I heard about Phil’s Friends in 2017, while I was in Arizona visiting my brother, William, who was dying of pancreatic cancer. I saw the beautiful Care Package he’d received from Phil’s Friends and all the Cards of Hope, which he loved getting every week.
Three days before he died, he asked me to check the mail. “Maybe my card came,” he said. Those cards meant the world to him. He received 67 in all, and to this day my sister-in-law still has them stored in a box.
After he died and I returned home to Glendale Heights, Illinois, I called Phil’s Friends to inquire about the closest Hope Center to me. Turns out it was in Wheaton, very close to where I live.
I wanted to help, because Phil’s Friends had helped my brother. The hope and joy the Care Package and Cards of Hope gave him up until his last day here on earth is beyond describing.
I love volunteering to help others. The staff and other volunteers are like family to me. Everything we do at Phil’s Friends is for a great cause, and I’m grateful to be a part of it.
I was introduced to Phil’s Friends on Grandparents’ Day at my grandkids’ school in the fall of 2024. At one of the stations, we colored Cards of Hope and helped pack a care package. The presenter told us other ways we could get involved as…
Bob Williams, 63, has never had cancer, but that doesn’t mean he can’t relate to those who do. Darkness comes in all forms. From 1980 to 2001, Bob served in the Navy, completing four deployments overseas. While in Iraq, the transport he was riding in…
When a cancer patient opens their Care Package and pulls out its contents, many exclaim over the lovely, knitted hats, which they can use during their treatments in chilly infusion centers. The centers are purposely kept cool to limit bacterial growth and to prevent the…
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