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Corina Martinez, right, 10, spent more than a year fighting brain cancer with her mom, Amanda Eacker, by her side.

An Act of CourageWith love and support, young girl faces cancer

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If people received a bead each time they displayed acts ofcourage or achieved significant milestones, most might have ahandful of beads or at least enough to make a bracelet or neck-lace. Corina Martinez has received enough beads along her can-cer treatment path to make a rope taller than she is.

Corina, 10, received the color coded “beads of courage” for pokes, doc-tor visits, hair loss, MRIs, blood transfusions and facing other challenges.

“Instead of making all little necklaces,” she said, “I just stranded it in abig ol’ thing — and it’s longer than 12 feet.”

Some of the beads still are waiting to be strung, and one beaded neck-lace is on her bear.

“Every color represents something she has been through,” said Aman-da Eacker, Corina’s mom.

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“Bumpy beads are for chal-l e n ge s, ” Corina said, “like learn-ing to walk, learning to talk.”

With a depth of wisdom in hereyes, but still a glimmer of youth,Corina has been in the fight of herlife. She was 9 when she was diag-nosed with medulloblastoma inDecember 2008.

“I started having headaches andwalking off balance,” she said.

She also was throwing up a lotand collapsed in the doorway ofthe school health office.

After an eye examination, testsrevealed the nerves in the back ofCorina’s eyes were extremelyswollen. From there, her mothertook her for an MRI.

“The MRI showed a brain tu-m o r, ” Corina said. “The doctorwas surprised I could walk be-cause it was so huge.”

The mass pushed on her cere-bellum area, Eacker said.

“That controls the vision, thebalance and coordination,” shes a i d.

The next morning, on Dec. 24,Corina underwent surgery to re-move the malignant tumor andstayed in the hospital for the next10 days.

“Some of (the tumor) fell downmy spine,” Corina said.

The doctor was unable to surgi-cally remove those pieces becauseit could have crippled her, Eackers a i d.

“They couldn’t remove that partand there was a little of it entan-gled in the brain to where the doc-tor got as much as he could,” shesaid. “But he didn’t want to messwith that because one little any-thing could cause problems.”

The surgery affected the entireright side of Corina’s body, Eack-er said.

“She had to learn to walk, learnto feed herself, learn to write, andher right arm is still a little weak,”she said. “The doctor said it wouldtake a year to two years to fullyget back to normal after every-thing she has been through.”

Corina began radiation inFebruary 2009, every day for sixweeks in Colorado Springs. Whilethe MRI showed the cancer wasgone, Eacker said, Corina still hadto undergo chemotherapy.

“Radiation was not fun at all,”Corina said. “I had to lay in a hugemachine for a long time while therays of energy medically treatedmy body.

“Not too long after radiationtreatments, I started losing piecesof my hair, so my mom shaved myhair for me to be more comfort-a b l e. ”

Corina said she received 16blood transfusions and also wasfatigued and developed mouthsores from the radiation to thepoint she couldn’t eat. After drop-ping from 62 pounds to 47 pounds,doctors inserted a feeding tube.Just when her hair would begin togrow back, she would start a newround of treatment and lose itagain.

Corina completed her treat-ments in February, Eacker said,and now is only taking medication

to even out her iron levels. She hasweekly blood checks and under-goes an MRI every three monthsfor now. Those eventually will in-crease to once a year, Eacker said.

With the help of her tutor Corinacompleted third grade and fourthgrade, and will return to HarrisonSchool as a fifth-grader in the fall.She looks forward to seeing herfriends and misses the schooll u n c h e s.

Now, she is making a list ofthings to do this summer, going toChuck-E-Cheese and swimmingare at the top of the to-do list.

“She missed out on a lot ofstuff,” Eacker said. “She hasn’tbeen anywhere in the last year,not even Wal-Mart or out to eat orto a friend’s house.”

Because of the threat of germsand infections, Corina had littlecontact with anyone except hermother and younger brother,Jakob. Corina’s first trip to Wal-Mart was a big deal.

“Little things you don’t appreci-ate or realize until they’re gone,”Eacker said

Eacker said her Aunt Betty inLeadville supported her and Cori-na with encouraging notes andfrequent visits.

“Auntie Betty had breast can-cer, and she told me what was go-ing to happen,” Corina said.

Corina also has formed bondswith other children who are un-dergoing similar experiences. Asfar as where she is at in this jour-ney, Corina said it’s down hillfrom here.

“The hard part’s done,” shes a i d.

Also lending a hand was the Or-chard of Hope, which Eacker con-tacted after reading about the or-ganization. She received funds forgas to help cover the trips backand forth from hospital and doctorv i s i t s.

Eacker said she is fond of theo rg a n i z a t i o n ’s founder, SandiAllen, and is appreciative of theassistance she received.

“That was very, very nice, andshe’s a wonderful lady,” E a c ke rsaid. “She is so sweet.”

As for the future, Corina wantsto be a radiologist when she growsup.

“I don’t want to poke people,”she said. “But I want to help.”

Corina wrote a book about herex p e r i e n c e s.

“It has been a really long year,”she wrote. “But I made it throughbecause of all my friends, familyand especially God … I will staypositive and strong and continueto pray.”

Mar tinezContinued from Page 3 ‘It has been a really long year. But I made it

through because of all my friends, family andespecially God … I will stay positive and

strong and continue to pray.’— Corina Martinez —




Janet Barnhart holds a picture of her daughter, Krissy Barnhart. Krissy died Oct.19, 2001, at age 11. She was diagnosed with stage-four neuroblastoma inSeptember 1997.

