Tonight's picture was taken on March 5, 2009. I remember that day as if it were yesterday. Several United Airlines employees came to the outpatient clinic to visit with the children and give them teddy bears. Mattie was eager to meet them and appreciated the bear and the airline wings he received. You would be surprised how such a visit perked all of us up and made us feel like we were less alone. It brightened our day and that feeling carried us throughout a difficult admission day to the inpatient unit.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 29,033,369
- Number of people who died from the virus: 525,619
On February 9, Peter and I were interviewed by Mark Levine for his Help and Hope Happen Here podcast. Mark's podcast is designed to bring public awareness to childhood cancer. He does this by interviewing all the stakeholders of childhood cancer, such as doctors, nurses, psycho-oncologists, child life specialists, advocates, and non-profit leaders.
I have to admit that Peter and I have been interviewed by others in the past, and the final product was lackluster. I say this because in these other interviews the story of Mattie and the vision and mission of Mattie Miracle were not well developed and highlighted. Mark's interview of us was beautiful. He did his homework, and thoroughly read our website! He came to our interview with meaningful questions and his one hour interview takes his listener on our cancer journey and development as a Foundation. I am very grateful for Mark's professionalism, for understanding our tagline that IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MEDICINE, and for giving us this opportunity to spread our psychosocial message to the public.
To me the interview that Mark created is a gift to Mattie Miracle, because it is wonderful to see our work through another advocate's eyes. Mark was able to highlight our 11 years with the Foundation into one hour and if you didn't know who Mattie Miracle before this interview, you will definitely know what we are about and what motivates us after listening.
Check out our interview with Mark that came out today!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1218635/8099435
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