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Patrick Lynch

My name is Patrick Lynch and I was diagnosed with leukemia when I was 15 years old.

When you are in your early teens, every aspect of your life (at least in your mind) is crucial to your existence – how you think, dress, talk, walk, and act. Once I was diagnosed with cancer all that changed. No longer could I go to a dance on a Friday night, get ready for a big track meet, worry about my grades, or even think about girls. Instead, I was suddenly gaining weight from some strange new medication, losing my hair to chemotherapy, and slowly watching my skin turn bizarre new colors. Friends disappeared from my life, and instead of worrying about what to do on the weekend, I worried about what chemo I would get next.

When the teens in clinic decided that we wanted to meet and talk about things that other kids couldn’t understand, The Tomorrow Fund made it happen. Now, “The Tomorrow Fund Teens” have become a permanent part of the clinic’s programs. Our monthly meetings with the clinic’s social worker give us the opportunity to discuss whatever is on our minds, to look for answers, to find friendship and hope. We offer each other support through thick and thin – the kind of support you can only get from others who truly understand because they are in the same situation.

The teen group is a great thing for all of us, and it would not have been possible without the generosity of people like you. Please support The Tomorrow Fund.

On behalf of the kids in the clinic, thank you. We are the proof that you make a difference.

Sincerely,
Patrick Lynch

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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