Incredible Act of Kindness by soon to be married couple.

On an otherwise ordinary Sunday once again I am blown away by ordinary people doing extraordinary things out of the kindness of their hearts for Tommy's Place! I received a notification on my phone saying that someone had just made a very significant and generous donation of $2500 on www.gofundme.com/tommysplace - I looked at the phone 2-3 times to make sure I was seeing things correctly. Once I determined I was not mistaken I then looked at the names, because surely this had to be someone that I know!? Nope, no one that I ever heard of in my life - that is until I received a note yesterday from this incredibly amazing couple of which I have received permission to share with you.

Good news, by kind, thoughtful, generous and truly selfless individuals is very hard to come by these days and that's what compelled me to ask if I could please share this story...!

Dear Mr. O’Connell,

My fiancé and I would like to take a minute and thank you for the amazing work that you’re doing. We’re getting married in a couple of weeks and after reading about Tommy’s Place and hearing your story, we decided that we wanted to donate to Tommy's Place in lieu of wedding favors. My fiancé, Josh, grew up in Falmouth and his parents still live and work there, it was actually his mom who had first told us about your story. I grew up in Dedham, but spent many summers down in Falmouth at my friend’s parents’ Cape house, so Falmouth has a special place in our hearts. We were also really touched by your story because 5 years ago this month I lost my dad to cancer, and while it wasn’t kids fighting cancer, it was still a family fighting it and 3 children affected by it. I remember Labor Day weekend of 2013, my dad had just been told by his doctors that the cancer was spreading fast and he had two months or less. A family member had offered their home in Maine to us for that weekend, a beautiful home on the lake that they normally would have rented out for the weekend. Instead, they gave it to us to be there together as a family, to try and get away from reality, to not have the worries of paying for that vacation, but most of all, the chance to make some of our very last vacation memories as a family. Knowing how much that meant to our family really gives us an understanding of the work you’re doing and the impact you’re having on these families. We look forward to sharing your story with our wedding guests and pray for continued success for you and your project. If there is anything we can do to help, please let us know!
All the best,

Erin McKenna (soon to be Levy!) and Josh Levy