Colin's Crew

12/24/2021

29 is the magic number this year! 29 families received Christmas cheer because of your continued support.

9 families received a huge box packed with toys from Alyssa’s annual toy drives and were personally delivered by the .

20 received extremely generous packages loaded with gift cards.

To say our hearts are full is an understatement. Your loyalty continues to blow us away. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy healthy new year!

12/02/2020

It's not too late to be part of . Thank you to everyone who donated through facebook, paypal, employee matching programs and the mail. This holiday season will look very different but because of all your support we will continue to bring joy to our families!

What a year 2020 has turned out to be! We hope you and your loved ones remain safe and healthy and are looking forward to celebrating what will likely be a very unique holiday season.

As many of you know, traditionally Colin's Crew coordinates the delivery of meals on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to both Yale and Connecticut Children's Medical Center as well as "adopts" several families from both hospitals through holiday gift giving programs. Although we are not able to deliver holiday meals this year, we do still intend to hold our adopt a family program, albeit a little different this year.

In the past, we have distributed wish lists and asked participants to purchase items and drop off for wrapping. This year, we cannot have any transfer of physical gifts to these families for safety reasons. So this year, in an effort to keep everyone safe, we will be collecting donations and will be purchasing electronic gift cards to grocery stores, Amazon & some select pharmacies that the recipients can then use to provide for their families in the best way that suits their needs.

We know that these are difficult and trying times for a lot of families; physically, financially, emotionally. This might not be the best time to be asking for donations, but we also know that many of you may be looking to donate to a cause this holiday season as well. Our hope is that you consider donating the amount of money you would have spent on a Night of Hope Ticket or raffle tickets to our adopt a family fund so that, despite the pandemic and stress of having a child battling cancer, we can strive to make this holiday season a little brighter for our families.

We wouldn't be anywhere without the support of our amazing donors and any amount you can give would be so deeply appreciated. If you can help us spread the word and share the donation link with family and friends, we have the chance to adopt even more families this year than we have in years past! Come help us spread some safe holiday cheer!

Thank you in advance for your generosity and continued support.

12/01/2020

Awesome morning bringing smiles to our little heroes!

12/01/2020

What a year 2020 has turned out to be! We hope you and your loved ones remain safe and healthy and are looking forward to celebrating what will likely be a very unique holiday season.

As many of you know, traditionally Colin's Crew coordinates the delivery of meals on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to both Yale and Connecticut Children's Medical Center as well as "adopts" several families from both hospitals through holiday gift giving programs. Although we are not able to deliver holiday meals this year, we do still intend to hold our adopt a family program, albeit a little different this year.

In the past, we have distributed wish lists and asked participants to purchase items and drop off for wrapping. This year, we cannot have any transfer of physical gifts to these families for safety reasons. So this year, in an effort to keep everyone safe, we will be collecting donations and will be purchasing electronic gift cards to grocery stores, Amazon & some select pharmacies that the recipients can then use to provide for their families in the best way that suits their needs.

We know that these are difficult and trying times for a lot of families; physically, financially, emotionally. This might not be the best time to be asking for donations, but we also know that many of you may be looking to donate to a cause this holiday season as well. Our hope is that you consider donating the amount of money you would have spent on a Night of Hope Ticket or raffle tickets to our adopt a family fund so that, despite the pandemic and stress of having a child battling cancer, we can strive to make this holiday season a little brighter for our families.

We wouldn't be anywhere without the support of our amazing donors and any amount you can give would be so deeply appreciated. If you can help us spread the word and share the donation link with family and friends, we have the chance to adopt even more families this year than we have in years past! Come help us spread some safe holiday cheer!

Thank you in advance for your generosity and continued support.

09/12/2020

Board member Kate getting after it this morning for the 10th Annual Closer to Free Ride for Smilow Cancer Hospital which supports all of those warriors, big and small, battling Cancer - who else is riding today? If you see riders out today, they are more than likely riding for the same cause so give them a cheer!!

05/19/2020

Giggle boxes going out today to some of our families! Thank you LivFree for packaging them up.

05/06/2020

Thank you for all the generous donations. We are beyond grateful and, with your help, will continue bringing moments of joy to our hero families. Donate today: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BEQ7SUNGFL2GQ&source=url

05/05/2020

. Even though we can’t physically be with our heroes, we are still finding ways to bring them smiles and moments of joy from afar! Donate Today: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BEQ7SUNGFL2GQ&source=url

05/05/2020

Hope makes anything possible! With your donations, we will continue to provide hope to the families we serve. Donate today: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BEQ7SUNGFL2GQ&source=url

05/05/2020

As we adjust to social distancing our programs have shifted to grocery gift cards, costume parades and much more. Donate today: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr…

04/28/2020

Our hearts are full tonight as we share this video from a recipient of our latest Covid-19 program. This was a team effort with LivFree and Tommy Fund for Childhood Cancer and all made possible by you, our supporters. Thank you!