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The Willa’s Wheels Concept and where the money goes
Willa’s Wheels honors the memory of our daughter Willa and fundraises for the Raymond Wentz Foundation (learn more at www.raymondwentz.org). Pick a ride, run, triathlon, race,….wear a jersey to increase awareness about the Foundation, and raise money through family friends and colleagues. All money goes to the Raymond Wentz Foundation which supports people with cancer who, like Raymond, are having trouble with the basics. $250 helps pay for the gas, $500 helps pay for groceries, and $1000 helps them pay for the mortgage. RWF grants help people like 7 year-old Kimberly who is battling lymphoma. Her family (including her five brothers and sisters) began to experience the financial burden caused by cancer, and her mother had to quit her job to be her daughter’s caregiver. After receiving an RWF check, her father wrote:
“I write to express our sincerest gratitude for the financial assistance that your organization extended to us during this terrible time. I cannot tell you how it has helped some of the monetary burden we’ve had hanging over our heads. As you are well aware, cancer is a horror that no one should have to face and the numerous hurdles that come with it are far more than most can handle. It is beyond words as to how this grant has helped. On behalf of all of us, thank you.”
The tremendous efforts of Willa's Wheels riders also helped Emily, who was 3 years old in November 2009 when diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a cancer that forms in nerve tissue. After her 9 month stay in the hospital, the Raymond Wentz Foundation provided money to help Emily and her family stay at Brent’s Place, a sterile living apartment that helps kids stay free from infection while fighting cancer and other diseases. Emily’s scans the end of January 2011 were cancer free and she returned to preschool at that time.
In 2011, Willa's Wheels raised over $75,000 for RWF. Will 2012 be the year that we raise over $100K? Pick out a ride, race, or run and recruit a friend to do the same and it just might be!
Learn about the other patients The Raymond Wentz Foundation has helped at: http://www.raymondwentz.org/stories.html