Lynette's Angels

12/21/2025

Thank you to everyone who helped make the last 10 years so incredibly memorable. We are truly grateful for each of you. 💜💜

With the help of over 100 businesses and community members, the organization has been able to help grant the wishes of more and more families each year.

12/17/2025

Our final Lynette's Angels wrapping party was a success!
We are so excited to get to meet all of these deserving families this week and hopefully make a Big impact for them and brighten their Holidays!
This is all made possible with the help of over 100+ amazing people and businesses. 🙌🏻
Our favorite part of Lynette's Angels is that it is such a community effort to pull it all off! We can't thank everyone enough for their amazing generosity these last 10 years for families suffering from the effects of cancer. 💜

12/03/2025

Thank you all for your support! Check out the Wishlist Page to see how you can help make year 10 the best yet!! Love you all ~ Lynette's Angels

11/23/2025

We would like to introduce our final main family!
Casandra Leverette and her two children, Ezeriah, 11, and Arazella, 8.

Casandra has been courageously battling cancer and is currently facing cervical cancer for the second time, which has now advanced to stage 4 terminal. Just 12 months ago, she was given an 18-month prognosis. Tragically, a few months ago, she lost her home and is now living with her mother.

Due to her ongoing health challenges and related co-morbidities, Casandra (Cassie) is unable to work. She is a devoted mother to Ezeriah, who has disabilities and functions at a level more akin to that of a toddler, and her spirited daughter, Arazella. Over the past year, Casandra has experienced tremendous hardships, navigating cancer remission, a new diagnosis, and making arrangements to ensure her children's well-being.

We kindly ask for your prayers and support for this remarkable family as they endure the unimaginable. Together, we hope to make a meaningful impact this Holiday Season during this challenging time.

11/22/2025

Introducing the Burks Family!

Meet Marianna, her husband Jai, and their five wonderful children: Aida, Isis, Aria, Ivan, and Iyla.

This year, Marianna received a diagnosis of Triple Positive Breast Cancer. She has begun her journey of chemotherapy and immunotherapy infusions, with plans to continue her treatment throughout the year, followed by surgery.

As an Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Marianna also serves as a co-principal investigator and director of the STEM-POWER research mentorship program, in addition to being a Science Specialist for the UNL TRIO Programs. True to her role as an educator, Marianna actively shares her experience on social media to raise awareness and encourage others to prioritize their health through early mammogram screenings.

This Christmas, we look forward to bringing joy and support to this incredibly deserving family!

11/18/2025

The next family we would like to introduce is the Foote Family.
Tiffany, Jeremy and their 2 Children Easton (14), and Alex (9)

Tiffany was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in the spring of 2025. Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer, that can sometimes be an initial missed diagnosis (which was unfortunately the case for her). For the past 7 months, she has endured the physical and financial toll of traveling to NYC to see a specialist and for treatments. She made it through 12 rounds of chemo infusions and a mastectomy, and she is now doing specialized radiation therapy in Texas for 6 weeks.
Tiffany is a teacher at Kahoa Elementary. Throughout it all, she has remained dedicated to her students, and has spent as much time in her classroom as she can -- worried about how her absence affects her students. For example, she returned to work just three weeks after her mastectomy, even though she could have taken much longer. Her fight and determination have been beyond inspiring. I know this has also been a very difficult time for her husband and kids, and her necessary travels for treatment have meant many days apart from one another. They have always done (and continue to do) so much for the people who can call them teacher, coach, friend, or family.

We are excited to bless this wonderful family this Christmas!

11/17/2025

We are very excited to introduce all of our main families for the 2025 Lynette’s Angels Christmas Season this week!
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To get started the first family we would like you to meet is Jordan and Julie Mruz and their 3 beautiful Children Jackson, Teddy and Sophie (8,6,4 years old)

Last year, Jordan (Dad) began experiencing pain off and on in his right ulna and elbow. In July it got painful enough he went to the doctor and began doing PT to work on getting range of motion back in his elbow. After a few weeks the Physical Therapist recommended he get evaluated again starting a whirlwind of appointments, scans, and procedures.
Ultimately, the doctors at UNMC discovered Jordan has Bone Cancer and a 21 cm tumor sitting between the two bones in his right forearm that originated from inside the ulna. Jordan started as soon as possible doing chemo therapy every two weeks, followed by a 4-5 day hospital stay to receive other chemo meds. Jordan will be doing this for the next several months along with surgery to follow.
We are hoping and praying these treatments will make a difference for Jordan!

We are so excited to make this Christmas unforgettable for this special family!💜

11/13/2025

We are blown away by your support!
Every single box — and then some — was claimed in just 24 hours!! You have no idea the impact this has or the lives you are touching.

Keep an eye out, because we may be releasing another donation grid soon. We will also be announcing the families we’ll be providing an amazing Christmas experience for, and their wish lists will be shared as another way you can support them.

Thank you again, from the bottom of our hearts. Even writing this brings a tear to our eyes. This community continues to show up for our little organization in the most incredible ways.

With love,
Lynette’s Angels

11/10/2025

Each year, one of the biggest ways we support families is by providing gift cards and financial assistance. With times getting tougher, we hope to continue this tradition — but we need your help.

Please consider sponsoring a “square” by sending $25 via Venmo. Use the comments below to claim your square so we can keep track. Thanks to your generosity, we’re confident every square will be filled — and we may even need another grid!

Thank you for helping Lynette’s Angels bring Christmas joy to families in need

11/09/2025

We are so grateful to all of the nominations that were sent in and the board has voted on who our main LA recipients will be this Christmas Season.
Be watching for those announcements this week as we introduce all of them! 💜

Before we get into the recipients and wishlists that will be coming out soon we wanted to first introduce to anyone that’s new here our Lynette’s Angels Board of Directors. 😇
This group of people are some of the most amazing, selfless people in all that they have done to help families suffering from the effects of cancer in the last 10+ years!
Every one of these board members have been here from the very beginning of Lynette’s Angels inception wether or not they were the original founding members or from the very first year of LA they were huge supporters in donating and adopting entire LA families to pull off a Christmas for a family to then becoming officially on the board. 😇
None of this would be possible without the sacrifices of this group year after year to pull it all off!

Meet the Lynettes Angels Board Members:

💜Steven Earnest (President)
💜Emily Earnest
💜Justin Tritch
💜Stephanie Westberg
💜Nate Kreifels
💜Bridget Kreifels
💜Kathy Collingsworth

📸 credit to the amazing Keri Tritch Photography

10/20/2025

Thank you so much to all of you who submitted nominations for Friends and family. 💜
Nominations are now closed for the 2025 Christmas Season!

02/06/2025

As we reflect after the end of another amazing Christmas Season and New year, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of Lynette’s Angels and all of our recipient families. 💜Your commitment and contributions have been instrumental in our mission to provide hope, assistance, and resources to those battling cancer.

This year has been filled with challenges, but thanks to supporters like you, we have made significant strides in our efforts to help individuals and families affected by this disease. Your donations have enabled us to help 15 families suffering from the effects of cancer this year and offer financial assistance, special gifts, and provide emotional support to them to brighten their holidays.
Together, we are making a real difference in the lives of countless individuals and their families 😇

As we reflect on the past year, we are inspired by the resilience of our community and the unwavering support from donors like you. With your help, we can continue to expand our reach and ensure that so many families will not face cancer alone.
Thank you once again for being a vital part of our mission and supporting Lynette’s Angels the past 9 years! We look forward to another great year!

With so much gratitude,
Lynette’s Angels 💜💜💜