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Lexi Wasserman

Dear Friends,

On March 11, 2002, my four year-old daughter Lexie was diagnosed with Leukemia. Although the survival rate is between 70% and 90% after three years of intensive chemotherapy treatment, the emotional turmoil that children with cancer and their families experience can be overwhelming.

In dealing with Lexie’s illness, I have been introduced to an amazing organization called The Tomorrow Fund, which was founded in 1985 by a group of physicians, teachers, child development experts and parents who recognized the need for financial and emotional support for children with cancer and their families.

I have never been more impressed with a group of individuals in my life.

The doctors, nurses, child life specialists, volunteers, and “play ladies” have made us feel like we have a second home at the Tomorrow Fund Clinic, which is located at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence. The Clinic is like a play land for children. Every professional working there knows every child and parent by name. A Social Worker specializing in childhood cancer is assigned to you from the first day of admittance and is always around for support. Children are playing games, Nintendo, doing arts and crafts, and most importantly learning to deal with the illness that has brought them there.

Since Lexie was introduced to the Clinic, she has been on a sailing expedition to Newport, attended picnics, received a plethora of stuffed animals, and attended a special summer camp for Tomorrow Fund Kids. As parents, we have been given parking cards for the next three years of treatment, food money for our overnight stays at the hospital, and we belong to a wonderful support group for parents.

The interesting thing is that these are not offerings that we ask for. I remember speaking to one of the Social Workers who was handing me an envelope of “food money” during one of our stays in the hospital. I was stunned and surprised. Everything is sponsored by The Tomorrow Fund.

On behalf of my daughter Lexie, my family, and all of The Tomorrow Fund Kids and their families, thank you for helping some amazingly brave kids.

Best Regards,

Scott Wasserman
Lexie’s Dad

We’ve been helping children with cancer for 20 years!

There is a child with cancer in every city and town in RI and nearby MA who is being helped by The Tomorrow Fund.

Last year, children with cancer spent more than 2,500 nights in Hasbro Children’s Hospital.

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