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Megan was diagnosed with osteosarcoma the day after her 13th birthday.  During her many and often long stays at the MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) she was delighted to discover a new stuffed animal on her pillow when she arrived on the floor.

Megan did not survive osteosarcoma, but we wanted to pass along  Megan’s positivity and cheerfulness by donating LoveStrong Puppies to children who are inpatient at MGHfC. We started by delivering 50 LoveStrong Puppies (plush toys) on Valentine’s Day 2016. With help from Megan’s friends, we tied a blue LoveStrong ribbon around each puppie’s neck and attached a small booklet with Megan’s story.  We gathered again this year and delivered 60 LoveStrong puppies—including some for the younger pediatric patients.

LoveStrong (and the blue ribbon) is the symbol a dear friend of ours created to represent the love and support our community had for Megan during her treatment.
In her honor the LoveStrong Volleyball Scholarship was created,and has awarded scholarships to 5 girls over the past three years.

The LoveStrong Puppies is privately funded by us, her parents. Our hope is to be able to greatly increase the number of LoveStrong Puppies we can send to the children at MGHfC. We are so blessed to be Megan’s parents and we want to live up to her example by living with hope and grace.

A little bit of Megan’s joy of life gets passed along with each LoveStrong puppy and allows us to keep her legacy vibrant. Every child should know that someone is thinking of them….we hope this will serve as a small reminder. All monies from this campaign will be used exclusively to purchase high quality plush toys to be used as LoveStrong Puppies.

Megan’s friends, and her niece and nephew, attach LoveStrong booklets to the puppies before they are delivered to MGH.