Your Impact

$160,000+

Your Gifts

Together, we are providing families with the help that they need, just when they need it the most.

2018

Project Established

Although community efforts began in 2015, Samuel's Supper ™ was formally established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Nov. 2018. 

40+

Families

Virginia+

Community Served

Each Story is a testament to the challenges we face, and to the difference that communities can make when we come together to help others in need.  

  • Jonathan

    Apert Syndrome 

    A Tough Beginning

    • Anonymous Gifts

    Respecting the privacy of families is important to us! Ways your gifts quietly serve other families: 
    • Medical prescriptions and necessary medical equipment not covered by insurance
    • Fuel Cards
    • Auto Repair
    • Utilities
    • Rent
    • Funeral expenses
    • Unspoken Greatest Needs

    "Samuel"

    2015

    It was midnight, and the moment we walked through the door I knew our lives had changed.  In my mind I could only think, "This is not the life we want.   This is not what we want to go through."  But some choices in life we don't get to make.  Like it or not, we were in the children's oncology unit at UVA.
    Samuel was visiting the doctor's office for a cough, when the doctor found a swollen lymph node/lump at the base of his neck.  After a short round of antibiotics to rule out infection, Samuel had an ultrasound at AMC on Friday, April 10th 2015.  On Monday he underwent extensive testing at UVA. He returned home that evening, but within ten minutes of being home, the surgeon called and told his family to return immediately.  The tests had confirmed cancer and there were masses around Samuel's heart.  On Tuesday morning Samuel had Pulmonary Function Tests(PFTs) to assure he could withstand surgery, and as soon as he passed the PFTs he went into surgery.
    To say that the next few weeks and months went by in a blur would be an understatement. Doctors, surgeries, chemo, sickness...all while caring for our three other children and trying to manage bills and insurance; our world was upside down. The support we received from family and friends, along with a lot of prayer, sustained us during that time.  We were so touched to learn that the local community was organizing a fundraising dinner for us.  Samuel's Supper™ was such a blessing, and kept us afloat during an emotional time.  
    ~ Sherri(Samuel's mom)
    UPDATE 2022 - Samuel received word that his cancer had returned just before his 18th birthday, in February 2022.  To follow Samuel's journey to beat (stage 4) recurrent Hodgkin Lymphoma, please visit Samuel
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