Help Our Friend Hope!

I'm setting up this GoFundMe to help our friend Hope Hunter Knight with medical expenses as she fights cancer.

Hope is my oldest and dearest friend in the world. We have literally known each other since we were 3 years old. We grew up together in Gulfport, and we have been friends for over 50 years. Her husband Alan and her two great kids Kinsey and Mak are some of the best people I know.

Hope was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in August 2021 after a sudden illness that required emergency surgery. She has completed 12 rounds of chemotherapy over 6 months and has had 3 surgeries. She is about to undergo a fourth in late June to remove the remaining tumors on her liver and any peritoneal cancer with a HIPEC procedure. Hope and her medical team feel confident about this next step, but it is a difficult and expensive one.

Hope retired from her job as an art teacher in March 2022 after 30 years in the classroom to focus on her health. As great as retirement is for Hope’s recuperation after chemotherapy treatments and procedures, it does come with a very significant decrease in income. Even with insurance, Hope has mounting medical bills and is not well enough at this time to work part-time. Her husband Alan, a chef, supports her full time while working a physically demanding job. They are grateful to support each other in the journey toward her recovery, and they would be incredibly thankful for your contribution.

So please contribute in what you can -- please be as generous as possible!!! Hope is warm and wonderful -- let's help her as much as possible -- so that she isn't burdened with the worry of paying bills and can focus on healing.

Please feel free to share this with your friends who know Hope or anyone who might be in a position to help. I set the first goal at $10,000 -- hoping we can get to that quickly and do even more!

With my sincerest thanks!

Claire