https://www.mightymaddy.com/home daily 1.0 2023-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6186f4acc727250f483da263/1636566284176-2ZDXVF49Q3QBZO0HJLP0/7C9A1117.jpg Home - Maddy’s Story Maddy was the most incredible light to this world and everyone she met. While the circumstances of her life were incredibly unfair, she moved mountains with her love, grace and a spirit so bright and fierce that nothing was impossible. Maddy’s purpose in her life was far greater than we will ever know. She is still touching and changing lives every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6186f4acc727250f483da263/1636572029506-V2VWOMOCXRNPS3S174M7/2L1A0952.jpg Home - Our Vision Our single purpose with this foundation is continue to spread joy and light to others in their darkest moments. Maddy’s heart was to help others even while she was struggling with her own battles. And it’s our mission to continue to spread her joy here on Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6186f4acc727250f483da263/1636240760707-BJSETLYF0ZOLB31R2W4A/7C9A6358.jpg Home - Nominate a Family Every single penny donated is so important and we are so incredibly grateful for your generous heart. Your tax deductible donation will be used to help local families fighting their hardest battles as well as being active in the fight against pediatric cancer by supporting Unravel, another non-profit funding research and raising awareness for pediatric cancer research. Do you know a family who has a child diagnosed with a life threatening illness? We would love to learn more about their story! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6186f4acc727250f483da263/1639891901891-BBR4R5OUE11OM0Y04QON/DAD89CA2-F592-4898-92DD-84FCCFC799DF.png Home https://www.mightymaddy.com/maddys-story daily 0.75 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6186f4acc727250f483da263/66f13aa9-b82e-41dd-b8eb-a870688dc56a/7C9A4616.jpg Maddy's Story - Meet Maddy Maddy came into this world on her own terms and she lived every single day the same way. Maddy was bright and funny, incredibly logical and some would say she was even a little stubborn. She was love and joy and single handedly made this world a better place. She loved art and dancing. She loved swimming and traveling and was the best road trip partner…even when she fell asleep almost immediately after we started driving! She loved pranks and jokes and wrote and illustrated her very own joke book! Maddy also had a true passion for cooking and she was constantly looking for new recipes to try. She was my best girl and my heart and soul is crushed that she is no longer here on this side of life. What I can say is this, she is living “her best life” in heaven, far better than anything she would have ever lived here. And while the ache in my heart doesn’t stop, there is some peace knowing we will hug again. When Maddy was six, she was diagnosed with Stage IV Diffused Anaplastic Wilms Tumors. Her survival rate was less than 30%. She underwent surgery where they removed her right kidney and a softball sized tumor that was growing on it. Additionally, she had several lesions in her lungs where the cancer had already started to spread. Her treatment plan was hard and grueling and she spent more time in the hospital than she did out of it. But after 41 weeks of chemo and several weeks of radiation, she rang her end of treatment bell with so much joy. She was in remission! We had beat the beast…or so we thought. We spent 33 months in remission and life started to feel normal again. Around the 2 year mark we felt like we had bridged the gap and we were going to be one of the lucky ones to make it without relapse. Until we weren’t. A few weeks after Maddy’s 10th birthday, we found out she had in fact, relapsed. And her left lung had several new tumors in it. After that, she spent the next 2 1/2 years fighting to back to remission. But that day never came. Those 2 1/2 years were filled with surgeries, procedures, chemos, hospitalizations, clinical trials, traveling to hospitals in other states, CPR to resuscitate her on an operating table, intubation multiple times and countless other things. But those years were also spent traveling, camping, shopping, cooking, cuddling, birthday parties, Christmas morning and million other amazing memories that I will never forget. I just wish we were still making those memories today. On November 12, 2020, at 12 years old, Maddy took her last breath. She was surrounded by so much love and our hearts will never be the same. The last words she said to me that evening were “I’m ready to go now mommy, I love you.” It was so hard to tell her it was ok to let go, but she had fought so hard for so long, she was more than ready to be fully healed and whole. And she deserved that more than anyone in the world. Our girl was so special and she has inspired thousands of people to live their life to the absolute fullest. She gave strength to those were weak, love to those who felt alone, and shined a light so bright and was a true beacon of hope. To learn more about Maddy’s journey and her fight with cancer, join the Mighty Maddy Facebook group. https://www.mightymaddy.com/our-vision daily 0.75 2021-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6186f4acc727250f483da263/8a218661-8efa-413c-93cf-0d50f46e05f3/7C9A6419.jpg Our Vision - Our Vision The vision of the Mighty Maddy Foundation is simple. We want to keep Maddy’s spirit and light alive and shining while bringing joy and love to others as they face incredibly hard battles. Our foundation helps local families lessen some of burden and weight when caring for a child with a life threatening illness. We have big plans on ways to give back to those in need but we can’t do it without you. Your donations are so important and make big impacts on the families we touch. As a mom who was graced by foundations just like ours during Maddy’s fight, every single cent matters. We were blessed beyond measure and now it is our turn to bless others. For the last 6 years, we have dedicated our hearts to generously giving back to local non-profits that are making big impacts in our communities. Unravel Pediatric Cancer is a non-profit that raises funds for pediatric cancer research. Maddy was incredibly passionate about this organization and she truly believed her cure was coming. It just didn’t come in time. We are so excited to be able to use the Mighty Maddy Foundation to continue to help support this amazing organization as well as families that are in need. Philanthropy After Maddy passed, I had an ache in my heart so deep it’s hard to put actual words to the pain. And there was so much empty space swirling in my head that used to be filled with medications, appointments, infusions, the list goes on. In the very early hours of one morning, I envisioned starting a business based on all of Maddy’s favorite things and share her spirit with others. Platters with Purpose was born out of that idea. We offer custom charcuterie boards, chocolate covered strawberries and a variety of baked goods. Everything is homemade and most importantly, a reflection of Maddy and what she loved. The most exciting part of our business is that a portion of every sale is donated to Unravel Pediatric Cancer. That’s how deeply we believe in their mission, our mission, and actively giving back. https://www.mightymaddy.com/donations daily 0.75 2022-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6186f4acc727250f483da263/aeb0bf25-3bfc-4a4b-a10c-4d2fa26fcf85/2L1A1679.jpg Donations https://www.mightymaddy.com/nominate daily 0.75 2022-03-30 https://www.mightymaddy.com/apply daily 0.75 2024-01-02 https://www.mightymaddy.com/events daily 0.75 2023-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6186f4acc727250f483da263/ac9936f9-51f1-4db6-bcec-0187f9bd3767/Farm+to+Table+FB+Cover.jpg Events