CaringOn is sad to announce the passing of Jennifer Polt, who nominated her husband Rich and her sons Samuel and Ethan for two caregiver gifts from CaringOn to thank them for taking care of her during her eight year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Her journey was an inspirational one. In 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed

Amanda Raymond, a breast cancer survivor, wanted to thank her husband Tom for taking care of their 13-year-old daughter while she was receiving treatment three hours away. She turned to CaringOn to arrange great seats at Fenway Park in Boston so Tom could see his favorite team, the Boston Red Sox, try to break their

Jennifer Polt, a CaringOn alumni, who gave a gift to her husband Rich and her two sons in 2019 after she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, nominated them again when her health took a turn for the worse recently. Rich had to quit his job in order to care for her full time. She

In March 2025, Debra Hill moved her sick brother Tom Collins from Iowa to Maryland to carefor him. Once living with Debra, Tom was diagnosed with cancer of the tongue. Deb drove him to cancer treatments at the hospital, managed his medications, and fed him through a feeding tube. Her compassion and advocacy are why

Margo Skenandore wanted to thank her daughter Calissa Powless and her boyfriend and Calissa’s father James for taking such good care of her after her mastectomy and chemotherapy for breast cancer.  Calissa took time off from going to college to take care of her mother and both continue to help her through rough days with three

Sherry Higginbotham has been undergoing treatment at Hopkins for stage 4 brain cancer.  She is an optometrist and cannot work because of surgery and chemo and radiation. Along with her mother, her husband Curtis Grieveson has been her rock since her diagnosis in January 2025 as have her two children, Hillary and John, who are