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August, 2008 Home Run Wish
Russell Witek of Geneva, IL received his Cal’s Angels wish. He wanted to visit Wrigley Field for a Cubs game. Russell, his parents Brian and Karen, his brother and his youth pastor were able to be on the field before the game where Russell was presented with a signed Kerry Wood baseball. They enjoyed the game ...
July 2008 Grandparents raising a child with cancer
The Foundation has paid at a portion of a family’s mortgage this past month. A three year old fighting leukemia who has been legally adopted by his grandparents along with his 1 year old brother because mom and dad have been incarcerated. Grandma recently had a heart attack and a quadruple bypass so she is ...
July 2008 University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital
Cal’s All-Star Angel Foundation made a special delivery to the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital. Cal’s favorite nurse, Rich, was on duty when the Sutter family arrived with the items. It was a special moment for them to see him again. University of Minnesota Medical Center Children’s Hospital where Cal was a patient for over ...
May 2008 Scholarship Winners
Cal’s Angels College Scholarship Program (CACSP) just announced our first scholarship winners. The main goal is to award the scholarships to young men who exemplify the same qualities as Cal did during his short lifetime
June 2008 A Family in Need
During the process of granting a wish for a 10 year old girl with leukemia she suddenly passed away leaving her family devastated and distraught. Rather than having them worry about working to pay their $500 monthly rent, the Foundation contacted their landlord and covered their rent for May and purchased a $250 Target Gift ...
Car and Utility Payments
We made a car payment for a family who was falling behind in their bills and for another we are looking to cover their Nicor bill which was past due over $700. The financial stress was clearly event in both families whose primary focus is now their children battling cancer.
Travel Expenses
A lower income family has to travel several times a week from Carpentersville to Children’s Memorial in Chicago – the amount of money they spend on gas is making it difficult to cover the cost of other items such as utilities and clothing. Cal’s All-Star Angel Foundation purchased $750 in gas gift cards for their use ...
Children’s Memorial Hospital
While in remission after his battle with leukemia, Russell developed a brain tumor and is now being treated as an outpatient at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Before we were even able to grant his own wish, he sent us an e-mail through his mom letting us know that the Wii games they have in ...
March 2008 Sluggers Wish
Yeferson Sarmiento, 12, has battled Leukemia for 5 years. His wish was to take his siblings and parents to Great America because he had never been there. He was not able to go due to weather so we hope to finish his wish some time soon. They also received a $100 gift card to Walgreens ...
September 2007 Taylor’s Special Wish
Taylor Baum’s wish was to go to Build a Bear and the Rainforest Cafe with some girlfriends on September 16. She also wanted to see Blue Man Group which was scheduled for a later date with 7 family members and was too sick to attend. She passed on Nov. 13, 2007 also from AML and ...
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