When I played basketball at Michigan State, I had the honor of meeting several children who were battling cancer. It always struck me that they looked up to people like me – when really, I was looking up to them for their courage, strength and passion for life.
My name is Amanda Cohen, I am a student at Grand Valley State University with hopes to become a Certified Child Life Specialist (eventually). I just started volunteering at the center this fall but it has already become such a positive influence in my life! I truly believe that the center brings so much to the clients they serve.
My name is Taylor Wilson. Over the course of a year, I had the opportunity to fulfill different roles at Children’s Healing Center. It was a year that gave me many new friendships and made me grow into a better version of myself, because in each role I learned important lessons.
If you had asked me what I imagined high school to be like when I was a kid, my answer would not even come close to matching my reality.
I am 13 years old. I enjoy going sailing with my family and being outdoors. Right now actually, we are at the Sleeping Bear Dunes on the lake at the bottom. It’s fun and so cool to see the dunes.
Our names are both Kaitlyn. We are High School volunteers at the Children’s Healing Center. When asked by the Center to write a blog post we were excited to share our story of how this experience has impacted us as people and created new long-lasting friendships.
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.
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.
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