GRATITUDE…..Such a simple word which has such a powerful emotion attached to it. It is a word I carry with me everyday since having the amazing opportunity of being involved in the Twelve Days of Christmas Program sponsored by Cal’s All-Star Angel Foundation to drop off presents to an amazing little boy Gustavo Carlos and ...
My family and I had a very enjoyable time meeting 17 year old Aidee who is battling Stage 3A Lymphoma. She recently relapsed and was getting ready for a stem cell transplant which began last Tuesday. We did not know what to expect as we knew she was fighting cancer. We got to meet Aidee and her father Angel ...
Twelve Days of Christmas Program in Action for 8 Year Old Shamaria and Her Sisters. Roger and Susan along with their son Zach are one of our Twelve Days volunteer families and here’s what they had to say about meeting 8 year old Shamaria (in the background of the picture at the right and the pink sweater below) and her ...
The Twelve Days of Christmas Program in Action. I hope to visit this family again and if you ever get the chance to do something like this, anything like this, do it! You will not regret it; you will have a very enjoyable time, meet great people and be able to have the satisfaction of ...
Hopp Accounting & Tax Service recently supported Cal’s All-Star Angel Foundation’s “Fund A Wish” program by donating $750 at the Annual Dinner, Auction & Golf Event earlier this year. The result was a shopping spree at Best Buy for a 10 year old girl who has been battling leukemia for over a year. Don Hopp and Bertha ...
One of our families that granted a full wish at the golf outing this year took advantage of handling the wish with the recipient family from start to finish. The parents had their daughters write down some of their thoughts regarding their visit with Sabrina and her mom a couple weekends ago and if you’re ...
Earlier this year Dominic lost his battle with lymphoma at the much too young age of 8. In order to help his mom, dad and brother get away from it all and do something fun we sent them on an awesome trip to The Grand Geneva Resort. While the loss of a child is never ...
On October 10, 2011 while Tom Sutter was at the Cal’s All Star Angel tent cheering on our 40 runners during the Chicago Marathon. Stacey texted Tom to see if he was up to handling a wish on the way home and, of course, he could not say no neither could our board member Taksina Davis and her husband John. Long ...
Cal’s Angels and the Blackhawks Make a Wish Come True Cal Angels came through in a big way when Jacob’s wish was to go to a Chicago Blackhawks game with his family and meet his favorite player Jonathan Towes – a big THANK YOU goes out to Kayla Kindred and the rest of the Blackhawks ...
Victorino Huertero is a 20 year old battling AML for over 3 years and has been living at the Ronald McDonald House waiting for his Stem Cell Transplant. He wanted a laptop to stay connected with his friends and to pass time playing games. Cal’s Angels fulfilled his wish and brought him his laptop while ...