Just a quick 3rd annual 5K Event Update

Our 3rd Annual 5K Road Race & Relay Walk was another successful event.  We raised over $35,000 and had a great day.  We can't thank everyone enough for their continued support and dedication.  I will be doing a full update soon and posting a ton of pictures from our photographer Terri-Lynn Hart so please check back in.  For now, click on the link below to see some of the pictures that others had taken on the day of the event.  http://coryscrusaders.org/photo-gallery/nggallery/all/2015-3rd-annual-5k-road-race-relay-walkvalley breeze

Jim's Speech along with guest speaker Joe Chabot of Boston Children's Hospital

Please take a moment to watch ... Jim Gaudet co founder of Cory's Crusader speaks about why we do what we do to help other child and their families who are battling brain cancer/tumors. Joe Chabot, Pediatric Resource Program Manager at Boston Children's Hospital/The Jimmy Fund Clinic was our guest speaker. Spring is here and it's that time of year again, so please be sure to check out our 5K Road Race & Relay Walk tab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXPlqQ8HE_8

An update on our Winter Gala

IMG_5980 Our Winter Gala which was held at The Pines Restaurant in N. Smithfield on Feb. 21, 2015 was a huge success with just  over 100 people attending despite the snow storm.  We were able to raise $4,000 after expenses. It was such a great night. The band Blame it On Bob donating their time and talent providing a fun night of dancing.  We would like to Thank the Pines Restaurant, their staff and all of you who braved the weather to come out and support us and our mission to help children battling brain cancer. We would also like to thank everyone that provided a raffle item for our raffle table.  We had so many beautiful raffle baskets and gifts.   You can view pictures from the night by clicking on the following link  http://coryscrusaders.org/photo-gallery/nggallery/all/winter-gala-2015

Teresa & Jim Gaudet Co Founders Cory's Crusaders

Where does the money go?

Image-5This year we wanted to do something special for the holidays. Having gone through the holidays while Cory was in treatment we know first hand how difficult it can be.We decided to reach out to the resource coordinators we work with at the Jimmy Fund Clinic. We asked each of them to provide us with families that would benefit from a little help with the purchase of presents for their children. They quickly got back to us with a list of 5 families and we were able to help them with the purchase of $2,500 worth of gifts for their families. We also helped with the purchase of another $650 for two of our families that we were assisting with other needs. This month has become our biggest month to date for giving. We were able to help 2 families with some of their monthly expenses totaling $2,063.We were able to Make another $5,000 donation to the Evan T. Mandeville DIPG Research Fund at Dana Farber. Along with the holiday gifts this gives us a monthly total of $10,213 None of this would be possible without the generosity and support of all of you. Thank you for helping us help others. Together we can make a difference in the life of a child battling brain cancer.

Our Christmas Tree Jamboree at Attleboro Farms was once again a success raising $700 despite the rain. Thank you to Kris & Deb Kieon owners of the Farm and all of our volunteers, especially Jared who was such a great Santa.

:-) There is still time to make your tax deductible donation before years end ... please consider making your tax deductible gift today :-)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Stay tuned for our up and coming Dinner Dance to be held at The Pines Restaurant in February.

Our 3rd Annual 5K Road Race & Relay Walk will be held on Sunday May 3rd - our registration and fundraising website will be up and running soon.

Thank  you for helping us help others. Together we can make the difference in the life of a child battling brain cancer.

Teresa & Jim Gaudet                                                                                                                                                                                                              Co Founders