Krissy’sSmile

Mother remembers the joy herdaughter brought to the world

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Photos generously scattered on a livingroom floor show a young girl with thesame infectious smile, whether model-ing Halloween costumes, spending timewith

family and friendsor sitting atop herfo u r - w h e e l e r.

And in every pho-to, she sports a dif-ferent brightly-col-ored bandana —her style afterrounds ofc h e m o t h e ra pymeant the loss ofher beautiful,downy blond hair.

Krissy Barn-hart’s mom smileswhen she remem-bers the daughterwho chose to faceher five-year battlewith cancer withlaughter, a sense ofhumor and an ageless sensitivity for her family andf r i e n d s.

Krissy died Oct. 19, 2001, at age 11. Her daughter’sstory, though, Janet Barnhart said, is one of hope.

“One day we were driving around Cañon,” Janetsaid. “By this time, Krissy had lost all of her hair,

‘I remember walkingthrough thesehuge doors —

‘hematology, oncology,transplant,’ and I’m

thinking, ‘what in theworld are those words?’We very soon foundout what those words

we re . ’

— Ja n e tBarnhart —

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Barnhar twhich is very hard for any young person. Iknew Krissy had something very important onher mind because she wasn’t chatting with melike we always did when we were in the car. Shejust kept looking out the car window with avery serious look on her face. I was thinking,‘Oh, gosh, what is she going to ask me now?’

“Suddenly, she looked over at me and said,very seriously, ‘You know something mam-ma?’ I replied, ‘No baby, what?’ She said, ‘Yo uknow what? It’s not so bad not having any hair.You take a shower, dry off and you don’t haveto style it, comb it or anything. You just put arag on it, and off we go.’”

Krissy was 6 when she was diagnosed withstage-four neuroblastoma in September 1997.

“That very night, we went from St. ThomasMore Hospital straight to Children’s Hospital,got admitted — and I remember walkingthrough these huge doors — “hematology, on-cology, transplant,” and I’m thinking, ‘what inthe world are those words?’ We very soonfound out what those words were.”

Krissy immediately began chemotherapy,which continued for almost a year. Doctors al-so were able to remove part of the tumorthrough surgery.

“She was just amazing, never complained atall,” Janet recalled. “We got her to where wethought it was pretty contained. Then, westarted collecting her bone marrow.”

This was followed by a bone-marrow trans-plant.

“They said if we could make it for one year,the chances were really, really good,” Janetsaid. “The 11th month, I was called into the of-fice, and it was back. So, we knew we had agood fight ahead.”

With her characteristic effervescence, Kris-sy took her Denver trips in stride, Janet said.They made it their special time to go out to eat,chat and shop, one of Krissy’s all-time favoritea c t i v i t i e s.

“That child could shop,” Janet said with alaugh. “She was a cool kid. We had so much fun

together. Four wheeling, oh my goodness —that child was crazy on a four-wheeler. We’d gocamping on weekends and made trips. We justhad a great time. I wouldn’t trade it for thewo r l d. ”

Krissy also loved fishing and hanging outwith adored big brother, Brandon, and spend-ing time with dad, Harvey.

“She was so much fun, and we were just soblessed to have her,” Janet said. “Even thoughI had her a short time, we had a great time. Wehad a lot of great friends that Krissy just trea-sured. She didn’t know a stranger at all. Andhugs and laughing and kissing — she was sucha joy.”

Though the family had insurance, bills fromthe Denver visits began to stack up. A friendsuggested Orchard of Hope and Krissy wasfunded for two years after the initial applica-tion.

“Sandi Allen is the nicest, kindest, most won-derful lady,” Janet said. “From then on, I’vealways been involved with them.”

Janet formed an Orchard team the year af-ter Krissy died.

“We have T-shirts with Krissy’s picture onthem,” Janet said. “We ’ve been doing thatsince 2003.”

With her team from the USDA Service, Janetbegan a new event for Orchard of Hope.

“Last year, we started the motorcycle Ridefor Hope,” Janet said. “This year, we’re goingto have it again. It’s open to anybody with amotorcycle. Last year, we had about 35 to 40b i ke s. ”

Janet said it was the kindness of family,friends, healthcare workers and evenstrangers, that inspire her to continue workingwith Orchard of Hope.

“It’s something I feel I need to do, and I wantto do,” Janet said. “I can give my time and myefforts and money to help others. People whoknow about Orchard of Hope know it’s a greatthing to give to people. It’s a great organiza-tion.”

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‘She was so much fun, and we were justso blessed to have her. Even though Ihad her a short time, we had a great

time. We had a lot of great friends thatKrissy just treasured. She didn’t know astranger at all. And hugs and laughing

and kissing — she was such a joy.’— Janet Barnhart —




Rachel Moffitt, center, sits for a portrait with her friends and family Alexandria Moffitt, left, Holly Ciresi, Reina Wetters, Don Bird, MatthewMoffitt, Cortney Richardson, Emilee Richardson and Abagail Richardson. Rachel was diagnosed with leukemia in 2003, and her supportgroup rallied around her during treatments.

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Rachel Moffitt had the love and support of countless peoplewhen she was in the fight for her life, yet she was as isolat-ed as she had ever been. Moffitt, 30, was diagnosed withleukemia in 2003 after she experienced bouts of shortnessof breath and noticed unexplained bruises.

LoveSupport

&Moffitt found strength through family’sencouragement to fight isolating disease

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Mo f f i t t“It came on within about three months,” she

said. “I had three or four different kinds ofchemo, and I was in the hospital for sevenweeks. It was a huge ordeal.”

