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.

1/25/23

As shown below, we had no requests for Patient Assistance reimbursement during all of 2022. 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 as an incorporated Foundation, we'll try to process any 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.

Below is a recap reflecting the number of leukemia patients the Foundation has assisted through the end of the past 21 years since the initial check to our first leukemia patient in June, 2001. Included is the total number of total leukemia patients assisted, the total number of individual grants awarded, and the cumulative dollar amount that has been disbursed since our inception through to the end of each period:

12/31/22   66 Leukemia Patients   324 Individual Grants $64,184.25 Total 

12/31/21   66 Leukemia Patients   324 Individual Grants $64,184.25 Total 

12/31/20   66 Leukemia Patients   320 Individual Grants  $63,182.61Total

12/31/19   65 Leukemia Patients   309 Individual Grants  $61,427.98 Total

12/31/18   62 Leukemia Patients   287 Individual Grants  $57,556.62 Total

12/31/17   57 Leukemia Patients   264 Individual Grants  $53,568.91 Total

12/31/16   55 Leukemia Patients   249 Individual Grants  $50,863.37 Total

12/31/15  52 Leukemia Patients   232 Individual Grants  $47,532.23 Total

12/31/14  50 Leukemia Patients   219 Individual Grants  $45,093.81 Total

12/31/13   49 Leukemia Patients   210 Individual Grants  $43,900.54 Total

12/31/12   46 Leukemia Patients   189 Individual Grants  $39,792.16 Total

12/31/11   44 Leukemia Patients   180 Individual Grants  $37,564.37 Total

12/31/10   40 Leukemia Patients   167 Individual Grants  $34,192.13 Total    
 
12/31/09   34 Leukemia Patients   152 Individual Grants  $28,301.75 Total
 
2001-2008 32 leukemia Patients    141 Individual Grants  $25,519.41 Total
 
 
GOLF BENEFIT RESULTS - May 3, 2008:
We had a tremendous response to the first charity golf tournament that was held to benefit the Foundation's Patient Assistance program, held in Ocala, FL on May 3, 2008, netting $3,726 that will be used to provide some financial relief to several leukemia patients. Teresa and I were pleased that we were able to be there, and it was especially rewarding to have one of the local patients from the Ocala area, 8-year old Angela Page, who we have been assisting since 2004, there with her parents, Viodelda and Myron. The corporate sponsors and golfers were also able to meet this family, and they were very happy to have a personal picture of what their involvement would mean to Angela and her family and other leukemia patients in need of financial assistance. We hope to be able to continue providing financial assistance to many deserving leukemia patients, as long as there is a need and we have funds available. Thank you to all the golfers, sponsors and others, particularly Danielle and Palmer Pendleton, who helped to make this event happen and to cause it to be such a great success!! Below are some more details about this event.
 
CHARITY GOLF EVENT:
On May 3, 2008, the annual Performance Elastomers, Inc. Golf Scramble, will be held at the Silver Springs Shores Golf & Country Club in Ocala, FL. We are blessed that this year our Foundation will be the beneficiary of the charitable net proceeds resulting from this event. Special thanks go to our friends, Palmer Pendleton, from Class 1 and his wife, Danielle, who works with Regions Bank, who were both very instrumental in getting the Foundation approved for this event.
 
All of the net proceeds received by the Foundation from this event will go into our General Fund, and 100% of those proceeds will then be redistributed to leukemia patients and their families as reimbursements of expenses not covered by their insurance provider. If you would like to participate in this event through an individual hole, putting green or driving range sponsorship or by donating a prize(s) to be awarded to one or more of the golfers, please contact Palmer Pendleton at 352-266-4215 or Paula Finn at 352-266-9843. Any direct contributions to the Foundation should be sent by check payable to: The Shannon Mosher Memorial Foundation, Inc, 3589 Rock Elm Court, Auburn, GA 30011.
 
THE SHANNON MOSHER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC (REG. #13950). A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.
 
December 20, 2007
After the death of our daughter, Shannon, from leukemia on May 20, 2000, we fulfilled her heartfelt desire to do something to help others who face this disease by establishing this 501(c)(3) non-profit Foundation in her memory. Our primary efforts are directed to providing financial assistance to leukemia patients for expenses not covered by insurance, and to informing and encouraging others to become registered on the national registries as bone marrow/stem cell donors.  Since the Foundation sent its first reimbursement check to a leukemia patient six and a half years ago, the Foundation has had the honor and privilege of providing tangible financial assistance to 32 leukemia patients and their families. 
 
With the generous donations received from family, friends and others, the Foundation has provided 135 individual grants to these patients totaling $24,466.62. As a relatively small Foundation with limited resources, our Board has approved $1,000 as the maximum that we're able to provide any one patient during a 12-month period.  At some point, we would like to be able to increase the maximum that our patients can receive because, in many cases, the need is so much greater than what we can fulfill. 
 
Teresa and I receive no compensation for our service to this cause and we cover the cost of most of the administrative expenses.  This is just something that we've been called to do, and we feel blessed to have the opportunity to be able to fulfill Shannon's desire related to these needs. When Shannon was in desperate need of a bone marrow donor during her second remission, we held a bone marrow/stem cell drive at our church on 2/6/00, and 420 new volunteer donors were registered.  The Foundation has since co-hosted and/or assisted at 11 drives, during which 948 other new donors have been added to the national registries.
 
As 2007 draws to a close, we only have about $300 remaining in our account for Patient Assistance.  All tax-deductible contributions received go into our General Fund, unless otherwise designated, and 100% of those funds are redirected back to leukemia patients as reimbursement for many of the expense not met by their insurance provider. Would you please consider a year-end donation to the Foundation and help us continue to meet the needs of patients and families?   
 
Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to the General Fund of the Foundation to help support our Patient Assistance program. Tax-deductible contributions may be made to the Foundation by clicking on a PayPay button and proceeding accordingly or by sending a check or money order payable to:  The Shannon Mosher Memorial Foundation, Inc  c/o Treasurer, 3589 Rock Elm Court,  Auburn, GA  30011-4678. IMPORTANT NOTE: 100% of all General Fund contributions are redirected back to leukemia patients in form of reimbursement checks for expenses that are not covered by their insurance.
 
May 11, 2004 - Three-year (less a month) Milestone
Three years ago (less a month) today, the Foundation was able to send its first check to a leukemia patient approved for financial aid as part of our Patient Assistance program. Including that first patient, the Foundation has had the honor and privilege of providing tangible financial assistance to 24 leukemia patients and their families. With the generous financial support and donations from family, friends and others, the Foundation has provided 84 individual grants to these 24 patients totaling $14,997.04.   
 
Stuart Mosher                                                                                                    
Executive Director
 
June 11, 2002 - One-Year Milestone
One year ago today, the Foundation was able to send its first check to a leukemia patient approved for financial aid as part of our Patient Assistance program. A total of three checks totaling $750 over a 3-month period were sent to this patient who was having to battle the many problems inherent after going through a bone marrow transplant. These reimbursements were for some expenses incurred by the patient and his family not covered by insurance.
 
Including that first patient approved a year ago, the Foundation has approved a total of 15 patients for Patient Assistance (and there are two pending) and has been able to issue 43 checks totaling over $6,800 to 13 of them. We’ve been able to provide this financial aid only because of the generous contributions received from many people, such as:  donations received from the family and friends of a leukemia patient who passed away last year as memorial gifts in his honor; in January this year, a generous gift from someone in Wisconsin who apparently just heard about our Foundation and felt led to make a contribution; and gifts from Shannon’s family and friends, some of whom have selected the Foundation as the agency to receive their contributions through the annual United Way drive at Bank of America. There have been others, and we feel truly blessed when folks who want to make a

difference in the lives of leukemia patients they don’t even know support the Foundation.
 
As a relatively new Foundation with limited resources, $1,000 is the maximum that we’re able to provide any one patient during a 12-month period and, except for two such situations the past year where we’ve reached this maximum, to date we have not had to reject a specific financial request from a leukemia patient. We would like to keep that record in tact, and at some point be able to increase the maximum that any one patient can receive. With your help, these can be reasonable objectives. It’s our desire to honor what Shannon so much had hoped to be able to do had she survived. Teresa and I receive no compensation for our service to this cause; it’s just something we've been called to do and we feel blessed to have the opportunity to be able to fulfill Shannon's desires related to these needs.
 
After a check to a patient that I mailed yesterday, our Patient Assistance account balance is hovering in the area of $500. Please allow me to challenge you to respond to help us continue providing much needed financial relief to other leukemia patients. Please click on a PayPal button and proceed accordingly, or send your tax-deductible donation to The Shannon Mosher Memorial Foundation, Inc., 3589 Rock Elm Court, Auburn, GA 30011-4678. Our phone number is 678-377-7036; and my email is: stuartmosher@aol.com. Also, if your company provides matching grants, please consider including the appropriate form in your letter to us that we can complete and return to them.
 
A required public service announcement:
THE SHANNON MOSHER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC. (REG.# CH13950) RECEIVES 100% OF EACH FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION (THERE ARE NO PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS OR FUNDRAISERS CONTRACTED BY THE FOUNDATION WHO RETAIN ANY PERCENTAGE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED). A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF CONSUMER  SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.
 
Please know that your gift will be used wisely, and that one or more patients will be able to experience some much needed relief from the overwhelming financial burdens they face.

Stuart Mosher                                                      
Executive Director
 

One of the primary objectives of The Shannon Mosher Memorial Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation") is to be a resource and haven for leukemia patients and/or their families who are going through an experience similar to that of Shannon and her family. The Foundation may be able to provide assistance with bone marrow drives, fundraising, some limited financial aid gifts, as well as emotional support specific to leukemia and related bone marrow transplant issues and concerns. Consider making a contribution to the Foundation to help support our Patient Assistance program.  100% of all General Contributions are redirected back to leukemia patients in form of reimbursement checks for expenses that may not be paid by their insurance.
 
To help leukemia patients in this area of need, make a contribution to the General Fund of the Foundation by clicking on a PayPal button and proceeding accordingly or sending a check or money order payable to: The Shannon Mosher Memorial Foundation, Inc., c/o Treasurer, 3589 Rock Elm Court, Auburn, GA 30011. Thank you for your generosity and desire to help. Please provide your name and full address, and the Foundation will send a written acknowledgement of your contribution.
 
All contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. This Fund is administered by The Shannon Mosher Memorial Foundation, Inc., a 501 (c) (3), non-profit tax-exempt organization located at 3589 Rock Elm Court, Auburn, GA 30011, whose primary mission is to assist leukemia patients and their families; to increase the funding for leukemia and bone marrow transplant research; and to increase the number of bone marrow donors on the national registries.

THE SHANNON MOSHER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC. (REG. #13950) RECEIVES 100% OF EACH FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION (THERE ARE NO PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS OR FUNDRAISERS CONTRACTED BY THE FOUNDATION WHO RETAIN ANY PERCENTAGE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED).  A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.

For additional information, please contact the Foundation at stuartmosher@aol.com, or call 678-377-7036.