We always love introducing you to some of the families we have helped throughout the past year, because it is through your donations that we are able to meet these needs. First, I will introduce Grant, who is a vibrant 6-year-old from De Soto, KS. Last year, he was diagnosed with aplastic anemia; a life-threatening failure of his bone marrow. He was almost immediately in need of a life saving bone marrow transplant. Among his many obstacles have been relocating to Milwaukee for his evaluation and treatment along with finding a perfect bone marrow match. Grant and his family, including 10-month-old baby brother, have had to temporarily commit to living in Milwaukee for the foreseeable future. Grant’s grandparents have willingly relocated there as well to take care of the baby while his parents are with Grant. We have been honored to help provide this family with hotel rooms, gas/travel expenses, as well as covering their airbnb for the month of February. We keep in close contact and stay up to date on Grant's progress. We wish Grant the best and hope that as his body continues to heal he will eventually get to come back home to Kansas City.
We have also had the privilege to donate to the medical expenses of two Platte County residents that have had long and complicated fights with cancer, requiring leave from work, travel for medical care, and increased demands on their families.
The Platte County community recently had a difficult and heartbreaking goodbye to one of our own PC Alumns, Matt Madill. At just 23-years-old, he fought an extremely difficult battle with leukemia. We were honored to donate to his end of life care. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family as we know how devastating it is to lose a child. We will continue to pray for his family.
Finally, we contributed to the training of a service dog for Clark Tindall. Clark was born with Spina Bifida and struggles with ongoing seizures. His family is saving up to purchase and train a service dog to help predict seizures and increase Clarks quality of life.
Even in the midst of what seems like a couple very difficult years we have found so much joy in continuing Landon’s Legacy. Each of these families have expressed so much gratitude toward our charity for the help offered to them in their greatest times of need.