Moffitt’s friend, Cortney Richardson, saidthe leukemia was extremely progressive.

“They told her if she would have went in aweek later, she would not have lived,” she said.

Holly Ciresi, Moffitt’s aunt, said Moffitt wasin a secluded area in the hospital, and for fourweeks, she could not have visitors.

“Even though she kept saying she had allthis support,” Ciresi said, “unfortunately, Ithink leukemia seems to be a disease you al-most have to fight alone.”

Ciresi said Moffitt’s immune system was re-duced to almost nothing, and on top of every-thing, Moffitt had the flu. Ciresi helped withMoffitt’s children, Matthew and Lexi, now 11and 9, and tried to support her from the out-side, since they could not physically be therefor her.

“She’s a very brave, young lady,” Ciresi said.“We are very proud of her.”

Even though Moffitt said she had tremen-dous support from her family, Reina Wetters, afriend in Colorado Springs and her former hus-band, Nathan Moffitt, the battle was far fromove r.

“I was doing really well and starting to getback to normal,” she said, “and at one of mycheckups, they said that it had come back.”

She went in for more chemotherapy for 45days that put her in total remission and under-went a bone marrow transplant in 2005.

“I was able to get my own cells back from mybone marrow transplant,” she said. “ThisSeptember will be five years; I’m pretty muchalmost clear.”

She received another scare in 2009 when shediscovered melanoma but was clear once theskin cancer was removed.

Moffitt said her illness strengthened herfaith, and her pastor Don Bird and friends atFirst United Methodist Church embraced her

through the illness.“My church has been a very big help,” she

said. “They helped me with my faith and sat inand talked with me.”

Moffitt is part of the Cancer Life Group re-cently formed at FUMC, and the group visitscancer patients and shares gifts along with apoem Moffitt wrote.

“We felt we want to give back that way,” shes a i d.

“I don’t think there is anybody that hasn’tbeen affected in some way by cancer,” B i rds a i d.

Moffitt said the Orchard of Hope also assist-ed her family during the hard times.

“They helped fix the car for us so Nathancould come down to be with me,” she said.“They helped pay for medication, which is ahuge help.”

Sandi Allen at the Orchard of Hope also ar-ranged for “Miss Merry Christmas” to bring ina complete Christmas for Moffitt and her fami-

ly when she first missed out on the holiday.Moffitt said her parents from Ohio and her

grandmother from California were by her sideduring part of the illness, and her brother andhis family in Ohio offered continual supportand encouragement from across the miles.

Moffitt is a certified nursing assistant andrecently was accepted as one out of 24 appli-cants selected out of 66 to the nursing programat Pueblo Community College that will beginthis fall.

“This is what I want to do, I want to giveback and work in oncology,” she said. “I feellike I know what they’re going through.”

Moffitt encourages other cancer patientswith a poem she wrote.

“God was with me every step of the way, inmy heart and in my head; If I didn’t have Himto hold on to, I probably would be dead…Ta k eevery day that is given, It’s such a glorious gift;Even when you’re tired and lonely, Know thatthrough God, you will live.”


‘God was with me every step of the way,in my heart and in my head; If I didn’t

have Him to hold on to, I probablywould be dead…Take every day that is

given, It’s such a glorious gift; Even whenyo u ’re tired and lonely, Know that

through God, you will live.’— Rachel Moffitt —




Teresa Doubleday and 4-year-old daughter, Kylie Ham, sit for a portrait. Doubledaywas diagnosed with leukemia and hospitalized for three months.

Young mother stunned byleukemia diagnosis; Orchard ofHope helped during her fight

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It was totally unexpected when the 24-year-oldgot the news. “Cancer doesn’t run in my fam-i l y, ” said Teresa Doubleday, who was diag-nosed with leukemia and was hospitalized forthree months. “I started noticing I was ex-

tremely tired and bruising all over.”One day, when Dou-

bleday bumped herhead on a counter, shee n c o u n t e re dhemoglobin.

At that point, hergrandmother, Decki,who also is her bestfriend, insisted Dou-bleday get bloodwo r k .

After getting thetests, doctors told herthe next day it was a“very serious bloodd i s o rd e r, ” she said. “Iwas diagnosed the fol-lowing Monday withthe leukemia, thevery last thing I ex-p e c t e d. ”

The type of leukemia is not common for youngerpeople and uncommon for women, she said.

At first, she said she took it as a matter of course.

Taken BySurprise

‘It didn’t reallyhit me until Istarted losingall my hair.

That’s when it(became)a reality.’— Te re s a

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Do u b l e d a y“I was not terribly upset,” Doubleday said. “I

knew it was about me, but it didn’t affect me,not like you would think.”

Doubleday had numerous transfusions, lotsof shots and bone marrow biopsies.

“It didn’t really hit me until I started losingall my hair,” Doubleday said. “That’s when it(became) a reality.”

After taking chemo for three straightmonths, she was allowed to go home, whereshe took chemo pills to continue treatment.

At the time, Doubleday’s daughter, Kylie,was 2, but Doubleday could not see her be-cause of her weakened immune system.

“That was probably the hardest thing,” shesaid. “Then, they started letting me go homefor a short period of time.”

When she went for treatments, her familydrove her back and forth to Parkview whileother family members tended to Kylie.

“I wasn’t strong enough to walk upstairs, letalone take care of a 2-year-old,” D o u b l e d ays a i d.

Her mother picked up a flyer about the Or-chard of Hope Foundation when Doubledaywas in Parkview Hospital and talked to SandiAllen at the Orchard of Hope Foundation.

