Cancer stinks!  There is simply no other way to say it. Odds are that you probably know someone close to you who has battled cancer.  Two people close to me have waged that battle—both my parents.  My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was eleven.  At that time in my life, cancer equaled death.  So I was convinced my mom would not be in my life to do all the things that moms do, like picking out prom dresses, planning my wedding, or grounding me for talking back like only teenage girls can.  Through chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, and reconstructive surgery, she fought—hard. Ultimately, she won.  My mom redefined the word “cancer” for me at an early age.  It went from meaning “death” to meaning “curable.”

One month after I graduated from college, my dad was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which is a type of blood cancer.  Since my mom’s victory over cancer ten years earlier changed what a cancer diagnosis meant to me, I did not think that my dad was going to die. Like my mom, he fought hard and put his cancer into remission, and I thought that was the end of it. Well, it wasn’t.  After more chemotherapy and a failed stem cell transplant, my dad died at the age of 53, less than three years after he was diagnosed.

Since my dad passed away, I’ve stopped trying to redefine what “cancer” means to me.  Now, I just want to do my part to fight it. If I could handle the sight of blood, I would have gone back to school to be a doctor.  As an alternative, I quit my promising career with one of the most highly regarded companies in the United States to start Whoopzie Daizie Cardz, a company which is committed to donating 20% of our annual net income to the following deserving cancer related organizations:

We know that without your purchase, we couldn’t donate a dime.  So it only seems fair to let you have a say in where we send our donations.  During the check-out process, you will have the chance to select the Cause that you would like us to help fight with our annual donations. Our contributions to each Organization will be based on the proportion of the number of cardz purchased for each Cause to the total number of cardz purchased that year.

The cure for cancer may seem elusive, but I know it’s out there.  Research institutions and charities need ammunition (i.e., money) to continue their efforts to fight cancer, and our goal is to keep stockpiling them! For this reason, I can’t thank you enough for your support in Making Cardz Count in the fight against cancer.

Sincerely,

Amy Weaver
President
Whoopzie Daizie Cardz

* These organizations are in no way affiliated or associated with Whoopzie Daizie Cardz, and this list is included on our website for disclosure and informational purposes only.