Hello! My name is Keevah Brown, and I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Rectal cancer on January 25, 2023. At the time I was a full time Kitchen Manager at a group home in Harrisburg, Pa. I had been enjoying my “workaholic” lifestyle/career for over 30 years at the time.
Because of the advanced stage, I was informed that I had to undergo aggressive treatment and then surgery. This left little time to plan and save financially. My immediate family had been out of the home since 2018, so I was left to scramble and prepare for the long road ahead alone.
It turns out I wasn’t alone! During a visit with a social worker at the cancer center, I was told about Vickie’s Angels. She urged me to contact them immediately before I sank into a financial hole that would be very hard to get out of. I was very worried about paying my rent and keeping my vehicle. I applied and about a week later Mickey Minnich called me and said that they would be able to help. I was so overwhelmed with joy and relief that after we hung up, I cried for at least an hour. God had answered my prayers by sending these ANGELS to my rescue!!
I was informed that the assistance was a temporary bridge until things got better for me. I was able to go through radiation and chemotherapy without the extra burden of worrying how I was going to stay in my home that I had been in for many years. I was able to keep my vehicle that I used to go to treatments and shop. I was able to recover in my own home, and not be forced to be stuck on someone’s couch, in someone else’s home where I would constantly feel like a burden.
I am eternally grateful to ALL of the individuals and organizations that donated to this beautiful Foundation. Many are faceless and nameless, but every day I thank God for each and every one of them!!! Had it not been for the donations helping a struggling cancer patient such as myself, I would not be sitting in my home right now writing this letter and recovering from my first major surgery. I would not have my vehicle to get around to the many doctor and hospital appointments.
I was approved last month for SSI and am able to pick up where the assistance from Vickie’s Angels left off. Had I not gotten cancer, I would have never known that there were donors of this magnitude out there to help cancer patients and their families to this level. I have another upcoming surgery, that hopefully will be my last. Once recovered, I aim to help in any way I can to help the Foundation continue to help those in need. I am now considered “over the bridge” and I wouldn’t be here if it were not for the financial donations to the Foundation. God Bless all of you Angels!!!!