Hopes Haven - Founders Letter

Who We Are

Who We Are

ONE SMALL IDEA

can make a

BIG DIFFERENCE

Founder's Letter

I have led a blessed life. My childhood was ideal. My family, intact. My education was easy, appreciated and paid for. My parents are living a happy early retirement. My loved ones have found relatively good health. I have not lost anyone dear to me to cancer.

So why did I start Hopes Haven?

In my time volunteering I have witnessed the helpless look on the faces of parents. The worn-down, last-straw, barely-keeping-it-together smile they try to muster for you; a smile they try to muster for themselves in hopes they can believe it. You want to hug them and tell them it will be okay. Kids don’t understand the injustice in their illness but parents do. If you could see this look just once you would understand why I was driven to start Hopes Haven. To make just one day, one bill, one breath, easier for them.

I have also been blessed to meet these little warriors, who even at the toughest times, can light up a room. Each one has left on imprint on my life and propels me to find a way to make them smile. This is the vision behind the organization. One smile at a time.

You think you can’t make a difference, but you can. If we, as people, can’t find a way to lift those up when they are down, then what’s the point in today? What’s the point in tomorrow? Even the smallest gesture can make a big difference. I truly believe this.

Best Wishes of Health & Happiness,

Monica Mills

Founder, Hopes Haven

Monica@Hopes-Haven.org

Because I am lucky. My time as a volunteer wish granter with Make-a-Wish has made me realize how truly lucky I am. The notion that kids can get cancer continues to dumbfound me. Childhood is supposed to be the best years of our lives. Parents should be focusing on play dates, Little League and dance recitals, not chemo, radiation and rehab. They should be buying their daughters sparkly hairclips, not picking out synthetic wigs.

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Hopes Haven is a 501(c)3 organization

P.O. Box 1935 Agoura Hills, CA 91376

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