The event was an absolute knock out. We have a lunch (completely donated by friends of MMCCF), have some Christmas punch with a bit of spirits, and spend time with friends bidding against each other for fabulous gifts donated by each of our attendants. This year we had about 50 women in attendance and just had a blast! We had lots of gorgeous jewelry, Christmas decor, home decor, kitchen goodies, and a lot of others! It was seriously a fabulous and spectacular event.
Special shout out to our Auction Committee as they put so much effort into making this event perfect each year... Julie Holbert, Jan Feaster, Sheila Frye, and Aimee Larson. Thank you girls - you are beyond fabulous!
I want to share one of the coolest things that happened with our Holiday Auction this year. As Julie and Aimee were setting up for the auction the day before, Julie received a phone call from a women named Fredetta. Julie answers her phone to Fredetta's voice saying "Is this Meredith's Miracles Colon Cancer Foundation?" Julie replies "yes!" Julie and Fredetta proceed to converse for about 30 minutes including details about how Fredetta was diagnosed just shy of a year ago with stage 4 colon cancer and how she is in need of financial assistance. You ready for the amazing part? Fredetta lives 10 minutes away from where the auction was and she decided that she would come tell her story for the first time at the auction in front of a crowd of women she had never met. The best part is that she did! Fredetta was absolutely amazing. She was real. She was honest. There was not a dry eye in the room. Fredetta had just told her family, two weeks prior, that she was ready to start sharing her story... she sure started it off with a bang!
We were so blessed by Fredetta coming to share her story because it allowed the women at the Auction to put a real face and a real true story of our colon cancer patients. Fredetta got these women into the giving spirit by just telling about how it is living with a colon cancer diagnosis, going to treatments, and the financial burdens of it all. [We will share Fredetta's story with y'all soon!]
These Texas women GAVE y'all. They gave!
They donated $17,080 this year.
My word. Hence, why our entire board was floored. We will be able to help SO many young colon cancer patients with their incredible generosity. Just as the donations are coming in... the grant applications are flowing in by the bunches. I mean bunches. We are working on over a dozen applications at the moment. We are seeing large needs as we wrap up this year and believe that they will continue to grow.
Thank you all for your support, thoughts, and prayers.
Lindsay Frye
MMCCF Board Member
Auction Committee Member
PS. Don't forget about Giving Tuesday (December 3rd, the Tuesday following Thanksgiving). Please consider participating with us in Giving Tuesday and donate to help our young colon cancer patients. Any amount of gift will help the financial burdens of our grant recipients. We thank you in advance!
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