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 4, 2020

Monday, May 4, 2020

Monday, May 4, 2020

 Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2006. I will never forget snapping this photo. Mattie was four years old and in his hands was a photo of when he was a toddler. Mattie smiled and was standing next to our coffee table. The same table in the photo Mattie was holding. I love this photo because it shows how much Mattie had grown in just a few short years. As a toddler Mattie had to hold onto the table because he wasn't walking independently yet. Back then the table came up to his waist. However, in 2006, he was much bigger and the comparisons here truly illustrated his growth. 

Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins. 

  • number of people diagnosed with the virus: 1,177,784
  • number of people who died from the virus: 68,442
This year we have launched a 50 states campaign. Our goal is to get participants from every state in the country to walk virtually with us on May 17th. A participant can 1) register for the event, 2) donate to the Walk, 3) be a Walk sponsor, or 4) purchase raffle tickets. To date we participants from 29 states! If you know someone in a non-orange state, please encourage them to get involved and check out our Walk website: www.mmcfwalk.com
HELP US GET TO 50!

 Some more Walk updates:

  • 150 registered to virtually walk
  • 29 states participating
  • 13 corporate sponsors and 11 individual sponsors
  • $67,263 raised so far
  • 303 on-line raffle tickets sold
  • 177 individual donations
  • 12 walk teams
Posted by The Brown Family (DC) at 6:55 PM

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