Crafts 4 Hope Community Blog

We were able to raise $50.00 and that is a good thing. This does not include our supporters are helping in other ways by crocheting hats for the NICU, quilting baby blankets and donating baby items for Cornerstone's Thift Store. Cornerstone passes out baby bottles each year from Mother's Day to Father's Day. Your support bought tears to my eyes because Crafts 4 Hope has been invited to attend the Gala October 16th, 2025 and I will be sure to make it known how much I appreciate our supporters - thank you! To learn more about the mission of Cornerstone, please watch this short video:

July 19th 2025, I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Everything is going to be fine. I am going to come out the otherside in one piece as the cancer is a grade 2 stage 1a, but goodness, is it a journey. When I first found out, I was devasted. But I have since reached out to 5 local churches in the area for prayer and I have a wonderful friend who is a Breast Cancer survivor who takes me to all of my cancer related appointments. I have also reached out to a Social Worker, a Mental Health Expert and a Registered Dietician to help guide me through my cancer journey. Sometimes I cry and sometimes I laugh to help me cope but I always pray and I am grateful for all the help along the way. When life gives you lemons , I have to make lemonade! So, to this end, I made 18 cards and presented them to the Frank and Edith Scarpa Reginal Cancer Pavillion , pictured above, where I am being treated and I also started a youtube to document my journey: @MyBreastCancerJourney2025 They were thorouhly a...