ANNA Fund

2015 Looking Good for the ANNA Fund! Here we are, not even halfway through 2015, and it has already been a year of highlights for the Anna Fund. We here at ANNAFUND HQ have some exciting updates for you. First, because of the generous donations of our long-time and new supporters, we have given over $11,000 in aid to neuroblastoma families in need... since our last update in February of 2014. The Anna Fund has paid for pharmacy bills, carpet cleaning, mortgage payments and other personal expenses that families going through treatment at Riley Hospital for Children needed assistance with. We received a note about a month ago from Dr. Malkas. Her team of researchers at the City of Hope in California is in the process of getting approval from the federal government to start human clinical trials with the AOH drug. This is big news, as it indicates that the Anna drug could be ready for widespread use within a handful of years! Once again this past year, an army of volunteers wrapped gifts at the local Amazon fulfillment facility and raised $4,276 for A.N.N.A. We would like to thank the families of Ruthanne Kirby and Herman Brown for requesting donations to A.N.N.A. in honor of their loved-ones passing. Their heartfelt support is touching and we appreciate them honoring both Anna and their parents in this way. Finally, on a personal note, I had the great fortune to meet The Wilkinson Brothers nearly a decade ago. Corey and Casey are identical twins who operate a design firm in Carmel, Indiana. They are possibly the most genuine and creative people I have ever met. They are also motorcycle NUTS! Well, a few years ago I purchased a 1975 Honda CL360. I offered it up to the boys as a blank canvas to do, literally, whatever they wanted to do with it. I knew I would get back a piece of art. I got a text on May 7th, from Casey letting me know the bike was done. They wanted to know if I could come to their office and see it the next day? On May 8th, they unveiled to the bike to me. It is an understatement to describe the ...Read More