BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Claire Ratliff
Founder
EMILY RATLIFF
Claire’s Mom, Executive Director
Kevin Ratliff
Claire’s Dad, Board of Directors
Vince Sumner
President, Board of Directors
Karen Chapman
Vice President, Board of Directors
Nikki Emanuel
Treasurer, Board of Directors
Jay Fulcher
Secretary, Board of Directors
Paul Carini
Board of Directors
Meg Walters
Board of Directors
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Thank you Dilworth Grille - for your support of the Claire's Army meal program since 2015! The pediatric oncology patients and families at Novant Health Hemby Children's Hospital are thankful for the many dinners 🥗🍔🥨🍕🥣🍝you have provided over the years. We appreciate your ongoing support! www.dilworthgrille.com/about-us
Upcoming Blood Drive - please help save local lives by donating blood at the Socrates Academy drive on Thursday November 1st - their National Junior Honor Society is working hard with the Community Blood Center of the Carolinas to recruit at least 50 donors! If you are anywhere near South Charlotte on 11/1, take 30 minutes to give blood - to sign up - www.cbcc.us/signup sponsor code: 51101-32848
Vince Sumner, Rebecca Palmer, Taylor Harris, Kevin Williams,Sarah Smith
Best Buddies - 7 years ago this photo was taken of these 3 musketeers, Sarah Crawley, Claire, and Mercede's Story. It was Claire's last round of chemo before we made the trip to Philadelphia for tumor resection and other therapies. They had only met 5 months earlier, but these two previous girls loved Claire like a sister. We miss you and love you so much Claire and Cede. 💖
Biden Cancer Summit 2018 - via invitation from Family Reach, Claire's Army was given the opportunity to attend the Biden Cancer Initiative Summit in Washington D.C. last month. It was an incredible opportunity to hear MANY of the ways our community and country are stepping up to fight this terrible disease. We are thankful for all of those (scientists, clinicians, physicians, nurses, philanthropists, etc.) who chose this career path so that our children have a
chance. bidencancer.org/patient_caregiver/
Hospital Haircuts - ask any parent about the moment they are forced to cut or shave the hair of their child with cancer. It evokes so many emotions and signifies the realness of the diagnosis. Thank goodness that Claire's Army met Tiara of If The Crown Fits - who will make the trip to the hospital to handle any haircare 💇♀️needs for our pediatric oncology patients. Tiara possesses the compassion and professionalism to walk into a traumatic situation and handle it with grace and love. 💗 Thank you Tiara for taking care of our special children. Consider her for your children's haircuts at home - the Ratliff family and many others do!