'Purpose to the pain': Inspiration from people who have cancer abounds as 'A Pint for Kim' blood drive continues to grow
Kim Benedyk Sandford had a knack for flipping the script, especially when it came to the pain she endured in the final years of her life.
After Kim died in 2020 at age 49 from a rare form of cancer, Kristyn and her other sister, Kathleen Fuglsang, continued the effort to flip the script. This year, the Mother's Day weekend tradition hits close to home. The"A Pint for Kim" blood drive is slated for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 13 at Naperville North High School, 899 N. Mill St., which is where Kim and her husband Robert's sons, Richard and J.D., attend school.
"Kim received about 40 blood transfusions, and it dawned on us that this blood has to be coming from somewhere," Kristyn Benedyk said."And that's when we learned that the largest use of donated blood goes to cancer patients. While Kristyn and other"A Pint for Kim" organizers can quantify the more than 1,500 donations from the first three events, those numbers don't account for additional donations inspired by Kim. When Kristyn visits the Versiti Blood Center and sees notes on the wall for why each person donated blood, half the notes say it's for Kim.The impact will be on full display Mother's Day weekend at Naperville North.
For more information about the event, visit apintforkim.com. To be a sponsor or donate raffle items, email [email protected].
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