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

November 5, 2019

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- Mattie died 527 weeks ago today. 

Tonight's picture was taken on November 4, 2007. Mattie was 5 years old and we went for a walk on Roosevelt Island. You will notice I was carrying a large leaf. That was an item Mattie acquired along his walk. Which was typical of Mattie, he always came home with a treasure from nature. 


Quote of the day: The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. ~ Albert Einstein


My morning started at the Lab School in Washington, DC. I always know I can count on this school for a large supply of candy. Literally candy filled my trunk and my back seat!
Get the picture! Each year, I have the opportunity to chat with the Assistant Head of School, who is delightful! She has watched us grow and I always am amazed how up to date she is with what are doing. As she is a faithful Mattie Miracle newsletter reader!
Meanwhile last week I was worrying whether we would get candy this year! Mainly because it wasn't coming in. But today, things turned around. Now we have six large bins full of candy in need of sorting. Peter and I worked on it for a while today, and completed maybe a bin and a half. Now I get anxious for another reason..... will we be able to sort and process this candy before another big load is dumped upon us?!
We thank Privia of Arlington for participating in our Candy Drive again this year!
Girl Scout Troop 3742 came to help us sort today. I find it interesting the different sorting methods people use. The Girl Scouts sort candy completely different from us, but at the end of the day, they processed through a lot of candy and were a huge help. 

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