Local News’s Remembrance Weekend, an event in Ponte Vedra Beach bringing families that have lost a child to cancer together to show that they aren’t alone.
Tom Coughlin Jay Fund helps Jacksonville family pay its bills as 8-year-old girl battles rare form of cancer “It was just a roller coaster of emotions highs and lows. We didn’t really know what was coming during his treatment. And then he relapsed in March 2020 and passed less than a month later and it was really unexpected to us,” Berglund said.“I don’t think that it gets easier, but I think it becomes more manageable, especially having the support and continued support from organizations like the Jay Fund,” Berglund said.
Shelby Skipper, program manager and child life specialist with the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Program, talked about their work’s impact on families dealing with a cancer diagnosis.