On December 14, 2017 it marked a year since my mother, Glendra Raymond, passed so we decided to use this day to honor her memory by donating Chemo Care Bags to the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. It was so hard and yes I cried the entire time but my family was there with me as usual to help me get through it. The patients were so grateful as well as the staff everyone was very impressed with the quality of the materials we donated. This concept came to me on my mother’s birthday in July 2017 and everything really just came together so easily, within two days we had a name, logo, website, and clinic to donate to; it was just validation that this was something I needed to do.
I would like to extend a special thank you to the individuals that helped make this a reality: my husband Sulaiman Salaam, Jr., my sons Sulaiman Salaam, III, Shakiel Salaam, and Jalil Salaam, my daughters Shakelah Salaam and Jasmine Woods, my granddaughter Sanaa Salaam (for the inspiration to know I am still able to dream), my siblings LaDonna Bowles, Arnold Haywood II, and Benndra Simington (man y’all already know), my bestfriends/adopted sisters Starr Greer and Hallalah Hasam, my friend Sheri Jackson, and my Instagram family Emily Savidge and Annette Montanaro. I really couldn’t have accomplished this without you all. Also, thank you mommy, Glendra Raymond, for being the example you were and inspiring us to help others especially in their time of need.
After I posted video and pictures of the donation I had a couple more people reach out to me stating they wanted to help with next years donation so I am already super excited. My plan is to set a goal to give more Chemo Care Bags away next year, first to Children’s Mercy Hopsital on July 31, 2018 and then to increase our December 14, 2018 donation to the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute, hoping to increase from 10 bags to 50 bags. I know that it is a large goal but I think it is still a reasonable goal. God willing with all the help we received this year we will reach this goal. God bless you all!
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