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2022
Our mission is to help families tackle childhood cancer by providing comprehensive financial, emotional, and practical support. From diagnosis to recovery and beyond, we are part of the team, allowing parents to focus solely on their child’s well-being. Our goal is to BE THERE for parents facing the unthinkable so they can BE THERE for their families.
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JAY FUND VOICES
PAYTON, DORIS, AND FAMILY AT THE TAILGATE PARTY
JUDY COUGHLIN JUNE 30 1945-NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Dear Friends, Family is at the heart of everything we do, and my family is so grateful for the support and love you’ve shown us this past year. Judy’s absence has made us reflect on all she was to us and to the many people who knew and loved her –and boy there were a lot. Hers was a life of love and devotion. She was a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a friend, and an advocate. Judy loved without limits, was loyal to a fault, sacrificed for others, and had more enthusiasm for each person, activity, and cause that crossed her path than seems humanly possible. Judy loved the families we met through the Jay Fund and they loved her. If she sounds like a mom you know, then count yourself lucky. Robert Browning wrote that all love begins and ends with motherhood and those words couldn’t be truer. Moms are the caregivers who quietly give up jobs and career opportunities when
“A special thanks to the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund for the outing at the Jaguar game yesterday. Payton, her siblings, her dad, and I all had a blast. You guys enabled families with limited resources due to a childhood cancer diagnosis an opportunity to enjoy entertainment that would normally be farfetched or impossible to achieve. Thanks for everything.” - Payton’s mom, Doris
Wishing you a blessed holiday season and a happy and healthy New Year,
“We just left the hospital after an 11-day in-patient stay. I cannot thank the Jay Fund enough for their assistance and generosity. I am a single mother who adopted my daughter at birth. Never would I have imagined this beautiful healthy little girl becoming so sick. I will not be able to work full time again until Fall 2023 due to Nia’s treatment conflicts. Your organization makes it possible for me to continue to care for her during this time without having to worry about how I will pay my mortgage. Thank you, a million times!!!” – Tracy, Nia’s mom
Tom Coughlin Founder and President
“I finally got to meet other moms at the Jay Fund event. It was nice to finally ask some questions and feel normal in a group again. It meant the world to me.” – Sarah, Jacob’s mom
a child is diagnosed with cancer, and they do so selflessly out of love and devotion. The stress and worry a mother with a sick child carries in her heart and on her shoulders are beyond comprehension. That’s why as we wrap up 2022 and head into 2023, I ask that you take a moment to thank the mothers in your life. Theirs is a love that should never be taken for granted. Thank you again for your continued support. You are the backbone of this organization, and we couldn’t do this work without you.