Jude Marzen was diagnosed with medulloblastoma brain cancer in September 2022. After successful surgery to remove his tumor, he spent 2 months at CHOP in Philly for radiation therapy. Jude's now back home in the Lehigh Valley in the midst of a year of chemo with hopes of a cancer-free Christmas 2023!
Through our family's journey, we've been grateful for assistance and support from many people and organizations, and in a particular way PCFLV (Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley). PCFLV has helped to remind us we aren't alone in this journey and others in our community are walking this same path. From helping to organize Jude's Christmas "Flight to the North Pole" from Lehigh Valley airport, to meals and gift cards, to birthday cards for Jude's siblings, PCFLV has made our family's cancer journey a little easier.
Please help to raise funds for this great cause!
- Paul
PCFLV embraces the pediatric cancer journey alongside children and their families, moving forward as a community with love, hope, and smiles. They...
Support at diagnosis
Encourage during treatment
Empower in survivorship
Comfort throughout bereavement
PCFLV is a 501c(3) non-profit foundation dedicated to helping children and families in the greater Lehigh Valley affected by pediatric cancer by providing free and unique programming and support during treatment, survivorship, and bereavement. They are focused on creating a loving and supportive cancer community for families whose lives have been forever changed by hearing the words, "Your child has cancer." They host events and activities to create free-of-charge opportunities for families to have fun and to find nurturing support within the pediatric cancer community. They have regular, ongoing programming like the KidKonnect program and monthly Moms’ /Dads'/Parents' Nights Out, as well as much-loved annual events like Camp Smile. PCFLV makes monthly visits to the inpatient pediatric floor and the outpatient pediatric oncology clinic at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital through our Chemo Circus and Caregiver Coffee programs, armed with an array of arts and crafts, gifts, entertainment, and food to distract children during their treatment and to create happiness and smiles. They have a bill-paying fund for families treated at LVRCH. They provide individual and specialized assistance based on the needs of our families as well, often in the form of grocery and gas gift cards to help defray the often-unrecognized costs of dealing with a pediatric cancer diagnosis. PCFLV provides housecleaning services for newly diagnosed families, a college scholarship fund for high school graduates, and much more!
Please donate today! All money raised stays LOCAL to help LOCAL families!
