One Day to Remember

06/17/2026

This week is National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week, an annual initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the disproportionate impact cancer has on Black families and communities.

The observance highlights the importance of prevention, early detection, equitable access to care, and understanding family cancer history. It also shines a light on the reality that Black individuals often face higher cancer mortality rates and are more likely to receive a late-stage diagnosis.

When a parent is diagnosed with cancer, the impact reaches far beyond the patient. At One Day to Remember, we've seen firsthand how cancer affects the entire family. Children carry worries they don't always know how to express. Caregivers balance endless responsibilities. Families work hard to hold on to normalcy while navigating uncertainty. That's why we believe supporting a parent with cancer means supporting their entire family.

Because cancer care isn't just about treatment.
🩵It's about connection.
💛It's about support.
💙It's about creating moments of joy and togetherness in the midst of difficult circumstances.

This National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week, we honor the strength and resilience of Black families facing cancer and reaffirm our commitment to helping families create meaningful memories together.

Learn more about our mission and the families we serve on our website.

06/13/2026

When a parent is diagnosed with advanced-stage cancer, the impact doesn't stop with the patient. It reaches every corner of a family's life.

Children may carry fears they don't know how to express.

Spouses often become caregivers while trying to hold everything together.

Family routines change. Financial pressures grow. Uncertainty becomes part of everyday life.

After supporting more than 750 families, one thing has become incredibly clear to us: Cancer affects the entire family.

That's why we believe caring for families is not separate from cancer care. It's an essential part of it. When families are supported, connected, and given opportunities to spend meaningful time together, it can strengthen relationships and create resilience during some of life's most difficult moments.

At One Day to Remember, we're committed to helping families create those moments. Because every family deserves time to be a family, even in the midst of cancer.

💛Learn more about our mission and the families we serve by visiting our website
💙www.onedaytoremember.org

06/11/2026

🦒🐧🐬Some of our favorite memories happen at zoos, aquariums, and aviaries!🦒🐧🐬

Over the years, these experiences have become among the most requested outings for the families we serve. From feeding giraffes and meeting penguins to behind-the-scenes encounters with dolphins, sloths, and even hippos, these moments create opportunities for families to laugh, explore, and make memories together.

What makes these experiences so special isn't just the animals.

🐧It's watching a child light up when a penguin waddles over.
🐬It's seeing parents forget about treatments and appointments for a little while.
🦒It's hearing families talk about these moments long after the day is over.

We're incredibly grateful to the zoos, aquariums, and aviaries across the country that have partnered with One Day to Remember to create extraordinary experiences for our families. Their generosity has helped turn simple outings into lifelong memories.

Because sometimes the most meaningful moments happen when a family gets to experience wonder together!

💛What's your favorite zoo or aquarium memory? Tell us in the comments below.💭

06/07/2026

Sarah Broadus understood that cancer care is about more than medicine.

🐘 It's about compassion.
🐘 It's about making people feel seen.
🐘 It's about supporting families through some of life's hardest moments.

Even while facing her own stage IV diagnosis, Sarah spent her time helping others and creating meaningful experiences for families through One Day to Remember.

The Herd for Hope Award continues that legacy by recognizing those who are making a difference in the lives of patients and families every day.

Nominate someone today whose work embodies Sarah's spirit ⬇️
https://www.onedaytoremember.org/herdaward

Applications are due by June 30.

06/06/2026

This year’s first-ever 𝓟𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓼𝓫𝓾𝓻𝓰𝓱 𝓟𝓲𝔃𝔃𝓪 𝓞𝓵𝔂𝓶𝓹𝓲𝓬𝓼 was more than just incredible pizza, competition, and community. It became something more.

Thanks to the generosity of the Pittsburgh Pizza Olympics team and an amazing collaboration with for donating the design, and to Daniel Parente of official Pizza Olympics shirts were created with all profits benefiting One Day to Remember. Because of this incredible effort, over 𝐒𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 was donated to help create meaningful moments for families facing advanced-stage cancer!!

To everyone who bought a shirt, attended the event, supported the vendors, or helped make this day happen: thank you. Every slice, every shirt, and every act of support will help create days filled with laughter, connection, and memories families can carry with them forever.

We are so grateful to the entire Pittsburgh Pizza Olympics team, including:
Spirit
Driftwood
Badamo’s
Spak Bro's
77 Club
La Grassa
Gus Franco’s
Slice on Broadway
Piccolo Forno
Rockaway .pizzeria
Pizza Lupo

Thank you to the incredible sponsors, performers, organizers, and community members who made this event such a success by using creativity, community, and pizza to make a real difference for local families!

06/05/2026

POV: A new One Day to Remember application comes in. 🎉💛

Because every application represents something bigger. It represents a family who just wants a chance to create memories. One day filled with laughter, connection, and moments that matter away from cancer.