“They immediately started helping me withall my bills,” Doubleday said. “They have beenan incredible support.”

As a waitress, she was not able to work, buther family helped her enormously.

“The foundation paid my rent, my gas, allmy utilities and things for Kylie,” D o u b l e d ays a i d.

In May 2008, the doctors told her she was inre m i s s i o n .

She said she was extremely fortunate be-cause even though it is a rare form ofleukemia, the physicians “know a lot about it,”she said. “I had a very good doctor, Dr. Balizet.He knew exactly what to do. He was very ag-

gressive with the treatment, chemotherapy.”

Prior to being diagnosed with leukemia, shesaid she had never heard of Orchard of Hope.

“It was a miracle for me,” Doubleday said.“My philosophy is money comes. You have towork, but I try not to stress about money. It’sbecause of people like Orchard of Hope, that itdoes work out.”

Since her diagnosis, Doubleday has becamededicated in helping to raise money, not only tohelp other people in the community, but also to“pay back what they generously gave to me.”

She now works at Cañon National Bank,where she is the captain of the Walk for Hopeteam, which has been the reigning gameschampions for the past two years. The bank al-so conducts a silent auction to help raise mon-ey for the foundation.

She said the walk had raised about $100,000at the walk last year.

“It’s amazing with the economy and thetimes being what they are,” Doubleday said.“It shows we have a lot of people who care anda lot of generosity. I hope we continue to seethat in many years to come.”


‘It ’s amazing with theeconomy and the times being

what they are. It shows wehave a lot of people who careand a lot of generosity. I hope

we continue to see that inmany years to come.’

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Kim Huffington, center, stands for a portrait with her husband, Mark, and sons, Matthew, right, and David. Kim was diagnosed with acutelymphsemic leukemia when she was 21 years old and was told that she would never have children.

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At 21 years old, she never expected to be told she was too old.But it happened in 1980 when she was diagnosed with acutelymphsemic leukemia, which is a children’s disease. Ironi-cally, Kim Huffington was working at St. Thomas MoreHospital when doctors found the leukemia during a pre-em-

ployment physical.“I remember him saying to me ‘you have a 30 percent chance of recov-

e r y, ’” she said. “It was about an hour later. That’s a 70 percent chance I’mP ro o f��



going to die. It was just such a feeling of dark-ness and feeling alone. Unless you’ve beenthrough it, you can’t know how that is.”

But instead of giving up, she relied on herfamily and her doctor, who found the leukemia.

“Dr. Christensen is a special guy,” she said.“He got me to a hematologist in ColoradoS p r i n g s, ” where she was treated withchemotherapy for three and a half years.

At the time Huffington got the news, she hadbeen married for four months.

“When you’re hit with that kind of diagnosis,you just feel like you’re alone. No one canknow what you’re going through,” she said. “Ifelt like I should probably divorce Mark and lethim (go on with his life). Fortunately, he chosenot to follow my advice.”

Treatment was not easy with the chemother-apy and the complications from that. Onetime, when the doctor put a tube in her chest, itcollapsed her lung, which was unusual.

“You learn very quickly to take things maybenot one day at a time, but one hour at a time,”Huffington said. “When you’re 21, it’s not real-ly in your coping mechanism.”

When she miscarried several times, it wasdevastating, Huffington said.

At one point, she even planned her own fu-neral, telling her family what she wanted andwhat her wishes were.

After the leukemia went into remission, shehad a son they named Matthew, because itmeans “Gift from God.”

“That’s what he was, a gift from God,” Huff-ington said. “I was told I would never have chil-dren, but I have two healthy boys. I did a lot ofreading and soul searching. I had an excellentdoctor, who is no longer with us. He understoodmy need for knowledge from a nursing and apatient’s prospective so he kept me up on thelatest information. That really helped mec o p e. ”

And she doesn’t know what she would have

done without the love of family and friends,who kept her going.

“People you don’t think of as friends, but asa c q u a i n ta n c e s, ” she said. “Gosh, they comethrough for you. Then, you learn slowly Iwa s n ’t alone. Mark and I weren’t alone.”

In addition, her parents dropped everythingand moved from Oklahoma City, Okla., to helpthe couple. His family also supported them, aswell as their church.

Since Huffington has gone through the treat-ment, she said she has a compassion for otherssuffering from cancer. So it was a natural stepto get involved with the Orchard of Hope about10 years ago.

“I remember how difficult it was not to havethat income and the moral support,” Huffing-ton said. “We ’re fortunate in Fremont Countyto have an organization that is able to give peo-

ple money for what their needs are at the timeof their diagnosis or treatment.”

And it also helped her with her career.“It (helped) me be a better person and a bet-

ter nurse,” Huffington said. “You have to be astrong advocate as a patient.”

But at the same time, she learned to be anadvocate for her clients.

“I think that has been one of the greatestl e s s o n s, ” Huffington said. “And we’re blessedthat in Cañon when things happen, people ral-ly around you.”

With hospice, she said she gets to see firsthand the relief the clients feel when they learnabout Orchard of Hope.

“I was very fortunate I went into remissionvery easily,” Huffington said. “They felt likethey caught it quickly and early and then itstayed in remission.”

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‘When you’re hit with that kind ofdiagnosis, you just feel like you’re alone.No one can know what you’re goingthrough. I felt like I should probably

divorce Mark and let him(go on with his life). Fortunately, he

chose not to follow my advice.’— Kim Huffington —




Ed Bray holds a quilt made by his late wife, Dianne, who died in June 2007 afterbattling dermatomyositis and ovarian cancer since 2005.

