India Johnson was nominated by her mother, Linda Adamson, who was diagnosed in 2015 with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. India lives with and cares for Linda as well as her own young daughter, and also works full-time at the University of Maryland Hospital. Linda and CaringOn surprised India at work with a gift of …
At this week’s happy hour event, CaringOn honored a well-deserving woman who exemplifies our mission. Jessica Fox is a Nurse Navigator/Social Worker at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital whose work focuses on cancer patients there. Her role has been to provide the emotional and psychological support for the patients and their caregiver as they deal with …
This week, CaringOn held a fundraising event at a Baltimore restaurant, La Cuchara. The happy hour was a fantastic time for all involved and allowed us to honor a hard-working nurse navigator while also raising money to reward caregivers in the future. Monetary goals were EXCEEDED before long as a result of many raffle ticket …
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Jillian Gillece was nominated by the nurses at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital for taking care of her father, the late James Gillece, who was treated there for advanced colon cancer. Jillian is a social worker who tirelessly gave of her time to take care of her father and support him through his illness. They thought …
Susan and Lee of CaringOn gave a gift of 4 Ravens football tickets to caregiver Tara Mack at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital on Thursday in the oncology infusion suite with her mother, Geraldine Jenkins, a stage four uterine cancer patient, cheering beside her. By the way, Tara is a New York Giants fan but rooted …
Ellezzie Simpson is a mother of eight children in Baltimore. Two of her children are very ill and Ellezzie goes back and forth between them, taking care of them, and working a fulltime job. Her daughter, Crystal Carrington, has advanced cancer and is in the middle of aggressive chemotherapy. Crystal surprised her mother Ellezzie with …
This gift was given to Dan by his wife Kristen who was undergoing heavy chemo treatments last spring. Dan is a Baltimore County Police Officer and enjoyed a manly day at a spa with lunch. Sadly, Kristen lost her battle to Stage 4 cancer shortly afterwards. She was and is always loved by those that …
Bud with his tag team Caregivers, Leah, his daughter, and Pat, his wife. Bud passed away after fighting a Stage IV cancer diagnosis. Because of his love for his family, he was able to stay positive throughout his illness. Pictured here months before his passing, Bud celebrated giving a CaringOn gift to his wife and …
Susan Rodgers, stage 4 cancer patient, not shown here, gave the gift of Refresh, Renew, Recharge, to her husband, Mike (in center), and his tag team helpers. A limo picked the guys up for dinner and a movie downtown. Susan was very thankful to see Mike have a night out with the boys while she …
Julie, nominated her mother, Sheila, who works full time, while still caring for her husband Hugh. Hugh, who has advanced cancer, surprised his daughter and wife to a day of spa treatments and lunch. After enjoying her spa and lunch day with her daughter, Sheila said: “I truly did not know how much I needed …
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