Our team gets excited because we know what comes next: rolling up our sleeves and getting to work creating a meaningful experience for another family facing advanced-stage cancer. This is why we do what we do!

Know a parent facing advanced-stage cancer? Visit our website to learn more and apply today!

06/04/2026

Some people spend their lives showing up for others. Miguel is one of those people.

An Air Force veteran. A husband of 20 years. A father of four. A culinary chef. A biomedical engineer who dedicated his studies to leukemia research. A man who has spent his life serving, giving, and putting others first.

Today, we're asking our community to do the same for him. Miguel is in home hospice after being diagnosed with stage IV liver cancer.

This Family Night to Remember isn't about the things on the list. It's about creating moments Miguel's family will treasure forever with those things. Moments of laughter. Moments of connection. Moments his wife and children will carry with them long after the night is over.

Miguel has already built a beautiful legacy through a lifetime of service, sacrifice, and love. Now it's our turn to serve him.

💙 Shop his wish list today and help us create a Family Night to Remember
🛒 https://a.co/023zqBpS

06/03/2026

When a parent is facing advanced-stage cancer, life can quickly become centered around appointments, treatments, scans, and uncertainty. But years later, we don't want our families talking about waiting rooms.

We want them talking about the zoo trip where everyone laughed until their stomachs hurt ⬇️
💙The ice cream they shared after dinner.
💛The silly family photos they took together.
🩵The memories they made as a family.

At One Day to Remember, we believe those are the moments that matter most. Because cancer may become part of a family's story, but it shouldn't be the only thing they remember.

That's why we create opportunities for families to step away from cancer for a day and focus on what matters most: being together!

💛 We want the memories of their One Day to last a lifetime💙

05/30/2026

January 2025, Mike learned he had anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, an aggressive and incurable cancer that had already spread to his liver and bones. He was given six months to live.

Cancer has touched nearly every corner of Mike's life. He lost his mother and two brothers to the disease. In 2021, he learned he carries Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a rare inherited condition that dramatically increases the risk of developing cancer.

When we first met Mike, he told us how much the Pittsburgh Pirates meant to his family and that he wanted to experience all of those things with his son. We began planning an incredible day for them. And it all happened yesterday as he walked out onto the field with his family- not as a patient, not as a diagnosis, just as Mike: A husband. A dad. A Pirates fan.

Meeting Konnor Griffin was a huge highlight who greeted him with custom Pirates jerseys. Sharing stories and laughter with the Pirate Parrot and the Pierogies. Spending time with Bob Nutting. Taking it all in alongside the people who have walked every step of this journey with him.

As the game unfolded, it wasn't really about baseball anymore. It was about making memories together. It was about a family getting a day to set aside appointments, prognoses, and fear and simply enjoy being together.

And when the time came for Mike to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, all of those moments led to a single quiet sentence he whispered to his wife:

"We did it. We made it here."

At One Day to Remember, this is why we do what we do. Because sometimes the most meaningful moments aren't the big public ones everyone sees. They're the quiet words exchanged between two people who know exactly what it took to get there.

Thank you to the Pittsburgh Pirates, Konnor Griffin, Bob Nutting, the Pirates' Charities, and everyone who helped make this unforgettable day possible for Mike and his family.

For one day, cancer wasn't writing the story. Hope was.

05/28/2026

💛 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟑𝟎 💛

Sarah Broadus believed hope and humanity belonged at the center of cancer care. After first coming to One Day to Remember as a recipient family in 2023, Sarah quickly became part of the heart of our organization. As an Outings Coordinator, she created meaningful moments for families facing advanced-stage cancer while navigating her own stage IV diagnosis with incredible courage, compassion, and humor.

Sarah dedicated her life to lifting others up. She advocated fiercely for the colorectal cancer community, supported fellow patients, and reminded families they were never alone.

In honor of her legacy, we created the 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 to recognize individuals whose work brings hope, innovation, advocacy, and compassion to families facing cancer.

This is your chance to nominate someone you feel is making that kind of difference in the lives of cancer patients. Nominees may include:
• Medical oncologists and oncology specialists
• Cancer researchers and clinical investigators
• Patient advocates and nonprofit leaders serving families facing cancer

This award honors those who:
✨ Bring hope to patients and families
✨ Advance discovery and innovation
✨ Strengthen families facing cancer
✨ Lead with compassion and advocacy

Just as elephants protect and uplift their herd, Sarah did the same for everyone around her. This award continues that legacy.

🗓️ Nominations close June 30.
🔗https://www.onedaytoremember.org/herdaward

The Herd for Hope Award honors the life and legacy of Sarah Broadus by recognizing an oncologist, researcher, or advocate whose work brings hope to families facing cancer, advances progress in care or discovery, and strengthens the emotional and human experience of those navigating serious illness.N...