The Caitlin Moore NQHS College Scholarship

For those of you lucky enough to know Caitlin, you already know how amazing she was, how incredibly strong she was and that all she ever wanted to do, was help someone . If you’re not familiar with our story, here it is..

Caitlin and I were born on October 15th , 1984, one month before our due date. You see, back then they didn’t have routine ultrasounds or testing like they do now. Back then they didn’t know until my mother was around 7months pregnant, that she was having twins and that Caitlin and I were conjoined. Caitlin and I had been attached from our chest to our bellybuttons. Doctors had discovered that Caitlin had had a congenital heart defect and that, by us being attached, I was the stronger one keeping her alive.

With a team of over 50 doctors and nurses, Caitlin and I were born at Brigham and Womans Hospital and then shipped over to Boston Children’s Hospital for separation. Doctors were not able to treat Caitlin’s heart without damaging mine so we were separated 12 hours after being born. Doctors told my parents that they didn’t think Caitlin would survive the surgery but my parents wanted us to both have a chance at life.

Throughout the years Caitlin had numerous surgeries including 6 open-heart surgeries, thyroid surgery, a pacemaker, gallbladder surgery and so many others. In 2005 Caitlin suffered a major stroke causing brain damage and paralysis. Doctors had said for the second time, she would not survive, but in true Caitlin fashion, she pulled through. With the help of her family, friends and lots of therapy, Caitlin overcame yet another hurdle, learning to walk, talk, eat, and swallow all over again.

Over the years Caitlin went into both heart and liver failure, but was willing to try any and every avenue before a transplant was an option. Throughout all of her medical issues, Caitlin managed to have a smile on her face, a positive outlook and the kindest heart. If Caitlin learned someone was having a bad day, or had experienced a loss, she reached out to them, despite how well she knew them; sending cards, flowers, kind words or most often, a beautiful angel.

After battling an infection from a recent tap to drain fluid from her heart failure, Caitlin passed away on November 19th 2018 surrounded by her family.

Days after she passed away I felt like I needed to do “something” so I created “Kindness For Caitlin” and asked people to take part in random acts of kindness in her memory. To date, we have raised over $8,000 for Boston Childrens Hospital, donated to local food pantries, taken part in hundreds of acts of kindness, donated 285 toys to Childrens Hospital, and for the 3rd year, we will be raising money for the Caitlin Moore Scholarship for North Quincy High School!!

For every donation, you will be entered into a drawing .

One lucky winner will receive a

-$200 gift card to Marriott Hotels

-$50 gift card to the Cheesecake Factory

-$50 Cash

( A $300 dollar value!!!)

$10 donation gets you 2 entries

$20 donation = 8 entries

$50 donation = 15 entries

$100 donation = 30 entries

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart! ❤️