News & Events from the Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation

Happy Valentines Day from the Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:11:11 GMT

Some of our recent patient applications and interactions have been really tough. While I’m grateful we can be there for all of them, I also cherish the moments when we can support our oncology friends in a fun and uplifting way.

Today was all about spreading love by making Valentine’s Day bags for our friends who will be inpatient on February 14th. What made this even more special was having Trevor’s classmates from Greenville Christian assemble the bags. These students were such an important part of Trevor’s life, and seeing them come together in his honor means the world to me.

Thank you, Greenville Christian sophomores—you’ll always hold a special place in my heart.

Merry Christmas from the Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:07:37 GMT

Today was such a special day as we teamed up with our amazing friends at Goldman Sachs to assemble the most magical Christmas bags. Our hope is that these bags bring a touch of holiday magic to hospital rooms this season. Christmas bags were delivered to Children's Hospital Dallas, Dell Children's Hospital Austin and St. Luke's Hospital Boise.

The highlight of the day? Seeing some of Trevor's favorite staff from Children's! Their love and care meant so much to him, and seeing them made the day event even more meaningful.

Merry Christmas from the Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation

Thank you Texas Health Surgery Center

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 16:41:55 GMT

Fall Bags for our friends at Children's Hospital Dallas and Dell Children's Hospital Austin

How many Squishmallows can you stuff for pediatric oncology patients on a Saturday morning with friends and family? 70!

A huge thank you to Texas Health Surgery Center—you all showed up in a big way! We packed 70 bags filled with fall crafts, lights, toys, window clings, and gift cards for the amazing patients at Children's Medical Center.

Your support means the world to the Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation, and I’m truly honored to partner with you.

I know these gift bags, filled with love, will bring so much joy to the oncology patients!

Thank you, we are so grateful for this partnership!

Family Fun Day 2024

Sat, 19 Oct 2024 04:40:29 GMT

Family Fun Day 2024

What an Amazing Day!

This year’s Family Fun Day was our best one yet! We continue to choose this type of fundraiser because it represents Trevor so well—he loved a fun day spent with family.

Our Family Fun Day included a Fun Run, Giant Volleyball, Bubble Truck, Petting Zoo, Game Truck, Raffle, various Food Trucks and live music.

A huge thank you to our event planning team, sponsors, participants, volunteers, donors, friends, and family. Our fundraiser's success is because of YOU! This year, we raised over $30,000! A special shoutout to the Greenville Christian School football team for partnering with us for the lift-a-thon. Trevor loved football, and if he were here with us today, he’d be one of those athletes, so fundraising together felt like a true win-win for everyone.

Thanks to your support, the Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation can continue saying "yes" to families in need—helping with medical items, financial assistance, memory-making opportunities, holiday inpatient bags, and end-of-treatment celebrations.

We are truly grateful to have you by our side.

Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation

Be Brave Summer Newsletter

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 02:59:10 GMT

Be Brave Summer News!

Happy 16th Birthday Trevor

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:53:35 GMT

This year, as we celebrate Trevor's birthday, we reflect on the incredible impact his foundation has made. Sixteen diagnoses, sixteen cities, and, most importantly, sixteen lives forever touched by the Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation.

2024 Spring Break Lego Party Children's Dallas

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:37:41 GMT

All the Legos for our friends at Children's Hospital Dallas

Our Spring Break Lego & Nerf Gun Party was a success.

A big thank you to those of you who donated Legos. The patients loved them. It was fun seeing their faces light up when they saw a set that excited them. Star Wars, Minecraft, NASCAR & Harry Potter. Friends sets that were pet, food or princess themed. We had big sets that the patients were overwhelmed by & small sets they could give to a sibling who was with them. We even added a few manicure sets for those who may not like Legos. What a blessing it was & it is only because of you that we were able to do this. Your gift brought a smile to the face of a kid who needed something fun to think about while being at the hospital.

The goal was to encourage those who are inpatient during Spring Break to come out of their rooms, pick out a new Lego set/Nerf Gun & allow us to love on them during this difficult time. The music was playing, the lights were flashing, & Rex the Therapy dog was right in the middle of all of it. We did it & we are ready to do it again.

It is our joy to love on these patients in honor of Trevor.

Family Fun Day 2023

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 02:14:20 GMT

Family Fun Day 2023 was a success.

Our day included: Giant Volley Ball, Fun Run, Run-A-Thon, Home Run Derby, Corn Hole, Bubble Truck, Game Truck, Zoo Crew, Food Trucks & Inflatable Obstacle Courses.

We had the absolute best time and I know Trevor would have loved the day as well. This is our annual fundraiser that allows us to serve patient's and families battling childhood cancer at Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dell Children's Hospital Austin & Texas Children's Houston.

A special thank you to sponsors, donors, volunteers and participants.

What a blessing! A fun day fundraiser that allows us to love on others in honor of Trevor.

Spring Break Lego Party

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 01:22:00 GMT

Thank you to everyone who donated Legos for our Spring Break Lego parties. It was truly a blessing to love on these kids this week.

Monday we delivered Legos to our friends at Dell Children’s Hospital Austin. Friday we partnered with LukeStrong and delivered more Lego sets & Nerf Guns to our friends at Childrens Medical Center Dallas. I know both boys would have loved being part of our special day.

Each brave patient walked in not knowing who we were but left with their arms full of toys and a smile on their face knowing someone cares for them and can relate to their difficult journey.

Thanksgiving

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 03:16:39 GMT

As I prepare for Thanksgiving it seems as if my mind and heart can’t seem to find a place to land. One minute I am thinking about our days spent at Children’s during Thanksgiving. Waiting biopsy and MRI results or receiving treatment. The next minute I am thinking about the Thanksgivings we had at home with Trevor and he felt well. Well enough to be in the kitchen cooking with me, (one of his many happy places) or he felt well enough to host a big toy drive for Children’s. The past few days my heart has wavered between memories of caring for his sick body to hearing his precious voice at home as we enjoy the holidays together.

Today, the day before Thanksgiving I found a place to land. The Lord reminded me of a verse he gave me while we were inpatient. We had just received MRI results. Results that a newly diagnosed bacteria infection that was in his lungs had not spread to his brain. I remember falling to my knees in that dark hospital room praising the Lord for the good report that was a blessing from him. Today I am praising the Lord for all of the goodness he has given us this year. That is where I want to land.

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him; bless his name!”

Psalms 100:4

I hope you will recount these blessings with me, I am thankful for:

Trevor’s heart that has fueled our foundation
Trevor’s story that I can share to encourage others
Donors that have given so we can bless others
The Be Brave Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation that has allowed us to provided financial assistance to families, chemo to patients, meals and gas cards to parents who are low on resources, hospital meal cards to families with emergency admissions, and seasonal bags to lift the spirits of kids who are inpatient
New families to love on during their cancer journey
Churches & schools that support us
Foundation Board Members who give so much of themselves
Friends who have blessed us with a beautiful website that honors Trevor so well
Friends who have blessed us with perfectly designed foundation stickers
Friends who have blessed us with amazing foundation shirts
Opportunities to love on other oncology patients in the playroom at Children's on a regular basis
A recent grant that allowed us to provide finical assistance to another oncology family in Hunt County
A successful Family Fun Day that was a great start to many more fundraisers
Thankful for a brave warrior who is now in remission
Relationships with old & new Dr.s & Social Workers that know how to connect us with families that we can help during their cancer journey
Thankful for new friendships developed while serving together or assembling Be Brave Bags
Thankful for other foundations that we can serve alongside with

Thanksgiving will never be the same but I will always enter His courts with thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation