Due to the generosity of our dedicated Smiles For Sophie Forever supporters, we began fulfilling our mission in late 2008. To date, we have awarded $31,000 in family grants, $5,000 to St Jude, and $10,000 to The Cure Starts Now - to be used directly towards funding a research study on DIPG tumor samples.

As always, we could not continue to help families nor help fund research to find a cure without your help, so we thank you.

Please take a few moments to see who we have helped.

May 21, 2009: $1,000 grant to Brian Davis
9-year-old with pseudomeningo meningioblastoma

May 20, 2009: $1,000 grant to Dwight Lee Horns
7-year-old with DIPG

May 20, 2009: $3,000 (first, second, third) grant to Zachary Talley
7-year-old with DIPG
www.caringbridge.org/visit/zactalley

May 20, 2009: $1,000 grant to Alexis Gina Agin
3-year-old with DIPG

May 20, 2009: $1500 (second) grant to Andrew Cruise IV
2-year-old with grade II astrocytoma www.caringbridge.org/visit/andrewcruise

May 20, 2009: $1,000 grant to Laisha Allyiah Roman
3-year-old with DIPG http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/laishaallyiahroman

May 20, 2009: $1,000 grant to Elizabeth Kulikowski
3-year-old with DIPG

May 20, 2009: $1,000 grant to Dewon Montgomery
3-year-old with malignant neoplasm pineal gland (PNET)

May 4, 2009: $1,000 grant to Kyle Lee Bratcher
7-year-old with high grade aggressive glioma

May 4, 2009: $1,000 grant to Logan Matthew Irvin
6-year-old with craniophyaringioma

April 17, 2009: $1,000 grant to Sydney Creel
7-year-old with a lower brainstem/upper cervical cord tumor

April 17, 2009: $1,000 grant to Bridget Alleen Mealor
5-year-old with an optical pathway glioma

April 3, 2009: $1,000 grant to Asiyyah I'sha Moore
7-year-old with DIPG who passed away in Jan 09

April 3, 2009: $1,500 (second) grant to Monisha Prasad
12-year-old with DIPG

March 26, 2009: $1,500 (second) grant to Delaney Starcher
4-year-old with DIPG

March 9, 2009: $1000 grant to a 12-year-old boy with DIPG

March 7, 2009: $10,000 grant to The Cure Starts Now to be used specifically for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s NBTP02: Comprehensive Molecular Analysis of Tumor Samples Derived from Patients with Diffused Brainstem Glioma – A Pilot Study (check presented to Brooke and Keith Desserich by Emily and Marc Quayle at The Cure Starts Now Gala)www.thecurestartsnow.org

February 19, 2009: $500 grant to Monisha Prasad
12-year-old with DIPG

February 19, 2009: $500 grant to Andrew Smith
7-year-old with DIPG www.caringbridge.org/visit/aws

January 21, 2009: $500 grant to Andrew Cruise IV
2-year-old with grade II astrocytoma www.caringbridge.org/visit/andrewcruise

January 12, 2009: $500 grant to Delaney Starcher
4-year-old with DIPG
www.caringbridge.org/visit/delaneystarcher

December 6, 2008: $5000 donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (presented by Emily Quayle in support of the St Jude Marathon Weekend) www.stjude.org