HEIDI’S STORY
After thirty years as a monastic, my sister, Heidi, left the
cloistered life to spread her wings in a world of paychecks and credit
cards. At that time, she was fifty-one
years old, with no savings, nor had she been able to contribute to Social
Security during her monastic years. At age sixty, she was diagnosed
with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which is often terminal for adults. After three years of treatment, including
chemotherapy, radiation to her spine and brain and various alternative
therapies, she is at a place her doctors never expected her to be: cancer free
(remission) but not cured. The only
potential cure is a bone marrow transplant.
Getting to this place is a testament to
Heidi's indomitable spirit. Her survivor's blog
(heidishollidayhealing.blogspot.com) is peppered with the profoundly personal
insights of her journey into illness. She is a creative force, using her love
of life and spirit to paint uplifting art. (www.artisansoflight.com). Unlike most of us,
her thirty years as a monastic didn't allow her to earn and save, and, due to
extreme fatigue and chronic pain, she is not able to work outside of her
occasional bursts of inspiration for her incredible artwork. Heidi finds herself in great need of financial help to fund the
transplant, which is only partially covered by her insurance.
Fortunately, a donor has been found and
the transplant has been scheduled for mid-January, 2014. However, because of the extraordinary
expenses related to a bone marrow transplant, Heidi needs your help. The costs
of insurance co-pays, medications, and other uninsured expenses are more than
she can currently bear. It is only through fundraising that we have any hope of
continuing her beautiful life and that is why I am writing to you.
To help with Heidi’s
uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in her honor has been established
with HelpHOPELive, a nonprofit organization that has been helping the
transplant community for 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible, are held
by HelpHOPELive in the Southwest Bone Marrow Transplant Fund, and are
administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant expenses only. If you are able and
would like to make an end-of-year tax-deductible donation:
For credit card
contributions, please call 800.642.8399 or visit helphopelive.org and
enter Heidi Hall in the “Find a
Patient” box on the home page, or:
Make checks payable to: HelpHOPELive
Note in memo section: In
honor of Heidi Hall
Please send to: HelpHOPELive
2 Radnor Corporate Center
100 Matsonford Road, Suite 100
Radnor, PA 19087
Your prayers and
contributions are greatly appreciated and will help Heidi through this
challenging journey.
Gratefully yours,
Greg Hall (Heidi’s
brother)
Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent
allowed by the law. This campaign is administered by HelpHOPELive, a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit providing fundraising assistance to transplant and catastrophic
injury patients. Information: 800.642.8399
