I just had to post this -- CathInfo is a big forum now, and I figure there might be a few people looking for a good charity recipient.
Giving to this family would be much better than United Way, March of Dimes, Susan Komen foundation, etc.
And all those organizations dedicated to helping people have maintenance costs. Those who only have $10, $20, or $100 to give would best give it to someone local, who can use ALL of it instead of 75% or 60% of it. But even larger donations would be better if given to someone in person, directly. That's how charity was done for thousands of years!
Cancer isn't going to be cured by anyone's donations. You could donate $10 Trillion dollars (yes, I'm serious -- I know how much a trillion is!) and it wouldn't make any difference. Yes, you'd be in the papers if the donation wasn't anonymous, but Cancer would stay right where it is. It's already been "cured" several times by now, but the Cancer industry is too big and powerful to lay down its arms -- even if a cure is found. We'd all like to think that when they cure cancer, all the doctors, chemists, etc. will gladly start working at McDonald's or re-tool their careers for a cancer-free world. But that's not reality, unfortunately.