VERY
IMPORTANT NOTICE –As
of May 20, 2023, The Shannon
Mosher Memorial Foundation, Inc. (“Foundation”), established September 26, 2000, will no longer exist. Shannon died May 20,
2000 after her courageous battle, as chronicled in this website. This Website
has been updated to reflect the change from an incorporated “Foundation” to a
“Memorial” to Shannon and is designed to keep remembrance of her alive.
The website,
shannonmoshermemorial.com, contains the uplifting story of how she faced a 15-month
battle with leukemia, that included a bone marrow transplant, with great faith,
courage, grace, humility, as well as her own special sense of humor, while
dealing with the myriad of medical tests, procedures, setbacks and occasional
bright moments.
Much of her
story remains intact from the original website text on this website. It includes
just a few of the many testimonials received from people who followed and were
inspired by her story. It is hoped that Shannon’s story in this Memorial
website will continue to be a blessing to many for years to come, especially
for those who are facing a similar ordeal and their families who are looking
for encouragement and inspiration.
Since the Foundation will no longer exist as
of May 20, 2023, to the extent reasonably possible an effort has been made to
delete many references to “Foundation” from all of the original website text.
NOTE: With that said, the figures shown
on this updated Memorial website are carried over from the original website
when the Foundation was in existence. Visitors to this website should just
realize that any text, figures, and other information shown BEFORE May 20, 2023
are related to when the Foundation was in existence, and anything posted AFTER
May 20, 2023 represents new material on this updated Memorial website.
Patient Assistance
2/3/23
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Effective immediately, we will no longer process
Applications for Patient Assistance. After over 21 years of providing various
types of assistance to leukemia patients, such as financial grants and
assistance with bone marrow donor drives, we find it necessary to proceed to
“close up shop” which we plan will soon include filing Articles of Dissolution
to cease all activities as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit Foundation. Age and
health-related issues have helped us to reach this difficult decision.
2/3/23
As with the decision noted to our
Board in February, 2021 to stop hosting Bone Marrow Drives due to a lack
of any response to the totally digital drive held in 2020, we have also decided
that we have run the course with actively seeking to provide financial assistance
to leukemia patients. Age and some related health issues have also helped
us to reach this decision. With that said, while we still operate briefly as an
incorporated Foundation, we'll try to process any reimbursement requests we receive, but
we'll gradually begin to "close up shop" which we understand will
finally involve filing Articles of Dissolution with the appropriate Florida and
Georgia agencies.
Our plan would be to put IMPORTANT NOTICES on
all Tab home pages that explain our reasons for this action, and to
clarify that all previous website pages and information referring to the
Foundation activities that make up the great majority of the Website activity
simply remain on the website purely from an "human interest"
perspective as information to anyone interested in Shannon's journey of 15
months battling leukemia and the effects of a bone marrow transplant and to
remain for a time simply as an on-going memorial to Shannon.. Except for satisfying
any Foundation-related normal remaining financial obligations, we would then
plan to distribute the remaining balance to some worthwhile like-minded
organizations just prior to filing the aforementioned Articles of Dissolution.
HOME
Welcome to the Shannon Mosher Memorial.com ("Memorial") website. By accessing the various links on this site, it is our desire that you will be enlightened, encouraged, as well as challenged by Shannon's story...to the point of getting actively involved in the battle against leukemia and helping to ensure that future patients needing a bone marrow transplant will have a greater opportunity for long-term survival.
Sadly, Shannon is a statistic. She is one of the 21,700 people who the American Cancer Society projected would die of leukemia during the year 2000; this number of deaths is 70% of the total 30,800 new cases of leukemia projected for 2000 in the United States. This is an unacceptable rate!!
But Shannon is so much more than a statistic; she was an inspiration to thousands of people who followed her story. You will have the opportunity to learn first hand about Shannon and the struggles she and her family endured during her 15 month battle with leukemia. You will learn what the mission of the Foundation was about and what you can still do to help, financially and otherwise, other like-minded organizations.
Because of Shannon's battle and her heartfelt desire to do something to help others who face this disease, the Foundation was committed to honoring her life as we addressed three primary needs by increasing the funding for leukemia and bone marrow transplant scientific research; by increasing the number of bone marrow donors on the national registries; and by assisting individual leukemia patients and their families financially and through other resources.
Join the "SALT & LIGHT" crusade and become a bone marrow donor...Save A Life Tomorrow so that others may Live In Great Hope Today.
The Memorial mailing address is: 3589 Rock Elm Court, Auburn, GA 30011, and the Memorial email address is:stuartmosher@aol.com.
