Good news and updates on upcoming events

Last night was a great "test run" for the foundation. After recieving news of a family in a similar situation to what Michelle's family dealt with, we were able to visit a family in need yesterday at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital. From donations made at the time of Michelle's death, we were able to give that money to this family to help with whatever needs they have. It was a great experience for the family and a tremendous experience for us to be able to do it. We look forward to many opportunities in the future to do similar things. I have removed the names of the family to respect their privacy but I have copied and pasted the letter written from us to the family.

I know that you don’t know us but your family’s story holds so many similarities to what our family has been through that we could not ignore it. (name withheld) emailed us and let us know of what you have all been through. My wife, Michelle, suffered through desmoplastic melanoma, a rare form of melanoma for three years. She went through 8 surgeries, radiation, IL2 treatments, and chemo before finally succumbing to the disease in May 2009. Her struggle is outlined in her blog www.bancroftmichelle.blogspot.com. At one point, prior to the counter being reset on the blog there were over 70,000 views. Her story meant so much to so many and it amazes us to see what impact one person can have on so many.
We have worked tirelessly on establishing a foundation in her name, The Michelle Bancroft Cancer Foundation and along with it the Michelle Bancroft Fund www.bancroftfund.blogspot.com. The money raised is to be used to assist families dealing with similar situations to what your family and ours have had to endure. Although the finishing touches have not been put in place, we were able to raise this money through donations by many family and friends after Michelle’s passing in May. We consider this money sacred and are very grateful to be able to give it to you.
(name withheld), your courage has really touched our family over the last couple of days. We are so grateful to be able to help you in some way. Please know that you are in our prayers and we will continue to do what we can to help you throughout this ordeal. We are continuing to do all that we can to make more resources available to you and your family and hopefully in time we will be able to do more to help you.
This money is for you to do with as you see fit. We hope this will help you in making this a very memorable Christmas and hopefully, if even for one day, your family can forget about this disease and create memories together to last forever. May God bless all four of you. Your courage is an inspiration to so many, may this Christmas season be one that you will carry in your hearts always.

Like I said, we were very excited to have the opportunity to do this. We are still wrapping up what needs done to make the foundation official. Some of the things we need to start planning in a website, setting up donation links and fundraisers, etc. If anyone has ideas or resources that would help us, please contact us and let us know. bancroftfund@gmail.com

Once a website is created and we can show proof of the legitimacy of the foundation, we are hoping that this will really take off.