TEAM EVELYNN: Help Her Fight Cancer

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE 4/12/2024

Evelynn's scan came back clean. Port out next month and scan in 3 more months!!!! The news could not be better!

TEAM EVELYNN UPADTE 3/23/2024

Evelynn's hair is coming back in and she does love a good box! Here she is today! Thanks to all who are continuing to pray for her and her family.

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE - 2/17/2024

Chemo treatments are done for now and while she has experienced some issues with fever, all seems well right now.

The Thirsty Moose Pub and Grub's outreach for her raised $2800.10. Yep. Once again our amazing community shows their love and support!

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE 1/21/24

Humbled. Grateful. The event in Cranberry Lake raised $14,000. The event today in Massena raised $19,000. That, plus this Go Fund Me, lets this beautiful family have one big worry lifted from their shoulders. I really don't have words to thank you all who gave, shared the effort, and prayed. You can keep praying - they need that. Together we made some magic. Thank you.

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE 1/17/24

We are less than $500 away from our $20,000 Go Fund Me goal. If you wanted to be part of putting us over our goal, today is your day! Please make a gift - and if you can't or already have - please share this post. We can do this! We almost have!

Evelynn is in the hospital again for her week long chemo iv treatment. Her mom, Roxy, and her grandma, June, are there holding her sweet hands and helping encourage smiles through the treatment period. Please pray for all of them.

Team Evelynn Update - 1/16/24

The picture above is Evelynn watching MOANA for the fourth time.... she'll be headed back for more chemo treatment soon. She's a tough young girl and her family is surrounding her with love. The event in Cranberry Lake raised over $14,000. The family is overwhelmed with all the community love and so grateful. Thank you for donating, praying and sharing their story. The last thing they need to worry about is money and all of us, together, are helping to relieve that piece of their journey.

Team Evelynn Update 1/9/24

Evelynn visited her oncologist today and her numbers are all good! She heads back for round four of chemo next week. We went over $15,000.... thanks to everyone who has donated and shared her story. Please continue to pray and help her out by sharing her story. Thanks!

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE 1/8/2024

We are just $185 away from $15,000. We've been on this help Evelynn journey for less than a month - and - we are already just shy of $15,000.

This community is amazing. If you’ve been meaning to make a gift, please stop now and take a minute and make a gift. You can help put us at $15,000 - the upcoming events will hopefully put us over our goal. Be part of the momentum.

Don’t forget to share this post on your Facebook page — invite more loving generous people to join us.

TEAM UPDATE 1/5/2024

We know that Evelynn and her family need all the support they can get. Some busy friends have been working hard to put together an Italian Dinner with prizes at the Cranberry Lake Fire Department on January 13 at 4. All proceeds go directly to the family. Karen Soltau, Majonica Drake, Denise Barstow, Sandy Griffin, and Jodie Soltau have been busy collecting some awesome prizes -- we KNOW you'll want to bid and have a great meal. We can all show some love to the family by attending.

ITALIAN DINNER FUNDRAISER FOR EVELYNN

2 Year old Evelynn is in the midst of aggressive chemotherapy. Evelynn’s mother is running out of family medical leave. She is the youngest Granddaughter of June & Scott McWharf, long time Clifton-Fine community contributors who are always there for us…

NOW WE NEED TO BE HERE FOR THEM!!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13th

4:00-9:00 PM

CRANBERRY LAKE FIRE HALL

ITALIAN DINNER $12.00

Soft Drinks Provided - BYOB

PRIZES GALORE!!

BAKE SALE!!

PLEASE BRING ALL YOUR CHANGE!

LET'S FILL THE BUCKET!

SILENT AUCTION AVAILABLE LIVE ON CLVFD FACEBOOK PAGE!!

POST OR PRIVATE MESSAGE YOUR BID on 1/13!!

Team Evelynn Update 1/3/24

Evelyn is home and her numbers were really good at the drs today. Everyone is smiling for the first time in a very long time. We thank you all for your support, prayers, love and shares of her story.

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE 1/2/24

You can do your first good deed of 2024!

If you’ve already done one, good for you!

We are almost at $14,000 to help nineteen month old Evelynn and her family fight this aggressive cancer. June and Scott McWharf are her grandparents.

The expenses related to her care are quite overwhelming — from the cost of simply getting to the oncologist and being with her for the five days of treatment every three weeks, to her mom’s lost salary, to the unexpected need for car repairs. It all adds up very very fast - and- the last thing we want for them is to worry about money. They have enough to agonize over.

Please consider making a donation to help them. Join this amazing list of loving people.

If you can’t donate, please pray and share this post. Sharing helps reach more people with Evelynn’s story and does bring in more donations.

Thank you to everyone who has made a donation (kind people below), prayed and shared her story.

