Hi! My name is Laurel, and I had the pleasure of being the Program Intern at the Children’s Healing Center this summer. This summer was full of adaptability, learning, and growth. I had the best experience, and I met some of the best children, and families.
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My name is Kate McCartney and I was a summer intern at Children’s Healing Center under Cheryl Raguse. I am going into my senior year at Grand Valley preparing to graduate this spring with a degree in Recreational Therapy.
Purpose. It’s a word that we hear a lot and something that we might spend our entire lives searching for. Like so many others I struggled with the question ‘what is my purpose?’ To make an impact? To stimulate positive change? To help others? Yes.
Three years ago in July my daughter Kate wrote a blog post titled ‘More Unknown.’ She had just had a bone marrow biopsy and learned she had developed a life-threatening side effect to her treatment for Ewing’s Sarcoma.
While the outside world adjusts to this ‘new normal,’ not much has changed at the Center. We have been utilizing the recommended screening and cleanliness practices since the day we opened 5-years ago.
Hi, my name is Mike Copeland. I am a Patient Advocate for the Sickle Cell Disease Association – MI Chapter (SCDAAMI). When I was asked by the Children’s Healing Center to write a blog post for their website I decided to write a post dedicated to my brother Raymond, a sickle cell warrior.
In early 1999 I was looking for something “fun” to do, and maybe to earn a little extra money. So when my sister told me The Mud Room, a cute little studio in Ada, was looking for part-time help I jumped on the opportunity. Little did I know what that opportunity would turn out to be!
Today, my daughter’s physician asked me, “How do you envision your daughter’s death?” Let that sink in for a minute….
I came across the Center by accident. My university, Grand Valley, had shared the internship posting on their social media and it just happened to catch my eye.
“My name is Liz Greer and I am the Volunteer Coordinator for the Children’s Healing Center. In addition to my work at the CHC, I love being a wife to Ken and a mother to three wonderful girls: Kaitlyn, Sydney, and Makenzie.”