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March 12, 2024

Picking up the pieces after a loss

Long Island couple Liz and Theodore attended the Living Alongside Grief Retreat in April 2023 to address the impact of losing their only son Jeyden one year ago. The Retreat is a new family bereavement education program on the range of experiences that grieving family members may go through. Jeyden was 13 when he was diagnosed and treated for an Astrocytoma brain tumor and passed away at age 14. Liz shares how her Friends of Karen social worker Marla and the Family Support Program helped, and continue to help, her family.

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March 14, 2024

Running towards better days

Xavier is a 17-year-old from Westchester County, NY who is on maintenance treatment for T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He lives with his mother Antheya and his 15-year-old brother Zach and shares how Friends of Karen helped him and his family.

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April 9, 2024

Siblings Day, April 10, 2024

Each year on April 10th, National Siblings Day, we celebrate the very special bond of support, friendship and love shared between siblings. Sibling bonds are often life-long relationships. Whether they grow old and gray together or are sadly separated by illness or death, they are tied together by something difficult to explain. They are knitted together; entwined by love and…

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February 16, 2024

Friends of Karen elects Yemi Oluwole to serve on its Board of Directors.

North Salem, NY – February 15, 2024: Friends of Karen, a nonprofit organization that supports children with life-threatening illnesses and their families, announced that Yemi Oluwole will serve as a member of the Board of Directors. Yemi Oluwole is a Portfolio General Auditor – Vice President, in the American Express Company’s Internal Audit Department where he oversees audits of various business…

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April 17, 2024

From our Executive Director

What Makes Friends of Karen Special? I am often asked what distinguishes Friends of Karen from other organizations that support critically ill children. This question usually follows: Is Friends of Karen like Make-A-Wish or Ronald McDonald House? While they are both great organizations with important missions, and Friends of Karen children and families utilize them, they do not offer the breadth and depth of services we do.

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