Eugene Lashway

Christine Strong

Patricia Brabaw

Anonymous

Karli Clark

Julie Haas

Clifton Fine Junior Firefighters

Wonderful Random Person at Laneville's

Lovely Random Woman at Dollar General

Wesley Birchenough

Tim and Sandy O'Hara

Kay M. Dimon

Anonymous

Massena Volunteer Emergency Unit

Jessica Heck

Makiah Moniere

Alan and Maria Ringlund

Russell Strait

Pam Johnson

Becky Love

Roxanne's Girls From Work

Mike and Donna Gnip

Jeff Dubis

Roger and Debby Folsom

Chuck and Mary Hooven

Dr Gupta

Janice Salamacha

Salvatore DiCiaccio

Thomas Wensley

Irina Smith

Kelli Curran

Vanessa Vaverchak

Dale Grant

Caitlin Goolden

Sharon and Keith Goode

Tom and Cathy Popham

Anne Pickering

Don and Cindy Lashomb

Cranberry Lake Fire Auxiliary

June's Office Family

Nan Clark

Mr and Mrs Tom Liberty

Sonja Boyce

Susie Warren

Chris Liberty

Cherish McGowan

Anonymous

James King

Joan Foster

Anne Ward

Karen Simpson and Art Mech

Anonymous

Anonymous

Daniel A Ver

Barbara Badlam

Anonymous

Kathleen Karpus

Halsey Bagg

Leslie and Dana Hall

Thomas French

Denise & Bob Barstow

Amanda Gilbride

James LaValley

Cathy Brody

Emma Hitchman

Nicholas Shank

Julie Fogden

Anonymous

James Savage

Leslie Rutkowski

Michele Hall

Jeannette Kiser

Nancy Petrosino

Thomas R Sauter

Anonymous

Rachel Graham

Christina Dusharm

Kathleen Nevil

Laurie Dufore

Mike O'Brien

Sandra Griffin

Kay M. Dimon

Nicholas Hunter

Jason Burnham

Alia Santiago

Sharon Ceravolo

Jared Williams

Gina Porretta-Baker

Nan Clark

James Park

Deborah Wohnsiedler

Darlene Garno

Kathy Camp

Colleen EL-Bejjani

Jessica Ellsworth

Anonymous

Laurie Lafrance

Anonymous

Kathleen Elmer

Anonymous

Anonymous

Adeleina Rufa

June McWharf

Robert Passon and Linda Rufa

Jodie Soltau

Susan And Andy Smith

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE 1/1/24

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE - DECEMBER 28, 2023

Evelynn is spending five days in the hospital for an intravenous chemotherapy drip. Her mom and grandma are by her side. She left home the day after Christmas - leaving behind her toys and her loving sister.

It is a very intense round of meds and she still manages to smile!

We have made great progress in the Go Fund Me campaign — reaching $12,405 on Christmas.

Our goal is $20,000 so we still have a ways to go.

If you can make a donation please do.

If you can’t, please share this post on your Facebook page or via any other social media - X, What’s App, etc.

The more we share her story, the more likely we’ll be able to help her and family through this very scary health crisis.

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE - CHRISTMAS EVE 2023!

Evelynn had a surprise visit from Santa thanks to Massena Fire and Rescue. So many people have been generous, kind, loving and supportive. The family feels blessed and loved. Thanks to everyone who has donated, prayed and sent love in whatever way you could. We just went over $12,000 in donations. Thank you. Merry Christmas.

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE HEADED INTO CHRISTMAS!

Evelynn will enjoy Christmas at home with her mom and sister. She won't be a grinch. On December 26, she heads back to the hospital for another round of chemo. Each trip costs around $500 and the family is so grateful for all the support for them and their precious Evelynn. Merry Christmas!

TEAM EVELYNN UPADTE 12/19/23

Evelynn is home this week sleeping in her own crib and hugging her stuffed dog. This is normal life - the life of sweet kids without cancer. We hope and pray that someday soon that will be her life - no cancer!

Evelynn is amazingly strong.

So is her community of love. We are almost at $11,000 - at a time when most of us are dealing with rising costs in all kinds of ways and with the holidays in all their joy and stress -- so many of you reached into your pocket to give to help this family.

We are all humbled and grateful for all the support that has come in to help them. Your gifts pay for travel to and from her medical appointments. They pay for immediate expenses like new tires for her mom's car so they can safely drive to those appointments. They put groceries on the table and pay rent and support all the normal expenses of daily life. Evelynn's mom is using her family medical leave which lowers her wages and makes it challenging to pay for their everyday lives.

If you haven't made a gift yet, please do.

If you can't make a cash donation, please share this post on your face book page and in all your other social media ways (Instagram, Tik Tok, What's App, Next Door).

You can also click the donate button and you will have the option to share.... click on the share and it gives you all kids of ways to share this story and opportunity to help. You can share without donating and it's just as important.

The family is humbled and grateful for your kindness and support.

And, please pray.

Thank you.

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE 12/16/23

Evelynn spent yesterday with her oncologist. It was a routine check up and they discovered Evelynn's hemoglobin dropped since Tuesday's bloodwork. Her level was at an 8 on Tuesday and today is 7.3. Hemoglobin delivers oxygen to the tissues and during chemo this is one of the many things the medication destroys. Low levels can make you anemic. This is just one of the side affects of the medications. She had to get a blood transfusion which should take care of it for now. The new blood will help her body fight. This is not a permanent issue. After all the rounds of chemo are done her body should be able to fix itself.

