Mattie Miracle 15th Anniversary Video

Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation Promotional Video

Thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive!

Dear Mattie Blog Readers,

It means a great deal to us that you take the time to write to us and to share your thoughts, feelings, and reflections on Mattie's battle and death. Your messages are very meaningful to us and help support us through very challenging times. To you we are forever grateful. As my readers know, I promised to write the blog for a year after Mattie's death, which would mean that I could technically stop writing on September 9, 2010. However, at the moment, I feel like our journey with grief still needs to be processed and fortunately I have a willing support network still committed to reading. Therefore, the blog continues on. If I should find the need to stop writing, I assure you I will give you advanced notice. In the mean time, thank you for reading, thank you for having the courage to share this journey with us, and most importantly thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive.


As Mattie would say, Ooga Booga (meaning, I LOVE YOU)! Vicki and Peter



The Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation celebrates its 7th anniversary!

The Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation was created in the honor of Mattie.

We are a 501(c)(3) Public Charity. We are dedicated to increasing childhood cancer awareness, education, advocacy, research and psychosocial support services to children, their families and medical personnel. Children and their families will be supported throughout the cancer treatment journey, to ensure access to quality psychosocial and mental health care, and to enable children to cope with cancer so they can lead happy and productive lives. Please visit the website at: www.mattiemiracle.com and take some time to explore the site.

We have only gotten this far because of people like yourself, who have supported us through thick and thin. So thank you for your continued support and caring, and remember:

.... Let's Make the Miracle Happen and Stomp Out Childhood Cancer!

A Remembrance Video of Mattie

May 22, 2023

Monday, May 22, 2023

Monday, May 22, 2023

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2009. We were all in attendance at the Mattie March. T-shirts were made for the event, and the image on it was priceless. A graphic artist worked it up and when I saw it, I suggested that Mattie's face be added onto it. The shirt featured kids marching together, holding up supportive signs. To me this shirt will always be a classic. In this particular photo you will see that Mattie was surrounded by his hospital friends. His buddy Brandon was holding a cup filled with tent moth caterpillars that Mattie found that day and one caterpillar was even crawling on Mattie's arm! At a very busy event, with a ton going on, I think this was a very tender moment between friends captured on camera. 


Quote of the day: Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. Albert Schweitzer


This morning I had the opportunity to announce the winners of the step count competition from our Walk event on Sunday. Many of our winners are loyal attendees of our Walks and they have even won awards in the past. Two of our winners are from outside our National Capital Area..... Florida and Wisconsin to be exact. Our first place winners receive an $100 VISA gift card, our second place winners receive a $75 VISA gift card, and our third place winners receive a $50 VISA gift card. 


Adult Winners:
1st: Jacob Gibson: 28,676 steps
2nd: Gustavo Bonany: 28,161 steps
3rd: Chris Dean: 21,426 steps

Kids/Teens Winners:
1st: Erich Bonany: 22,144 steps
2nd: Daniel Bonany: 19,195 steps
3rd: Jeremy Young: 13,044 steps

The other exciting news in our household is that a press release came out about Peter today and he was added to the company's website. Peter is a humble fellow, but given all that he has endured the last few years, finding a job that is the right fit for his skills and talents is a big deal in my book. Congrats Peter!!!

Press Release 

The Team


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