I am honored and proud to be a reference for THE MORGAN CENTER. I have known this program since its inception. Being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Pediatric Oncology, I immediately saw the need for children with cancer to be mainstreamed into both the socialization process of education, while experiencing the joys of learning, growing, and achievement. This wonderful program not only gave the children a life experience of normalization, but also gave them the vision of a positive future. Attending preschool taught the children the love of life and the determination to not only belong, but to succeed with all the struggles of childhood cancer. Chemotherapy, surgery, radiation, BMT, hospitalizations, loss of hair, sometimes limbs… Loss upon loss, fear, isolation, and sometimes harsh rejection… All of this heaped upon these young souls. And THE MORGAN CENTER said Come in, you are special and loved. You are now ready for school like everyone else… This center gave birth to hope, not only to the children, but other siblings, parents, and grandparents. This program is a light post that will never go out. Because it says to these children, you are someone who is so special and is the wonder of our future.
That you belong and are sacred… This program is beyond school, beyond the walls of a classroom. It shows that life, despite everything, is worth living, and you are the gift of life with honor and heroic status. This little program is beyond words, beyond imagination. It stretches beyond limits and reaches love, dignity, and hope through the eyes of the Heart…
