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Holly Jolly Good Time
Every holiday season, our community comes together to bring joy, comfort, and a little magic to childhood cancer hero families across Central Virginia. Because of your incredible generosity to the Holiday Fund. Your donations didn’t just support events — you gave families memories they’ll treasure long after the season ends. Here’s a peek at the joy you made possible for more than 100 childhood cancer hero families:
Turkey Trot
Hero families enjoyed catered Thanksgiving meals cooked to perfection by the talented teams at Brambly Park and Wegmans. Volunteers delivered the meals with big smiles and full hearts, making sure every family felt cared for heading into the holiday weekend.
Winter Wonderland
This year’s Holiday Open House was warm, sparkly, and full of happy chaos. (Isn’t that always the best kind?) Our friends at CelebrateRVA welcomed us back into their joyful space. With the help of our crew of volunteer “elves,” they transformed the space into a cozy Winter Wonderland.
Kids made crafts, created decorations, and warmed up with hot cocoa. Even Santa spent the day with us bringing huge smiles and adorable photo moments.
Thanks to your generosity, every child left with gifts from their wish list, and each caregiver received a $250 Visa gift card to help with holiday expenses. Many parents were moved to tears by this kindness.
Be sure to scroll through our photo album that captured many of the special holiday moments!
Holiday Magic Under The Lights
The season wouldn’t feel complete without a seeing all the holiday lights. Because of your support, families received complimentary tickets to the Dominion GardenFest of Lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
This night out gave families a chance to step away from the routines of treatment and enjoy a peaceful night under the millions of twinkling lights on display at Lewis Ginter.
A Night At The Ballet
Hero families loved getting complimentary tickets to the Richmond Ballet’s iconic Nutcracker performance. For many families, it was their very first ballet. A memory they could share thanks to the generosity of our Holiday donors.
Our Community Of Holiday Heroes
The holidays can be especially tough for families balancing emotional stress, financial strain, and the demands of treatment. The Holiday Hero Fund provided each family in active treatment a $250 VISA gift card, tickets to Lewis Ginter GardenFest of Lights, tickets to the Nutcracker, presents from their holiday wish lists, and a wonderful Holiday Open House.
The Holiday Heroes Fund was fully funded thanks to our community of heroes, especially The Heizer Family, The Fergerson Family, participants in The Opie Open Golf Tournament, Brambly Park, Cruising For Cancer, Celebrate RVA, Richmond Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Richmond Ballet For All and The Richmond Christmas Mother Fund. Below is the full list of generous donors who made these holiday moments possible:
Thank our donors:
Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Andrews • Mr. John Bianchi • Mr. and Mrs. Don Bray • Mr. Ernie Burnett• Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coleman • Commercial Plastering and Drywall, Inc.• Cowardin’s Jewelers • Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Craft• Cruising For Cancer • Mr. and Mrs. Cory Diggs • Ms. Laura Earley • Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fergerson • Mr. James Flint • Mr. and Mrs. Benny Hawley • Ms. Cathy Heizer • Mr. and Mrs. Brett Heizer • Ms. Janice Heizer • Mr. Justin Heizer • Mr. and Mrs. James Heizer Jr. • Hudson Group Realty, Inc • Mr. Scott Hughes • Kamco Building Supply • Ms. Samantha Landolt • Mr. Trevor Lemieux • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lenassi • Mr. Michael Mailey • Ms. Ezra Marsh • Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Martin • Mr. Ryan McInerney • Mr. Kenneth Murray • Mr. Steve Noland • Old Dominion Drywall, Inc. • Dr. and Mrs. Randall Peyton • Mr. and Mrs. John Pritchard • Mr. Blair Pritchard • Ms. Kate Pritchard • Mr. and Mrs. Tim Shelton • Mr. and Mrs. Chris Skinner • Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Smith • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomas, Jr. • Mr. Daniel Tomli • Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wark • Ms. Gail Warren Weymouth • Mr. Doug Wilberger • Mr. John Wilberger • Mr. and Mrs. Todd Zyglocke
And thank you to our volunteers:
Margo Asay • Suzanne Carley • Becca Chamberlain • Elise Dransfield • Cathy Heizer • GT Hollett • Cecelia Marano • John Porter • Richmond Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics • Bruce & Crystal Tetlow • Jovany Vigil • Elise Dransfield • Madelynn Gagnon • Steven Guo • Cecelia Marano • Wanda Martin • Kelly Sarver • Jovany Vigil • Cynthia Wilkinson • Elise Dransfield • Wanda Martin • Jack Asay • Victoria Dale • Steven Guo • Linda Harris • Rebecca Lint • Katie Macri • Cecelia Marano • Paul Sarver • Marian Stryker • Bruce & Crystal Tetlow • Jovany Vigil • Kevin Wright