Br a y ’s late wife taught him skillbefore succumbing to cancer

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For Ed Bray, quilting is a way to remainconnected to his late wife, Dianne; afterall, she was the one who taught him whenshe was sick. Dianne died in June 2007 af-ter battling

dermatomyositis and ovari-an cancer since 2005. Der-matomyositis is an autoim-mune disease that causesmuscle weakness and skinra s h e s.

For Dianne, her firstsymptom was a rash on hershoulder, which she initiallybelieved was a sunburn.

The couple made a trip tothe Mayo Clinic for diagno-sis, and Dianne underwentchemotherapy for the dis-e a s e.

Bray said his wife’s muscles were weak, and she suf-fered from skin leasions.

“It was horrible,” he said.Fourteen months after the original diagnosis, Dianne

was diagnosed with ovarian cancer; a development that

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occurs in a certain percentage of dermato-myositis patients.

Dianne was a registered nurse and later anurse practitioner working for Dr. Jim Rep-pert.

“He had been her employer and also kind oftook over as her doctor,” Bray said. “W h e n eve rwe had a problem, he came right over.”

By the final year of her life, Dianne was bed-ridden; however, she kept busy with her manyinterests, including knitting, quilting and mak-ing jewelry.

“Her knitting group would meet at ourh o u s e, ” Bray said.

Their daughter, Erin, was getting married inJune 2006, and Dianne decided to make a quilt.

She was able to complete the top of the quiltbut was too weak to complete the back.

“I said, ‘teach me, I’ll sew the rest,’” B raysaid, rather than have someone outside thefamily finish the quilt.

Around the same time, the couple’s son,Evan, announced his engagement.

Bray had Dianne teach him to sew the top, sotheir son could have a quilt, as well.

“The second quilt I made under her supervi-sion,” he said.

The summer after Dianne died, Bray made atribute quilt for her.

“I’m still quilting,” he said. “I had neverused a sewing machine before that first back.”

Bray also is involved in the Orchard of Hope.“I have been involved since the first year,” he

said, “way before my wife was ever sick.”Bray conducts the warm-up activities with

participants before the walk.He said he supports the organization be-

cause it is community based.“Everything comes from the community and

goes back to the community,” he said. “No oneis getting paid to do what they do.”

It also lets people celebrate having survived

their battle and celebrate those who did not, hes a i d.

“It lets people realize they are not facing thisterrible disease alone,” he said. “They tap intothis communitywide network of people.”

Bray said he and Dianne received supportfrom Orchard of Hope while she was sick, aswell as support from many others in the com-m u n i t y.

He said support came from fellow teachersand students at Cañon City High School, thecouple’s close-knit group of friends and Di-anne’s knitting group, among others.

“I speak for a lot of people that say they cer-tainly miss her,” he said. “She’s still alive in a

lot of people’s hearts.”

Bray brought in Sangre de Cristo Hospice inthe final days of Dianne’s life.

“We had a hospital bed in our living room,”he said. “She died at home and that was a goodthing, to not have her lying in a hospital. (Hos-pice) made a terrible situation as good as canb e. ”

Bray has since remarried, a move he saidDianne supported.

“I still miss her,” he said. “I try to live up toher standards of generosity. I ask myself‘What would Dianne do?’ and try to live up tothat standard.”

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Kelley Martin, left, stands for a portrait with her friend and boss Linda Davis.Martin has been a cancer survivor for two months, and Davis has been at herside literally every step of the way through her battle with kidney cancer.

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Her faith, friends and family stood beside heras she faced cancer straight on, and nowKelley Martin has been a cancer survivorfor two months. “When I got the news I hadkid-

ney cancer, I just gota scripture,” saidMartin, 49. “Godsaid, ‘Be strong andof good courage; donot be afraid for theLord your God is withyou wherever yougo . ’ It seemed everycorner I turned, Heput somebody thereto help me be strongand to help take careof me.”

Martin has taught at Park Avenue Child Center for 11years, and the school’s director, Linda Davis, not only isher boss, she is her friend.

Davis has been at Martin’s side literally every step of theway through her battle with kidney cancer.

“She was with me in the emergency room when I got then ews, ” Martin said. “She’s been a part of this — she did afundraiser that raised over $1,600 to help with medical ex-p e n s e s. ”

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Mar tinDavis said her friend has been there for her,

as well, throughout the years.“It’s not selfless,” Davis said with a laugh.

“She’s a good friend and also a fantastic teach-er, so I need her.”

Martin said her symptoms first began whileat work teaching her pre-kindergarten class.

“I was at work, and I had a really bad pain inmy side,” she said. “I dropped to the floor, Icould not even move.”

Davis was next to Martin when she firstheard about the tumors on her kidney about ayear ago. After monitoring her kidney forabout 10 months, doctors discovered the twotumors, one on top of the kidney and one on thebottom both were cancerous, but two differentkinds of cancer.

“They say a lot of people never know theyhave kidney cancer,” Martin said. “It’s kind ofa silent one, too.”

When Martin had surgery to remove por-tions of her kidney, she had her support sys-tem with her.

“(Linda) went with me to register at the hos-pital in Pueblo and was there when I woke up,”she said. “She’s my boss, but she’s also myfriend. She’s been there along this whole jour-n ey. ”

Davis also was the one who recommendedshe call Orchard of Hope for support.

“Sandi Allen at Orchard of Hope was like anorchard of love,” Martin said. “She gave mehugs and hope, and she helped financially.Just being there — a phone call away — shesent me cards and got me in a cancer supportgroup right now that she goes to, too. SandiAllen was a really big part of everything.”