Where Does The Money Go? Financial Assistance Gifted for Oct

Family Assistance for October 2014.…. It is because of your generosity and continued support that we were able to financially assist 3 families last month totaling $3,360 and we have provided over $37,500 of financial assistance to our families so far this year. In addition, we have donated $10,000 this years towards pediatric brain tumor research.  Our financial assistance we give varies each month depending on our families request. We feel it is important to help out the family or families with whatever their specific need is at the time.   Although we work directly with the Resource specialists at Boston Children's Hospital / The Jimmy Fund Clinic and Hasbro Children's Hospital, we also get applications from people that have learned of us online through the DIPG Registry, Social Media as well as Social Workers and Resources Specialists from other hospitals. Last month we assisted a 4 yr old little girl from IL with her families rent payment, an 11 year old little girl from SC with their grocery needs as well as rent payment and a  7 yr old little girl from Texas with food & clothing.  Childhood brain cancer/tumors are devastating and help is always needed for families who are battling.  They deserve to spend every single minute being with their precious child and not having to worry about day to day bills piling up.  We can't thank you all enough for helping us help others. You can learn a little more about our children by visiting our photo gallery tab on our website - we have a photo album dedicated to our brave warriors, just click on their pictures to learn a little about them! Funding Research... Our funding to date has been been to support The Evan T. Mandeville DIPG Research Fund at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA.  Evan was a fun spirited little boy who was diagnosed with DIPG in the November after Cory.  He lost his more than courageous battle a year to the day of his diagnosis on November 13, 2012, just 3 months after Cory passed away.  He was 11 years old. Like us Tim and Aimee, Evan's parents have become very passionate with their cause, which is specific to funding research for DIPG.  Sadly this bond we share as parents of a child who battled DIPG is like none other.  We understand how unforgiving this disease is and what it means to find a cure.  Imagine if we could find a cure for the most difficult to treat and devastating brain tumor of all what it would mean for the advancement in all cancer/tumor treatments.  Together we can make a difference.

Save The Date .... Our 3rd Annual 5K Road Race & Relay Walk will be held on Sunday May 3, 2015 at Blackstone Millville Regional High School.

Did you know that you can support Cory's Crusaders just by shopping on Amazon? Just go to Amazon Smiles and select Cory's Crusaders as the organization you wish to support  http://smile.amazon.com/

Thank you for helping us help families with children battling brain tumors/ cancer.  Without your continued support we would not be able to do what we do.

Sincerely,

Teresa & Jim Gaudet, Co Founders

Where does the money go?

Family Assistance for September 2014.…. It is because of your generosity and continued support that we were able to financially assist 3 families last month totaling just over $2,200 and we have provided over $34,000 of financial assistance to our families so far this year. In addition, last month we donated $5,000 in funds to research totaling $10,000 for the year. Our financial assistance varies each month depending on our families request. we feel it is important to help out the family or families with whatever their specific need is at the time.   Although we work directly with the Resource specialists at Boston Children's Hospital / The Jimmy Fund Clinic and Hasbro Children's Hospital, we also get applications from people that have learned of us online through the DIPG Registry, Social Media as well as Social Workers and Resources Specialists from other hospitals. Last month we assisted a 17 yr old girl's family from RI with a mortgage payment, she was referred by the Clinical Social Worker at Hasbro Children's Hospital. We once again helped a 5 yr old boy's  family from NH with a car payment. He's battling DIPG and was originally referred by Boston Children's Hospital/The Jimmy Fund Clinic. We also helped a 1 1/2 yr old little boy's family from TX with a gift card for gas and food.  They were referred to us by a Pediatric Social Worker at Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas.  Childhood Brain Cancer/tumors are devastating and help is always needed for families who are battling.  They deserve to spend every single minute being with their precious child and not having to worry about day to day bills piling up.  We can't thank you all enough for helping us help others. You can learn a little more about our children by visiting our photo gallery tab on our website - we have a p! hoto album dedicated to our brave warriors! Funding Research... Our funding to date has been been to support The Evan T. Mandeville DIPG Research Fund at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA.  Evan was a fun spirited little boy who was diagnosed with DIPG in the November after Cory.  He lost his more than courageous battle a year to the day of his diagnosis on November 13, 2012, just 3 months after Cory passed away.  He was 11 years old. Like us Tim and Aimee, Evan's parents have become very passionate with their cause, which is specific to funding research for DIPG.  Sadly this bond we share as parents of a child who battled DIPG is like none other.  We understand how unforgiving this disease is and what it means to find a cure.  Imagine if we could find a cure for the most difficult to treat and devastating brain tumor of all what it would mean for the advancement in all cancer/tumor treatments.  Together we can make a difference.

Save The Date .... Our 3rd Annual 5K Road Race & Relay Walk will be held on Sunday May 3, 2015 at Blackstone Millville Regional High School.

Thank you for helping us help families with children battling brain tumors/ cancer.  Without your continued support we would not be able to do what we do.

Sincerely,

Teresa & Jim Gaudet, Co Founders