Evelynn is a fighter!

Thanks to everyone who has shared our story, donated and prayed for us.

We have reached over $7000 in donations. That is more than 25% of our goal in less than a week. We are so grateful.

Our local librarian in Cranberry Lake, Heather, put together a box of children’s books that have not been loaned out in a few years. Evelynn will have them soon and she will have something new to do during her treatments. So many people have been kind in personal ways.

HUB Voluntteer Jim King posted our story on the HUB Facebook page.

It all means the world to us.

If can donate, please do.

If you want to help but can’t donate right now, consider joining us for:

- An Italian fundraising dinner in Cranberry Lake at the Fire Hall hosted by the Star Lake and Cranberry Lake Fire Department on January 13.

-- A bodacious Jamboree in Massena at the Legion on Jan 21, 2024 - food, music, chances to win cool stuff, lots of Evelynn love.

You can also drop your cans and bottles at Mountain Gate / Roadrunner Redemption in Star Lake. All proceeds go to the family. Mike Booth dropped off the first bottles this morning.

The outpouring of support is helping us emotionally and financially. Thank you all again.

TEAM EVELYNN UPDATE 12/11/23

Evelynn is home today looking out her window at all the snow. We are grateful she can be home and out of the hospital. Evelynn just finished up 5 days of IV chemo and her mom, Roxy, and grandma, June, were with her. The picture above is her leaving the hospital after five grueling days of treatment.

She’ll be home until the day after Christmas and then have to go back again for another five days of chemo. It is really hard on her but she’s strong. She can’t ask for anything from Santa because she can’t talk. She loves being home with her mom and sister - she can’t see anyone else because her immune system is so compromised.

So far, our community has give $4,175 in gifts to help Evelynn through this cancer journey. We couldn’t be more grateful.

Could you join us? The goal is 20,000 so we still have a ways to go…. With the help of our North Country community, we’ll make it.

If it’s a tough time for you and you can’t give - we get it. Please share this post via Facebook or other apps. Every share helps. Every prayer helps.

Background:

Evelynn was born in a New York City hospital because of a large mass on her neck called a teratoma. The doctors removed the mass when she was one day old and that time it was non cancerous.

In late September 2023, she was playing and her mom discovered a lump in her throat, about the size of a grape. The lump was only visible when she would throw her head back - like when she was laughing. Mom immediately called the doctors and they were sent to Burlington, VT emergency room. The doctors found a small mass in Evelynn’s neck near her esophagus.

This mass started at the back of her esophagus and grew around her left vocal cord, stretching it. The mass was also pressing against her left jugular creating a 90% blockage of the vein. A trip to New York City was scheduled to remove the mass. She underwent a 3-hour MRI scan and the pediatric surgeon and an adult neck and throat specialist created a surgical plan. After surgery, the doctors told her mom the was growing aggressively and had permanently paralyzed her left vocal cord. The pathology report came back that the mass was a rare aggressive cancerous tumor and a larger yolk sac tumor and it would need to be treated aggressively.

She started chemotherapy 2 weeks after surgery in New York City and will have to go through a total 4 rounds of chemo, every 21 days, with each round lasting 5 days. Each treatment requires a stay in the hospital due to having IV medication 24/7. Her mom and grandma stay with her at the hospital, while her sister stays with their aunt in Massena.

Evelynn’s mom, Roxanne, is a single mom supporting two beautiful daughters. Since the cancer diagnosis in October 2023, her mom has only been able to work one week, and used 5 weeks of paid family leave (good for 12 weeks total) for treatment time away and any medical issues.

With ongoing treatments, she will run out of paid family medical leave. They are grateful for the family medical leave but it is only ½ the money she would normally bring home for living expenses.

After chemo, she will have to have MRI scans every 3 months, as well as bloodwork in New York City. We hope that nothing ever grows back again. After the first year, her checkups will change to every 6 months. We don’t know what her future holds but we do know that the long term affects may well include lymphoma and it will most likely effect her high pitch hearing (essentially losing it). She may have negative long term affects on her liver, kidneys and lungs. She has a port surgically implanted that will be in for the duration.

Her family appreciates any help you can give to support them through their very scary cancer journey.

This Go Fund Me campaign and our fundraising Jamboree in January is the only financial support they have for all of the extra expenses.

Aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends are hosting the Jamboree for Evelynn and her family. They are a very close knit supportive loving family.

After some intense number crunching, the family figures the amount of money to remain stable is around $20,000 for the next year. that will assist with all the travel, all the health care expenses, and a portion of the wages her mom will lose taking care of her. The family is doing all they can. Evelynn needs her mom with her through this journey.

Every gift will be used to keep the family safe and solvent. And, with good care and good luck she will be able to be a normal little girl again when this all over.

Please pray for her and her family.

And, if you can make a gift it will help. It really will.

Go Fund Me and Jamboree organized by Linda Rufa, Betty Smith, Heidi Summers, Bonnie-Jean LaPradd, Nicolea Rufa, Adeleina Rufa, Amanda Labier, Katrina Ward, Scott and June McWharf, Susan Sweeney Smith.