Libby Caranci has created a Fb web page, Anna’s Angels, in reminiscence of her sister, Anna Carpino, who died in 2021 at age 46 of glioblastoma, a mind most cancers.
The charity raises cash for monetary, medical and emotional assist for mind tumor sufferers, together with kids.
There may be additionally a scholarship in Anna’s title.
The scholarship fund lately offered $500 apiece to 3 college students to make use of for greater schooling. Award candidates needed to be mind most cancers survivors or have somebody of their household with mind most cancers. They had been requested to write down and submit an essay about their most cancers expertise together with an software.
Scholarship award winners had been Timothy Fisher, a scholar at Keystone Faculty whose mom is a mind most cancers survivor; Angelina Ferrandino, a senior at Villa Joseph Marie whose grandmother handed away from mind most cancers; and Vanessa Moresi, a scholar at Immaculata College and a glioma (mind tumor) survivor.
Caranci and the charity are working to coach a pug for a 13-year-old boy, Joey Myers, who’s battling a uncommon sort of mind most cancers. The pug would function Joey’s service canine.
Anna was an advocate for childhood most cancers. Her son, Mario, was identified with a mind tumor when he was 4. She raised greater than $60,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand and likewise supported Kisses for Kyle.
To assist the charity, go to the Anna’s Angels web page on Fb. The web page has raffles each few weeks. ••
