The Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer foundation is dedicated to "treating families to WOW! Experiences, giving children who will lose their Mom of Dad to cancer a timeout to creat indispensable memories as a family...while they can." Founder of JAJF Jon Albert lost his wife, Jill, to Stage IV breast cancer. During her illness, Jill and Jon realized the toll that cancer was taking on their children and their family as a whole. They decided to make their last experiences as a family as positive and memory-making as possible. After Jill's passing, Jon was inspired to share his family's experience with others, creating a foundation to make beautiful memories for other families dealing with Stage IV cancer.
Hurry Up and Live! was founded by Nashvillian Karen Dobbs after the loss of her husband, Chip, to cancer. She, like Jon, recognized the toll that such an illness had on herself and her daughters. She vowed to "hurry up and live"--to live and enjoy each day to its fullest, since we don't know what life has in store. Amazingly, she and Jon were introduced and shared their experiences. After sharing her mantra of "hurry up and live!", she and Jon were inspired to join forces. Hurry Up and Live! now has a line of lifestyle tee shirts to encourage us all to follow that wise advice. Happily, Karen and Jon decided to hurry up and live...together! They were married last fall.
Join us at the Cotton Mill on June 14th for the launch of special Hurry Up and Live! tees shirts! All proceeds go to benefit Jack and Jill.
Thank you to our sponsors NFocus and Allegra Printing. Also, a very special thank you to Cynthia Kelley of Cynthia Kelley Communications, will be donating her time for all Publicity, Marketing and Event Management for the event.
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