Mattie Miracle Walk 2023 was a $131,249 success!

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 16, 2019

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2006. It was an exciting weekend for Mattie, because he and Peter went out to buy his first bicycle. Look at that happy face!!! Our outdoor commons area was the perfect place to learn how to ride. It was enclosed, so I did not have to worry about cars or a lot of pedestrian  traffic!


Quote of the day: Volunteers will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no volunteers. ~ Ken Wyman


Mattie Miracle is quite lucky, because we have a core group of volunteers who have been with us for TEN YEARS! This core group helps to make the Walk possible. It takes us about 60+ volunteers to pull off the Walk. If we had to pay for their time and skills, then I would really have to re-assess the Walk. In a nutshell, I am deeply grateful for these individuals in our lives, many of whom knew Mattie and help us keep his legacy alive. 


I am running to the airport to pick up my parents. We have around 15 people (family and close family friends) coming into town this weekend for our 10th anniversary. So it is a reunion and celebration!

Today's fundraising thermometer reads... $104,103!

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