Martin said she goes to the Hope Sisters sup-port group through Orchard of Hope once amonth.

“They made me feel right at home,” shesaid. “I was very nervous about going, I didn’tknow anybody, but they were so loving and so

kind. Everybody has a story, and you feel likeyo u ’re not alone when you hear those stories.”

Martin credits several others for keepingher going throughout the whole ordeal.

“My parents, my family, my church, friends,neighbors, the early childhood community, mydear friends, Mary and Patsy, and most of allmy sons, Ryan and Nick,” she said.

Martin said her elderly parents came fromCalifornia in the snow to be with her.

“And my son, Nick, stayed when I was in thehospital seven days,” she said. “He never left;they didn’t give him a bed, he sat in the chair,and there were days where I would just openmy eyes to see if he was there, and he said‘Mom, I’m here,’ seven days straight.”

Ryan also visited her faithfully and broughther granddaughter to see her in the hospital.

“All the people that were there were perfect-ly placed,” she said. “It couldn’t be a coinci-dence, there were people all along the way.”

Martin said it was hard to be away from herstudents the seven weeks she was off fromwork, so Davis helped her arrange differentways she could stay in touch with the children.

Martin called the preschool, and Davis heldup the phone to the intercom so the childrencould hear their teacher’s voice. Martin alsoexchanged notes and personalized videos withher students.

Martin is back to work, and in six months,she will undergo a new series of tests to makesure the cancer did not return. She is opti-mistic about her future.

“I’m just going to live everyday like there isto m o r row, ” she said, “and just be patient.”

She said chemotherapy can not be done on akidney, so if the cancer returns, the doctorwould remove the entire kidney.

“God gave me the courage to be strong whenHe sent all these people to take the journeywith me,” she said. “I’ll be forever grateful.”


‘(Linda) went with me to registerat the hospital in Pueblo and wasthere when I woke up. She’s myboss, but she’s also my friend.

Sh e ’s been there along thiswhole journey.’

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Carol Dunn, a 20-year cancer survivor, stands for a portrait with her husband, Ray Dunn, and daughter, Suzi Dieter.

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Her conversation is gener-ously sprinkled withlaughter, and as a 20-yearcancer survivor, CarolDunn appreciates every

fresh morning.

“I was 42 years old,” Dunn said. “Mydoctor said, ‘this is what we need to do.

We ’re going to take your right breast. I’mgoing to send you to an oncologist. You’regoing to have chemo. You’re going to befine. I did exactly what they told me.”

Dunn said she followed the doctor’s or-ders, and she also credits good geneticsfor her youthful attitude toward life.

“I’m 20 years cancer-free, and I’m veryg ra t e f u l , ” Dunn said with her character-

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istic laugh. “My daughter was 16 and my sonleft for college the day that I had surgery. Oneof my greatest fears was not being able to seemy grandchildren, and now I have three. East-on is 12, Cameron is 9 and Shelby Lynn is 9.”

Dunn credits her husband, Ray, children, ex-tended family and friends for getting herthrough her toughest days. She said her moth-er was one of her biggest supporters.

“She prayed and prayed and prayed,” Dunnsaid. “About that same time, my dad had can-cer that reoccurred, and he died the followingyear. It was a really tough period. So, we alljust stuck together.”

Maintaining an affirmative outlook was keyto her survival, Dunn said.

“If there’s any message I want to get outthere is this positive attitude,” Dunn said.“Tim McGraw says, ‘live like you’re dying,’ be-cause we all are, and we just have to make themost of every day; wake up and look out thewindow and enjoy what we’ve got around ushere. Especially in Colorado — it’s not hard toenjoy waking up and looking out the window.”

Besides her family, Dunn said she appreci-ates her job and her work with Orchard ofHope, a cause made even more personal afterher own battle with cancer.

Dunn and Sandi Allen, Orchard of Hope’sfounder, who was diagnosed the year followingDunn’s diagnosis, came together with severalother women to form a breast cancer supportg ro u p .

“We would meet once a month,” Dunn said.“We got together to support each otherthrough breast cancer. We started doing thingswith the American Cancer Society, and we hada couple of Relays for Life here in Cañon City.”

Dunn said the group became aware of otherlocal residents battling cancer and fightinggrowing debt and medical bills. When they re-alized the American Cancer Society couldn’tgive them the type of help needed, they formedthe Orchard of Hope.

“They decided people here in Fremont Coun-ty need help,” Dunn said. “They need help withgas to go to the doctor; they need help withbabysitting if they’ve got children; they needhelp with prosthetics or wigs that insurancewo n ’t pay for. That’s where Orchard of Hopestarted. We decided we’re going to raise thismoney and we’re going to use volunteers to ad-ministrate it.”

Dunn’s sorority chapter, Beta Zeta, formed ateam 10 years ago, and they’re known as the“lunch ladies.” They serve lunch at every Walkfor Hope. Their group is sponsored by SkylineVision Clinic. Dunn said she does what shedoes for Orchard to help others do the impor-tant part — nurture themselves.

“The main thing is take care of yourself,”

Dunn said. “Get a really good support system,even if you have to reach outside your family,and talk about your situation. Laugh aboutyour situation. As hard as it may be, you canfind some kind of humor.”

She also encourages others to become in-volved in Orchard of Hope.

“If there is any way possible, whether youvolunteer for an event or to sit in the office fora couple of hours a week or give monetarily.The county needs to support it, because younever know when you, a family member orneighbor will need it, and Orchard will bethere. You make a phone call and they’ret h e re.

