My friend, Shannon is very sick

 I know Shannon through La Leche League.  First as a mom attending meetings.  Then as a LLL Leader and now, in addition to that she is a board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC).

Shannon's family really needs support at this time.   Please click on the links here .

I've never posted anything like this on my blog before, but I had to do this for Shannon.

https://gofund.me/5fc4e687

https://www.gofundme.com/f/uplift-the-heindel-family-during-crisis

Uplift the Heindel Family During Crisis

Shannon Heindel has been a local do-good champion and community breastfeeding advocate for years!  She has helped many thousands of families over 20 years, and she continued to work with new families during the pandemic up until she started feeling really sick.

She is now facing her own struggle, a fight for her life, where she needs additional help for her own little family. She has been an active member of La Leche League International, BFUSA, Bay Area Breastfeeding Support and also has been active in the community with her own private practice. Virtually all her adult life has spent helping small babies and their families.

Shannon is currently in-pt in a hospital away from her two small children, and about 5 hours away from her family and support systems. She was diagnosed with lymphoma and is currently undergoing her first round of many chemo treatments. She's starting to feel pretty sick but is remaining optimistic. It's a hard time for her husband Jan who has no support systems available that are nearby. He has been holding down everything himself, including working full time so that Shannon has health care coverage, but childcare and rising medical bills and co-pays is making this journey fraught with difficulty; it's a stressful time for her children who have never been away from her.

We are hopeful to gather enough donations to make it easier for their family to pay bills, get in home child care, run errands, go grocery shopping, and hire some help around the house with the girls while their mother is many hours away and their daddy needs to work. These funds also might possibly allow her partner to stay overnight closer to the hospital, and to offer them assistance with childcare during the day. If Shannon has ever helped you, or one of your family members, or you're feeling like you want to help a honest to goodness wonderful human being get through a really awful time, here is your opportunity!