Support for the Smart family

$4,033 donated

Given by 37 generous donors in around 7 months

Help fund the delivery of pre prepared nutritious meals while Quentin is receiving chemotherapy and Michelle takes time to support him

Wellington

Quentin is a proud husband and father of 2, he has recently been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. In an effort to support Quentin and the Smart family we are setting up this page to help fund the delivery of pre prepared nutritious meals while Quentin is receiving treatment and Michelle takes time to support him through this intense treatment.

We will be using the funds raised to purchase meals through Love Mamas Kitchen. These meals are organic and specifically designed to help stimulate the immune system. The packages average at about $35-40 per meal, catering for 3-4 people and are delivered fresh - so all the family need to do is heat them. Quentin will be receiving on going treatment for about 6 months and we would like to be able to provide, on average, two prepared meals a week during his 6 months treatment period.

Jessica McLellan's involvement (page creator)

I work with Quentin and our whole team are wanting to support him and his family

Latest update

To all my donors 4 July 2016

Dear All,

We wanted to say thank you so much for your support and generosity, it's been humbling.

The idea of getting meals from Vic at Love Mamas has worked so well. It isn't something we would have considered doing otherwise so has made a real impact by feeding the family good healthy food and taking some of the pressure off Michelle.

Treatment is tough but I think relatively I'm doing well. We've now done 5 x 3 weekly cycles out of hopefully 6 cycles and then it's the tough time of tests and waiting.

Best Regards

Quentin, Michelle, Elijah and Maia

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