“T h e re ’s life after cancer, and every day is ablessing.”

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‘If there’s any message I want to get outthere is this positive attitude. Tim McGrawsays, ‘live like you’re dying,’ because we allare, and we just have to make the most of

every day; wake up and look out thewindow and enjoy what we’ve got around ushere. Especially in Colorado — it’s not hard

to enjoy waking up and lookingout the window.’

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Butch Anderson was diagnosed with prostrate cancer in 2004 and made 42 trips to Pueblo through the course of his treatment.

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When he got involved with the Walk for Hope, little did ButchAnderson know that someday he would be able to relate tothe cause. He and his wife, Jerry, participated in the firstwalk in 2000. Two years later, the couple joined the Orchardof Hope Foundation Board, where they have remained since.

But it really touched home when Anderson was diagnosed with prostratecancer in 2004.

“You hear the word ‘cancer’ and you think you’re going to die,” he said. “In

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2005, I made 42 trips to Pueblo to get radiationt re a t m e n t s. ”

He said within the first 48 hours of the diag-nosis, he found out more about prostrate can-cer than he knew ever before.

A n d e rs o n ’s problems began after he suf-fered urinary tract infections for years. Whenhis doctor sent him to a urologist, who treatedhim, Anderson’s doctor found a lump. Afterperforming a biopsy, it came back positive.

“It was kind of strange because I never didfeel sick,” he said. “I wasn’t hurting. The onlyway I knew I had cancer is because they toldme I had cancer.”

The treatments consisted of going to thecancer center at St. Mary Corwin, where tech-nicians treated him with external beams.

“Basically, my treatment consisted of a fiveor eight minute X-ray,” Anderson said. “He didit five days a week. I made 42 trips over thereso it was a little over eight weeks.”

The hardest part was the trips he made toPueblo, he said.

“When you make that many trips, it wearsthe tires out and the gas is expensive,” Ander-son said. “But the people over there wereg re a t . ”

He recommended every male past the age of40 to get regular prostrate examinations orPSA tests.

“It’s very simple,” Anderson said. “T h eydraw a little blood, and they’re done.”

He got involved with the Orchard of HopeFoundation Board when he met Sandi Allen atanother fundraiser for a different cancer orga-nization.

“We knew Sandi had cancer,” Anderson said.“We had met Bud and Sandi when we movedhere in 1994. I was the area Snap On tool man.After I left Snap On, I worked as a part-timeservice writer for Bud.”

During this time, Anderson said theywatched when Sandi went through her cancerand knew what they had gone through and

were there when the Allens co-founded the Or-chard of Hope.

A short time later, he joined the board, thenbecame the vice president and currently is thechairman of the board.

“We have a great board,” Anderson said.“T h ey ’re all people that care (and) are volun-teers. The Orchard of Hope is the best founda-tion or organization I’ve ever been around.Bud and Sandi (Allen) are the heart of it.”

He credited Sandi as “the real heart of it.”She is there when people come into that of-

fice, who laughs or cries with them, when theycome in for applications, Anderson said.

“She cares,” he said. “Everybody on theboard cares. To date, she told me that we’vegiven away $538,000 in Fremont County, whichmeans the people in Fremont County have giv-en $538,000. That’s amazing. This is the mostcaring community I’ve ever been around.”

People have donated anywhere from $7.85from three little girls, who sold Kool-Aid infront of their house to Wilbur Meyer’s contri-

bution of $50,000 and everything in between, hes a i d.

“It’s a very fine organization,” A n d e rs o nsaid. “All of the money that is raised herestays here.”

Anderson went into remission because pros-trate cancer is a treatable kind, he said.

Now when he participates in the Walk forHope, he is one of the cancer champions.

“It’s a very emotional walk,” Anderson said.“It’s sad to see how many people have had can-cer, but it’s inspiring to see how many peoplehave survived cancer. That’s what the wholeday of the walk is all about.”

It’s about survivors and others raising mon-ey to help those who have cancer, he said.

But no matter what happens, he looks for-ward to the Walk for Hope every year.

“It’s a celebration time,” Anderson said.“You can’t say enough about this community.It’s not the board who raises the money; it’sthe people who donate the money.”

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Lorrie Embleton, right, stands for a portrait with her sister, Kelly Janis. Embleton has been a cancer survivor for almost five years.

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She became involved with Orchard of Hope years ago, afterhaving a close friend diagnosed with cancer. A short timelater, Lorrie Embleton received her own diagnosis of breastcancer. “I went through that entire process, having my en-tire family here, which I was very fortunate to have,” Em-

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and things like that and started to realize thatnot everyone was as lucky as I was to have afamily support system to take me to all myt re a t m e n t s. ”

Her own experience as a cancer survivor in-spired Embleton to become even more in-volved with Orchard of Hope, helping to orga-nize and maintain Team DOC.

“Then, I really got geared up in the Orchardof Hope,” Embleton said. “I work for Depart-ment of Corrections, and we created a team. Ilost another friend to cancer about a year ago,so it just keeps spearing us on to raise moneyto help the Orchard of Hope because they dosuch great work with people.”

Embleton knows first-hand the many andvaried costs of fighting cancer and said help-ing with those expenses is the main goal of Or-chard of Hope.

“You just don’t realize the expenses that yourun across,” Embleton said. “Orchard of Hope— their goal is to take the financial worriesaway so you can concentrate on getting well.That just really touched my heart.”

As a manager of the payroll and Risk Man-agement Units for DOC, Embleton said she oc-casionally comes across people who have re-ceived cancer diagnosis, and her first thoughtis to reach out to them through Orchard ofH o p e.

