Thanksgiving Food Baskets Provided to Families Who Have a Child with Cancer
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Vanessa Farfan, 5, from Riverside heads home with her apple pie and basket of food. .
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Juan Marquez from Riverside, diagnosed with cancer at age 17, receives his turkey and potatoes along with a basket of food. .
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Amina Ihmud, 6, with mom Anabel from Ontario stop by to pick up their Thanksgiving Food Basket..
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Melissa Lira from Rialto, diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, and family pick up their Thanksgiving Basket. .
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Karen Tortolero from Rialto, diagnosed with lymphoma, stops by the office to pick up her basket of goodies..
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San Bernardino Water Department and the San Bernardino Police Department provided over 40 baskets of meals to distribute to families. .
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Dominick Gonzalez's family and friends donated four Thanksgiving Baskets. Dominick was diagnosed with cancer at the young age of 5 months. .
By Stephanie Avila
12/04/2013 at 03:19 PM
The Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern California (CCFSC) distributed over 80 Thanksgiving food baskets with all the fixings for a complete Thanksgiving dinner and over a week’s worth of food to families who have a child with cancer. The baskets were put together by various generous donors and delivered Tuesday morning to the Childhood Cancer Foundation office to then be picked up by families.
The baskets were provided by various donors: San Bernardino Animal Control, San Bernardino Finance Department, San Bernardino City Public Works, Beaver Medical Group, San Bernardino Water Department, San Bernardino Community Development Services, Western Dental, Sarah Gonzalez and Friends, Brenda Ebrahim, Elena Klopfer, Riverside County Church of Christ, San Bernardino Police Department, Sara Guzman, and the Norco Scholar Association at Norco College. Donors collected food for the giveaway and delivered baskets the morning of Nov. 26 in time for families to pick up their much-needed meals.
Receiving non-profit status in September of 1981, the Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern California, Inc. (CCFSC) is now more than 650 families strong, committed to serving children with cancer and their families throughout Southern California emotionally, financially, educationally, and with emergency assistance. CCFSC works directly with the families to identify their need for support.
