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What to pack in your chemo bag: Adult Edition

As part of Jenn's 3-year cancer-free anniversary, the Move for Jenn Foundation decided to issue three grants. Due to the pandemic, the first two recipients received their prosthetics virtually.  But on Wednesday, Andrews pulled off an in-person surprise. The recipient was Staci Vredeveld.

That's right, our co-founder, Miles Andrews, has minted our first NFT (non-fungible token) on the cryptocurrency blockchain, as an effort to raise funds for our upcoming grant recipients!  This NFT, called the "First Fifteen" highlights the first 15 recipients who received grants for active-wear prosthetics.

A letter to my old self, knowing what I know now.  Things I wish I could have told myself on 3/12/18.

At Move For Jenn, our team lives by the words "stronger together." This February, we want to ask our community to MOVE to IMPACT and donate blood! Let us pledge to donate TOGETHER!

The Live Like Madison Foundation, Isabella Santos Foundation and Move For Jenn Foundation have joined forces to honor Madison Fedak who lost her life to osteosarcoma at the age of 7 on Dec. 21, 2019. All three organizations are teaming up to fund a $250,000 childhood cancer clinical trial out of Nationwide Children’s in Ohio focused on creating a new way of treating kids fighting relapsed sarcomas.

We are kicking off 2021 by writing our LARGEST check yet for $25,000 to help support sarcoma cancer research (Nationwide Children's clinical TINKS Trial) with two other incredible nonprofits.  Thank you for helping one of our dreams come true.  We get to be a small piece of helping to find a cure.  If you have made a donation, attended an event, purchased a shirt, shared a post, thank you.

"When it affects somebody else’s life — can save somebody’s life, that makes all of this process worth it," Jenn Andrews said.

When I was first diagnosed the doctors thought it was either melanoma or clear cell sarcoma. After additional testing the results confirmed that I had clear cell sarcoma. But I am getting ahead of myself, this is how my sarcoma story started.

I was diagnosed in June 2014, but it all started that April. I woke up with a sore chest and midline after a rigorous personal training session the night before. Looking back the only pre-symptom I had was a sharp unusual pain when I sneezed or coughed. I went to my general practitioner who sent me to get an abdominal ultrasound.

If you are reading this, sarcoma has impacted your life in some capacity. I wish it were under different circumstances, but through this twist of fate we are all connected. So, I’m going to be as transparently honest as possible with you all, because if this experience taught me anything, it’s how to be vulnerable. I’ll start by telling you a bit about my mom.

West Elm Greensboro and Jodie Brim Photography partnered together to throw a memorable "Brunch and Bubbly" event to honor local women and their achievements.  All of the proceeds, ticket sales and raffle funding raised was donated to the Move for Jenn Foundation.