This coin was passed to me by Kendra. She is a supportive member of our our Young Survivor Coalition community! Kendra wrote me a thoughtful note and gave me a beautiful Sunflower. My favorite flower! I passed the coin along to Michele along with four blank handmade Christmas cards. I hope Michele knows how special she is in our Young Survivor Coalition community!

This coin was given to Kendra, a new friend and fellow survivor, to kick off Hope Days 2019. We met up in Troy, at the "A Toast to Life!" event.

Kendra is participating in her first Hope Days and embraced it with such enthusiasm!! I have recently been teaching Kendra to stamp, so I gave her a package of my handmade cards (that she can use during Hope Days), along with this coin, to show my friendship and support. She can use the cards to spread some kindness to people she knows. I am hoping the coin will travel through our special secret sisterhood and offer love and support along its journey. Our sisterhood has been a great source of strength to me! This coin's journey may now begin!

This coin was purchased for Hope Days 2019. Hope Days was founded on May 1, 2015 to celebrate what would be Hope Cookis-McCarthy’s last birthday. She was turning 49 and was nearing the end of a two year battle with stage IV colon cancer. Her tribe of family and friends wanted to show her she was cherished and to bolster her courage to continue the fight as long as she could. Hope’s entire life was based on kindness and empathy for people and animals, always taking care of others and adopting strays from the time she was a child. She put others above herself.

Between May 1-13, we invite you to spread kindness. This can be anything YOU are comfortable doing, for ANYONE you wish to do it for. You are invited to pay it forward and make the world a nicer place in memory of Hope.

Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HopeDays13/ or @HopeDays13This coin was purchased for Hope Days 2019. Hope Days was founded on May 1, 2015 to celebrate what would be Hope Cookis-McCarthy’s last birthday. She was turning 49 and was nearing the end of a two year battle with stage IV colon cancer. Her tribe of family and friends wanted to show her she was cherished and to bolster her courage to continue the fight as long as she could. Hope’s entire life was based on kindness and empathy for people and animals, always taking care of others and adopting strays from the time she was a child. She put others above herself.

Between May 1-13, we invite you to spread kindness. This can be anything YOU are comfortable doing, for ANYONE you wish to do it for. You are invited to pay it forward and make the world a nicer place in memory of Hope.

Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HopeDays13/ or @HopeDays13