Ways to Help

September is childhood cancer awareness month, and we are a couple of weeks in. The further we get, the more I hate childhood cancer.

So many people have asked me what they can do to get involved with Break the Grey or to do something for kids with cancer. And, alas, I have an answer. Well, 3 answers. Can you babysit, pray, or eat? Then you can join the fight!

One of our families, the Hobbs, are actually not a childhood cancer family. But at Break the Grey we don't discriminate. We understand that there are a wide variety of childhood diseases that devastate families and affect them profoundly and uniquely.

The Hobbs family deals with something called mitochondrial disease. This illness affects the mitochondria cells, which supply the entire body with energy. When they fail, different and entire body systems begin to shut down. Come to find out, September 18-24 is mitochondrial disease awareness week, so this fits perfectly!

The four Hobbs kids are Melanie, Michael, Meredith, and Madison. Michael, Meredith, and Madison are all affected by mito. One of the many complications that they suffer as a result of their disease is something called glycogen storage disease, which is a nutritional/GI defect. Their mom, Jenny, is hosting a conference on glycogen storage disease this weekend and is in need of babysitters for Saturday.

If you are free, would you consider hanging out in Indianapolis, IN and loving on some chronically ill kids while their parents become more educated about their disease? Sitters are needed from 9:00-12:15 am and again from 1:30-4:45 pm. If you can only do one shift, that would still be a great help!

If you are interested, please e-mail Jenny Hobbs at jennyhobbs@alumni.wfu.edu.

Second, please join us in storming heaven's gates in prayer for one of our most courageous cancer warriors! Because I don't have expressed permission to share his information, I can't really say more, but please pray for one of our little guys. Please pray for wisdom and discernment for the medical team and for peace, comfort, hope, and courage for our dude and his family.


Lastly, eat at Chili's! On Monday, September 26, Chili's Bar and Grill is donating 100% of profits to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Although St. Jude only treats approximately 400 of the 30,000-40,000 kids currently in treatment for cancer in the US, it is still a worthwhile investment! Eat lunch or eat dinner, dine in or take out, it doesn't matter! If you buy food from Chili's on September 26, the profits will go to help kids with cancer!

Babysit. Pray. Eat. Never lose hope.


Hoping, Believing, and Never Giving up,


Sarah