A close co-worker/friend's daughter just had a baby six months ago and he was diagnosed with leukemia a couple weeks ago. He's going through chemo right now and through Christmas. My co-workers and I want to help out somehow but we don't know what to do. Should we take up a collection of money for the little expenses? Or get a "gift" basket together? Any ideas would be helpful, but we are just at a loss because nothing can really make the parents feel better, we were just hoping to get something together to let them know that we all care so much and are praying for them.
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I totally understand your feeling of wanting to make things better but feeling helpless. I felt that way when my brother told me his 2 year old was diagnosed with leukemia. Most of all, just let your friend know that you are willing to help with whatever they need. Ask them how you can help. Send a card signed from the office. Other suggestions - provide food/meals. Usually when the child is first diagnosed, the child and at least one parent are constantly at the hospital for days/weeks at a time. You can either buy gift cards to the families favorite restaurants or work something out with the parents and your coworkers to bring home cooked meals either to the hospital or their house on certain days. Another thing people do is gas cards. Most of all, just let your friend know that you are willing to help with whatever they need. For my brothers family, people cleaned their house, mowed their lawn, provided gift cards for meals and babysat his other two young children so he could go up to the hospital with his wife and daughter. If your friend has other children as well, it would be nice to do something special for them or with them as their lives have been turned upside down as well.
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