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After losing two children to infant leukemia, and living with the very real threat that her third and only remaining child could develop the same disease, Erin had a dream. She dreamed that she could launch an organization to help other young mothers who face battles with chronically or terminally ill children. Erin was determined to turn the pain and grief of her own loss into genuine love and hope for other families who are walking the same path that Erin has walked twice.
Erin and Jeff have been emotionally and financially devastated by the events of the past three years, but that has not stopped them. Recently, a fundraiser to benefit Erin and Jeff’s wish to renovate her grandmother’s farmhouse generated a few thousand dollars that was desperately needed. When Erin heard the story of Gavin Owens, she simply turned her attention toward that crisis and directed funds to help another family in need. That is where Erin’s heart is – helping other mother’s like herself.
Erin still has the wish to make a farmhouse in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania into the center for her Erin’s Dream foundation to help struggling families. In the mean time, in addition to her wish, she is chasing a dream that includes helping people like the Owens family. “I know what it is like to squeeze a lifetime of love and care that you have in your heart, into a few weeks or months with a terminally ill child” said Erin. “As long as I have life in me, any other mother who needs a hand with a chronically or terminally ill child will be the beneficiary of the Erin’s Dream foundation.”
Your support of Erin’s Dream will not only help Erin build a center for her Dream Foundation, it will touch the lives of other people just like Erin and the Owens Family.
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