PROUD TO SUPPORT – NANCY & BRIAN ANDREWS, EASTERN RECIPIENTS 3RD QUARTER 2021
Brokers Who Care • October 18, 2021
100Brokers Members voted and we are very pleased to announce that we will be sending a cheque in the amount of $10,000.00 to Nancy & Brian Andrews, Eastern Recipients of the 3rd Quarter vote, 2021.
Thank you to Emily Miszk for bringing this Cause to our attention.
Nomination Story
Brian is a 2 time Cancer warrior. He had brain cancer and fought it off previously. A few clear scans for a few years and now the cancer is back. He has a limited time here now – recently was told he is not treatable. Nancy, his superstar wife, supports him and drives him to and from treatments. They are both retired. Nancy was a stay-at-home military wife. She has 6 grand kids and somehow seems to do it all for her family. One of the little joys she and Brian do together are scratch tickets while waiting for treatment. The treatment Brian is getting now is Chemo, experimental, and Radiation to try and shrink the size of cancer to buy more time and try to limit the pain. Brian does not have much time and Nancy and Brian do not have a bunch of cash to pay for arrangements.
Nancy has to sometimes drive 2-3 hours back and forth because hotels are too expensive and they live in a smaller town with limited resources. This money would make their lives more enjoyable for the weeks/ months that Brian has left.
I know Nancy through her daughter, Nikki. Nikki is a great friend of mine. She has been to Afghanistan and she and her husband both are in the military and support our country in more ways than I can imagine.
Nancy is the foundation of the family and has always supported everyone in her home to do hard things. She is doing this again with Brain as he continues to fight to extend his time with a super aggressive cancer.
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