Fire Family trip of a lifetime

The Pullman Firefighters have pledged to send the Gollnick Family of 5 on a trip of a lifetime in April 2017.  We are asking for your help in making this a truly memorable trip.  Our goal is $10,000 that will be used to pay for all expenses for the family to travel, stay, and play at a destination chosen by the family.  

Please read the update from Meg Gollnick that she posted on October 18th, 2016.  
"It's been awhile since I have posted anything here and I guess I am feeling a little overwhelmed by the madness of scheduling doctor appointments, one after the other but my main struggle is with acceptance. The reality is, I have Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer. This means it has metastasized to my bone and that there are cancer cells circulating through my blood. I think about this and still can't believe it myself. You can google the prognosis on this stage and know that it is not good. So what do we do now? Well, right now my life is filled with medications, treatments, appointments and research. I have been researching the most effective treatment plans and feel like we can move forward with a firm plan. Attack the cancer from three different directions: 1. Anti-estrogen medication since this cancer grows faster with estrogen in your body. Hopefully, no estrogen equals no growth but that's not good enough, attack #2. Ibrance is a second med, this medication blocks a different pathway than the anti-estrogen drug. This is important because eventually cancer cells figure out a way to multiply and spread even without the presence of estrogen. This drug is supposed to give you double the time to progression. It's a newer drug that has only been out since 2014. So if prognosis is three years, this may give me six years. This drug comes with a hefty price, $11,000/month for 21 pills. And no, that is not a typo! Luckily, our insurance covers every penny, and don't get me started with the politics of big Pharma but at this point, I have no choice. Attack #3. Targeted radiation. They will use radiation to target the two spots on my ribs to kill most of the cancer cells. This can also help relieve some pain as well. This is kind of the standard treatment and may also be ongoing if I have other spots that arise. Today, I start the targeted radiation up in Spokane. I have done this rodeo before so I'm not too stressed about this procedure. It takes about 30 minutes and is not painful. But here is what's painful, watching my husband struggle through acceptance, my family worry and wonder WHY? My own big questions to God on the why and how this will all turn out. And my boys... right now, I can't even talk about it or in this case, write about it at this point. Way too raw and emotional. If you know me, you know my boys are my entire world. It's all so so hard but my FAITH is rock solid and I am relying on that to get us all through this part of our lives. For now, will you all pray for us and hold us in your hearts? And once again, be mindful of what you say to your own children so that our boys can learn what is to come in their own time and way. God bless you all....."

While other fundraisers are working to help the Gollnick family with bills and childcare, we want to create a memory that will last for a lifetime.  

Thank you for taking the time to help a member of the Pullman Firefighter Family.