General Admission Tickets to Diggerland USA and Sahara Sam’s Oasis Indoor & Outdoor Water Park passes!
Both are located in West Berlin, NJ (20 min from Philadelphia).
Thank you for participating in our Third Annual Celebration of Life!
This company is also passionate about the safety and care of special needs children.
We are thrilled to have Victory Beer as one of our donation sponsors this year for our 3rd annual COL! Victory has been such a huge supporter of Shane’s Future Days since our first event.
Victory Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Downingtown, PA. They have two additional brewery locations in Parkesburg, PA and Kennett Square, PA. They produce 10 year round brands and 15+ seasonal and speciality brands. Be sure to stop by for a tour and some of their amazing food in their brewpubs.
Thank you again for your ongoing support!
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