Category: 2024

Kathy’s son joined the Navy in June 2020. Due to Covid, they were not able to attend his graduation from boot camp. Then due to her diagnosis in May 2021, the treatment and surgeries and other medical expenses, they were not able to attend his homecoming of his ship returning from deployment in 2022.

They do not have the extra funds to travel to see him. They have missed out on all the milestones of his Navy career so far and this would mean the world to Kathy and a be memory that she would hold close to her heart to be able to be there when he comes this year.

Stella’s Wish Foundation is providing a gift card to cover the expenses of traveling to see her son when his ship comes home.

Jennifer has had a pretty tough life even before cancer. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 and beat it, but less that a year later it had come back and spread to her lungs making it stage 4 and she didn’t even know that it was uncureable until a few weeks ago. She has been homeless for a while and her best friend has offered to let her move in, but doesn’t have an extra bed for her.

Stella’s Wish Foundation is providing for a bed so that Jennifer has a place to sleep at her friend’s place.

 

Maya has Stage 4 Inflammatory Breast Cancer and is an avid yarn spinner and fiber artist. She wished for two fiber art tools on her bucket list that she been able to purchase yet.

Stella’s Wish Foundation is sending Maya a Schacht Cricket Quartet Tabletop Loom Conversion Kit and a spinning wheel, The Majestic.

Fiber arts has been the main thing that’s managed to get her through the diagnosis thus far. She is able to take her hobby to chemo!

 

Will was diagnosed with Metastatic (stage IV) Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor Sarcoma in November 2021. Will has been receiving various treatment, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation, and surgery since his diagnosis. His cancer is incurable and he will have to be in treatment indefinitely. He wishes to make many memories with their daughter, who is 20 months old. His wish is to be able to go on family vacation somewhere warm compared to their home in Boston.

Stella’s Wish Foundation has arranged a 4-night stay at City Skyline View King in Miami, Florida.

 

 

Kristen’s world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer at the age of 41 and her liver was already completely covered with cancer. Due to the aggressive nature of her cancer, she will receive infusions every 3 weeks for the rest of her life and has had to give up her teaching career. The cancer is also in her brain and, combined with arthritis, causes a lot of mobility issues.She was also recently diagnosed with Sjogren’s Syndrome as a rare side effect of the cancer treatment, which also causes joint pain.

Kristen has always loved to garden and grow fresh fruits and vegetables, especially healthy cancer-fighting food to eat. It brings her joy, gets her outside, and is a great way to relieve stress. It is now too difficult for her to tend to the garden. Her husband made plans to build raised garden carts that are waist high but the building materials are just too much.

Stella’s Wish Foundation is providing a VISA gift card to use for raised bed materials so that Kristen can continue to grow her own vegetables.

Laurie was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 39. Her youngest of 4 was just four at the time. She had a recurrence in 2013 and then went metastatic in 2020. Her youngest has since graduated high school and she has been blessed with 3 grand loves. She wants very much want to take the two older ones to Disney Hollywood Studios one day with her daughter from where they live 2 hours away.

Stella’s Wish Foundation has arranged for them to visit Disney with 4 kids.

Wendy is described by her husband of 34 year as “an absolute angel on Earth” and she has always put others first. Unfortunately, she is not able to continue treatment as it was actually doing more harm than good and she has been pulled off of everything for the cancer to run it’s course. Her husband, a veteran, made a wish to send her on a cruise while she is still able to travel. She’s recently been watching a lot of cruise shows on television with tears in her eyes.

Stella’s Wish was able to send the couple on a short cruise.

“Wendy and I would like to thank you so very much for this wish come true. We had a great time visiting Cozumel and Great Stirrup Cay. We enjoyed the food, the balcony view, (perfect weather by the way) and exploring the ship. Most of all, we enjoyed and appreciated the time spent together, especially knowing the significance of this cruise. We will forever be grateful for Stella’s Wish Foundation for this amazing gift. It gave us pleasant memories in an unpleasant time. Thank you again!”

Eric was diagnosed with MM, presenting with fractured ribs, back and sternum. Tumors have been found in his tonsil, liver, lung and chest. He is undergoing chemo. He would love to see his young grandchildren old experience DisneyLand with their POP to give them fun memory instead of him being tired and sick or do a short trip with his grown children and the grandkids, but that is not going to work out.  Instead, Eric’s family of 12 will see baseball game from a suite – San Diego vs Dodgers, with a VISA gift card for spending money.

 

Cindy has been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer that has spread to her liver.  Cindy had been a nurse for twenty three years, taking care of others and loving what she did. Unfortunately, Cindy had to quit her job a few weeks ago. Her husband’s work has also been limited due to recent surgeries, her mom has been also battling cancer, and her sister is recovering from a car accident. Her sister and best friend submitted Cindy’s wish to have a family trip to Hawaii.  What is really most important to her is to the family of 20 all together in one house with a heated pool and and stuff for the kids to do, so they can just all reconnect and spend quality time so they can all be in peace and understanding.

Stella’s Wish Foundation is providing a flight from Arizona to Oregon so that she may spend time with her sister, plus a VISA gift card for a hotel stay.

In October, Laura was diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer, about 4 months after her husband’s cancer diagnosis. It has been a tough year for their family.  Her daughter submitted Laura’s wish to spend a weekend here in their home state of Michigan at Frankenmuth at the Bavarian Inn, where they can have a chicken dinner and just enjoy their first and last vacation together as a family with their two adult children.

Stella’s Wish Foundation is granting their family a 2-night stay at The Bavarian Inn in Michigan.