Help Kara and her family beat cancer

As many of you know, Kara Torrence (Ms. Torrence) began her fight against cancer (Metastatic Adenocarcinoma consistent with Endocervical Primary) last summer when she bravely underwent five weeks of radiation and chemo. After traveling weekly to and from Reno, she completed this treatment and very happily returned to her first grade classroom last fall. Unfortunately, after a recent procedure, Kara and her family received the heartbreaking news that the cancer has traveled to her lymph nodes. Despite the joy that teaching brings Kara, she must now take the rest of the school year off to pursue a more aggressive treatment. Kara has begun 6 months of systemic chemotherapy targeting her whole body to hopefully wipe out anything that may be hiding.

Kara is the kind of person who would help people a thousand times before she would ask for help for herself. While Kara is a fighter, today she needs the help of her friends, loved ones and the community to face this fight. Kara is a devoted, patient, and strong mother of four amazing young people. She is a loving and loyal wife. She is a thoughtful, wise, and fun friend. And perhaps what so many of us know and admire about her is that she is a creative, warm, and generous teacher to so many of our children. She has dedicated over 18 years to educating young people in our community, most recently her beloved 1st-grade class at Quincy Elementary. She has helped so many of us in so many ways and now it is our turn to help her.

Your donation will help lighten the stress of all the basic family expenses while Kara is out of work, including rent, food, gas, and utilities. Keeping a roof over this family's head is one of the most important goals of this campaign. Additionally, your donation will be helping with medical and travel expenses because treatment is in Reno. Providing financial relief will allow Kara to focus on the most important priority: her health.

Please donate what you can and share this gofundme with others. Please know that every prayer, meal, hug, and dollar is received with immense gratitude from all of us, but especially from Kara and her family. We have also set up a separate account at Plumas Bank for any locals who would like to donate that way.