
Rally for Lily #SwiftiesForLily
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Friends, family, coworkers, and other supporters:
I am asking you to rally together to support the Tomlinson/Finnigan family as they put all of their efforts into the care of their 12-year-old daughter. Lily is kind, sweet, caring, intelligent, and sarcastic. She loves Taylor Swift, tormenting her little brother, spending time at the lake with her family, reading, music, creating art, and her friends. She is graduated elementary school last year, after being awarded the prestigious President’s Award for Educational Excellence, and is a current middle school student, recently achieving high honors for the first marking period of the 2024/2025 school year.
Lily was recently diagnosed with a rare fatal tumor on her brainstem, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG. This very aggressive terminal cancer has, in a matter of days, completely changed the lives of the entire Tomlinson (parents: Seth and Kelsey) / Finnigan (grandparents: Andrew and Kathy) family. Lily now requires 24/7 care as this disease will only progress over the coming months. She is starting radiation treatment at CHOP to treat her symptoms and attempt to slow the progression of the cancer, a daily drive of well over an hour each direction. Lily’s parents are taking leaves from their jobs at a local mental health nonprofit to provide her care. This, combined with Lily’s medical expenses, creates an immediate financial hardship for the family at a time when their focus should be on caring for their child and not worrying over finances.
I am asking anyone reading this to please consider supporting this family by contributing, allowing them to spend this time fully present in caring for Lily, knowing that they are embraced by this greater community who stands strong behind them.
Any and all support would be very appreciated.


#SwiftiesForLily
Organizer and beneficiary

Jennifer McGlinchey
Organizer
Plumstead Township, PA

Kelsey Tomlinson
Beneficiary