News & Updates

May 2026 | Volume 17 - Number 5

 
 

Upcoming Activities


May

Awareness Walk

 

About Us

Spreading Hope Through Psychosocial Support SM

Support

Help Make The Miracles Possible

 
 
 

16 Years of Service

Video

 
 

Come Walk with Us

 

On May 17, Mattie Miracle will be hosting its 17th Awareness Walk. Being a virtual event enables our psychosocial message to reach far beyond our National Capital Area. The goal is to have participation from all over the country and to raise $50,000.


Mattie Miracle is primarily funded by donations received from our supporters. We rely on your generosity so that we can continue to operate our psychosocial programs and initiatives.


Walk with us on May 17 (10am to noon, in your time zone) and help us turn your neighborhood Mattie Miracle ORANGE! Participating in our virtual walk is easy: All you have to do is WALK, SNAP, and POST from ANYWHERE!!!!


WALK and track your steps (on May 17, from midnight to noon in your time zone) using a step counter/activity tracker.


SNAP photos and take videos showing your Mattie Miracle ORANGE spirit and share it on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Be sure to use #MMCFWALK.


POST a photo of you with your total step count by noon (in your time zone) to Mattie Miracle's social media accounts or email us. Remember to use the hashtag #MMCFWALK. 



Where do the proceeds go? Since 2010, we have:


  1. Raised over $2M to fund our Psychosocial Programs
  2. Supported 35,000 children with cancer
  3. Funded 7 Child Life Specialists
  4. Awarded $200,000 in psychosocial Research Grants
  5. Published the first evidence based Psychosocial Standards of Care
  6. Sponsored the publication of the Matrix and Guidelines to help implement the Psychosocial Standards of Care
  7. Awarded 65 M&M Wishes
  8. Funded 14 Therapy Support Grants
  9. Operated 5 Snack and Item Carts, servicing over 2,500 families and delivering 26,000 snacks to in-patient families
  10. Launched a non-profit research partnership with The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation and Momcology



Register, purchase raffle tickets, and make a

tax-deductible donation to the event,

a walker, or a team.




 

Funding Direct Psychosocial Support

 

Child Life

Mattie Miracle is committed to funding and increasing access to Child Life services. Since 2011, we have supported seven different Child Life Specialists. Our Child Life Specialist at Children’s Hospital at Sinai (Baltimore, MD), Erin Moynihan, serves over 1,500 children and families a year. Child Life Specialists have the necessary education, skills, and abilities to make a very frightening and stressful medical experience more manageable. In fact, we believe Child Life services are just as important as the medical treatment.


To date we have:


  • Donated over $500,000 to support our child life program funds.
  • Supported 1,500 children a year.
  • Funded 7 different Child Life Specialists.


M&M Wishes

In 2021, Mattie Miracle launched its M&M (Margy & Mattie) Wishes Program in memory of our board member, Margy Jost. Margy was a fierce childhood cancer advocate who devoted her life to helping children with cancer. Margy was passionate about providing grants to families to create memories outside of the hospital experience. M&M Wishes offers families a grant of up to $1,000 to support a fun activity, trip, or a wish list item for a child with cancer.





To date we have:


  • Donated $75,000 in Wishes.
  • Granted 65 Wishes.
  • Wishes awarded to children in 24 different States!


Therapy Support

Our therapy support program grants children with cancer $1,000 for therapy sessions with a licensed mental health provider within their community. Families face a host of mental health issues because of a childhood cancer diagnosis. Yet frequently families of children with cancer are referred out of the hospital system and into the community for support. The problem with this is it is very challenging for families to access such support because of financial difficulties.





To date we have:


  • Donated $25,000 in Therapy Grants.
  • Supported 14 children with cancer.
  • Grants awarded to children in 12 different States!


 
 

$5 Raffle Tickets


Mattie Miracle's online raffle is open! Tickets are only $5. We are featuring 11 wonderful items. All raffle proceeds go toward our fundraising goal, which enables us to support our programs and initiatives. Raffle winners will be announced on Mattie Miracle's Facebook page at 12:30pm EDT on May 17. Items will be mailed to our winners. 



Great prizes, benefiting a great cause! 


  1. Nats Tickets 
  2. Apple iPad  
  3. Wolf Trap for the Performing Arts
  4. Capitals Collectible
  5. Money Tree 
  6. Escape to Wine Country
  7. Wine Club Membership & Tasting 
  8. Designer Quilt Creations 
  9. Jazz it up with Jewelry
  10. For the Lego Lover
  11. Ode to Geodes & Agates



 
 
 
 
 

Our Orange Campaign

 

We have supporters in 20 out of 50 States participating in our virtual Walk! Our virtual event is a great way to get involved and support Mattie Miracle.


Help us turn this entire map Mattie Miracle ORANGE! Supporters from the states not represented on this map, please consider registering for the Walk, purchasing raffle tickets, or making a donation. Let's spread Mattie Miracle sunshine and our psychosocial mission in all 50 states.


 
 

Show Your Spirit

 
 

Show your Mattie Miracle spirit on May 17, and wear our Foundation color, ORANGE! Help us spread the message that childhood cancer IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MEDICINEsm.


Send us photos of you, family, friends, and even 4 legged buddies wearing orange on May 17. Photos can be emailed or posted on our social media platforms! Don’t forget to use the hashtag, #MMCFWALK!






#MMCFWALK

 
 
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