“If there’s a cancer diagnosis, we always re-fer them to Orchard of Hope. I’ve worked realhard with Sandi Allen and with Team DOC toraise as much money as we can every year tohelp them,” Embleton said. “T h e re ’s a lot ofreally great people on Team DOC. Our execu-tive director, Mr. (Ari) Zavaras, is our teamsponsor, so that’s kind of awesome.”

On May 4 of every year, Team DOC sponsorsa “Fill the Bucket” campaign at the EastCañon Complex, where the larger facilities arel o c a t e d.

“T h e re ’s five prisons back there and at thecheckpoint system, we stand there with buck-ets with our signs up and collect money from

all the employees,” Embleton said. “This year,we raised $1,045 in one day.”

With 35 current members, Embleton said theteam has grown substantially through theyears, with many DOC employees recruitingfamily members for the cause. Embleton’s twosisters, mother, sister-in-law and daughter-in-law have rallied around Orchard of Hope.

“It just keeps growing,” she said. “The morepeople we get involved, the more money wecan raise.”

It was family and friend support that bol-stered Embleton through her cancer treat-ments, and she wants to return that same sup-port through the Orchard of Hope family.

“I had to go to Colorado Springs for sixweeks for radiation treatments,” E m b l e to nsaid. “They literally took turns driving me toColorado Springs every day. I was very fortu-nate to have all of them here.”

Having only a few more months before hit-ting the five-year, cancer-free mark, Embletonlooks forward to continuing growing Team

DOC.“I’ve always admired the people of Orchard

of Hope and what they were doing,” E m b l e to nsaid. “They were filling a need that insurancedoesn’t fill. It’s the gas money and the housepayments, and the things people have to worryabout, even though they are very sick.”

In addition to her desire to help Orchard,Embleton has another reason for sharing herex p e r i e n c e s.

“If telling my story gets one woman outthere to have her mammograms done everyyear, then I’ve done my job,” Embleton said.“If I hadn’t had that mammogram, they wouldnot have caught my breast cancer.”

Not a year goes by that Embleton doesn’tsend out e-mails to her large extended familyand friends as a reminder.

“I make sure they all go get their mammiesg ra m m e d, ” she said with a laugh. “With ourawareness, we pass that on to everyone wecome in contact with, too.”

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‘I work for Department of Corrections,and we created a team. I lost anotherfriend to cancer about a year ago, so it

just keeps spearing us on to raisemoney to help the Orchard of Hope

because they do such greatwork with people.’

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“Hope is a wonderful thing, something to be cherished and nurtured, and something that

will refresh us in return.And it can be found in each of us and it can bring light into

the darkest place.” Author Unknown

Cancer dramatically impacts not only a person’s health, but also their fi nancial ca-pacities. This burden comes at a time when many cancer patients are unable to work, resulting in exaggerated stress. The Orchard of Hope Foundation is a local agency avail-able to help patients pay for non-medical and medical expenses related to the treat-ment of cancer. We are committed to reduc-ing fi nancial burdens for cancer patients so

they can concentrate on the important goal of achieving a complete recovery.The Orchard of Hope Foundation was founded in 2001 by a group in Cañon City, Colorado. One of the members was a can-cer survivor, giving insight into the needs of cancer patients during the treatment and recovery process. The success and growth of the agency in Fremont County lead to the expansion of services into Pueblo county.

The success of the Orchard of Hope Foundation depends on the generos-ity of others. Our dreams could not be possible without the support and do-nations of individuals, businesses and corporate sponsors in Fremont and Pueblo Counties. The Orchard of Hope Foundation will ensure that all funds raised remain in Fremont and Pueblo Counties to assist cancer patients with medical or non-medical needs.

“You have two hands. One to help yourself. The second to help others.”-Unknown

Hope Begins

Hope Gives

The Orchard of Hope Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families by providing fi nancial and emotional support as well as offering assistance to local agencies and organizations that support cancer programs and education.



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For more information, visit our web site at www.OrchardOfHope.org or call at (719)275-0089

1. At the end of 2009 over 500 families in Fremont County have been the recipients of funds from the Orchard of Hope Foundation.

2. More than $542,535 has been paid out to Fremont county residents in need of fi nancial assistance.

3. We have funded 42 different types of cancer. The most com-mon type of cancer funded is breast cancer, and the rarest has been cancer of the saliva gland.

Types of Financial Assistance Provided:Gas for travel back and forth to treatments, prescription drugs, co-pays for doctors and hospitals, wigs, breast prosthesis, artifi cial leg, motel rooms, Cobra Ins. Premiums, car payments, car insurance, phone and utilities, mortgage payments, homeowners insurance, new porch and ramp for wheel chair accessibility, portable potties/towel bars in bathroom, bank loans, food.

Orchard of Hope Foundation111 Orchard Ave.

Cañon City, CO 81212(719)275-0089

Visit our web site at:www.OrchardOfHope.org

2009 HAD:32 TEAMS386 TEAM MEMBERS151 CANCER CHAMPIONS20 INDIVIDUAL WALKERS

MONEY RAISED AT THE WALK IN 2009: $78,818.51MONEY DISBURSED IN 2009: $65,780.00

BALLOONS SOLD: 765

ONLY 13% OF OUR MONEY RAISED GOES FOR EXPENSES (National aver-age is 25%)

WALL OF MEMORIES PLAQUES SOLD IN 2009: 6

MEALS SERVED IN 2009: Breakfast 344 Lunch 771

Please join us at the Tenth Annual Walk for Hope, June 12, 2010, at Veteran’sPark.

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