In March of 2021, Glen and Val moved to Omaha to be close to the hospital there as they waited to receive the call that there was a donor that was a match for Glen for a double lung transplant. On June 2 they received this call, and surgery was completed on June 3. The surgery went well but this complex surgery meant a long road of recovery for Glen, and required Glen and Val to stay in Omaha.

During this time, members of the Woonsocket Chapter of Modern Woodmen of America used social media and word-of-mouth to kick off an effort to raise funds through donations to help Glen and Val with medical bills and living expenses.  Along with many individual donations, St. Wilfrid Church chose to direct the money raised from their annual Woonsocket Water Festival weekend breakfast to the Hohn benefit. The donations and fundraising activities helped provide over $8,500.  Modern Woodmen provided matching funds of $1,500 for this effort for a final combined total of over $10,000.

…Read on in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

On Saturday, Nov. 6, Woonsocket and surrounding communities came together at the Woonsocket Community and Events Center to raise funds to help Gary and Sandi Willman in their fight against cancer. Organizers put together a free-will offering soup and sandwich meal, a silent auction and a night of Bingo games to raise over $17,000. With $6,000 in direct donations into the benefit account setup for the family and the matching funds from Modern Woodmen of America Woonsocket Chapter of $1,250, the fundraising for the Willmans has reached over $24,000.

…Read on in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!