Shawn Belanger

First of all, I want to thank everyone who went out of their way to send me Christmas donations for Faith Bacon and her son!I will take pictures of the family when I drop off the gifts! Also, I wanted to post the letters from Shawn Belanger's family. Shawn is a 20 year old male with a rare form of rhabdomyosarcoma. He is currently receiving treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC. He is expected to undergo treatment for approximately a year. Please check the website in the next few days for a picture of Shawn(djdfighton.org)! Thanks again for all your support and I hope everyone has a beautiful and very Merry Christmas!

Letter from Shawn's parents:

Thank you for your generous donation to Friends of Shawn Belanger. As Shawn continues in this fight of his life, your financial help allows him to continue with the very best treatment at Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Center and helps our family manage the incredible costs involved. To you and all the supporters of Derrick's Foundation, we humbly thank you for your donation.

-Martha Ferris and Richard Belanger


Letter from Shawn's Aunt:

Thanks to you and the DJD Fight On Foundation for considering Shawn and helping him so generously with your donation. It seems indcredibly unfair that those burdened by this disease have to even think of the financial crisis it creates. Shawn's extended family and friends have made it our mission to help ease this burden, and donations like yours make a huge difference! I read through your website and was moved by Derrick's life and the great mission you have taken on because of it. God Bless you and all the supporters of DJD.

Many. many thanks,
Nancy Stiner Cometti

Please keep all our families in your prayers, especially those who are currently undergoing treatment. Also, Balke Laurelli a previous family just underwent a bone marrow transplant this week. Let's pray for a speedy recovery! Also, a Happy Birthday to Matt Lauffer ( a previous family we helped), he is 2+ years cancer free! Thanks again!