Dear Friends of Maddie's Promise,

Rare childhood cancer doesn’t stop and neither will Maddie’s Promise. COVID-19 might have presented challenges in 2020, but it did not sideline our focus or our mission to support critically needed research for rare pediatric cancers. We are so grateful for the continued support of our community. As we wrap up 2020, we wanted to share some of our accomplishments.

Contributions to Impactful Research:

• “Maddie’s Project” at Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute - This initiative involves the testing of specific tumor genetics to determine potential targeted drug therapies. This type of research is rarely done in pediatric cancer yet it is critical to improving outcomes. Our direct contribution allowed this project to become a reality, one where a child in Florida with Rhabdomyosarcoma (Rhabdo) is directly benefiting from the project -- with the opportunity that more will follow.
  

• Entinostat research at Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute - Rhabdo is known to be aggressive and mutate to resist therapies. Entinostat has shown potential to block this resistance and make available therapies more effective. Maddie’s Promise has contributed to the funding required to get this drug closer to a Phase II Clinical Trial.
  

• The “Butterfly Project” with the Mayo Clinic - Maddie’s Promise was asked to collaborate with the Mayo Clinic on a grant application for the “Butterfly Project.” We are very excited about the potential to change the course of how researchers understand and treat Rhabdo. Stay tuned for details!!

OUR THANKS

Thank you to the many individuals, families, and businesses that have supported Maddie’s Promise in 2020 by helping us raise funds for our efforts and mission.

A special thanks to our community fundraising partners including:

• Plymouth River School Maddie’s Promise ice skating fundraiser

• East School Fundraiser

• South School Fundraiser

• Hanover High School Football

• Sage School Fundraiser

• Head Over Heels “We Are Stronger Together” Fundraiser

• Funky Feet Dance Studio

• Galway Soccer - Miles for Maddie

• Tyler Peterson 5K Run for Research in honor of Maddie

• Maddiesbracelets.com - The Hutchinson Family and friends

• M&M Crafts - started by highschool students Morgan Burczynski and Maddie Aylward - donations on every craft bag sold

• Falmouth Road Race - Maddie’s Promise Team and the Downey Family

• Josh Ross Photography Autumn Photo Sessions to benefit Maddie’s Promise

• U14 Bay State Softball Team - donating tournament winnings to Maddie’s Promise

• The Cracker Barrel - Hingham

• ...and of course, the many lemonade and bracelet stands by friends of Maddie

Corporate Donors and Fundraising Sponsors:
We extend our sincerest appreciation to you all!

• Blu-Lemonade Photography

• CarolAnn’s

• Fig-A Apparel

• Hingham Movers

• Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

• The CM Group

• The Guest House

• Trellis Home

Community Outreach:

We continue on our mission to spread kindness, giving back to our surrounding community. 2020 initiatives included:

• Delivering Blessing Bundles for people experiencing homelessness in Boston

• Packing and providing brown bag lunches for Father Bill’s

• Participating at a Maddie’s Promise / Su Escuela Cradles to Crayons Event

• Spreading the purple and planting promise rocks during February vacation

Looking forward to 2021!

Check out our updated website at maddiespromise.org for the latest news, Maddie’s Promise merchandise, or to make a tax-deductible, year-end donation.

We are so grateful to have your continued support in helping keep Maddie’s courageous and kind promise to help others moving forward. Maddie’s Promise operates through all-volunteer based efforts. We are so thankful for all who volunteer their time and talent and to all in the Maddie’s Promise community.

We know Maddie is smiling upon us. We wish you health and happiness and look forward to a great 2021!

Thank you for everything,
The Maddie's Promise Team

For the 2020 Charity Challenge, Hingham’s Bay State Fall Softball and raised $1500 for rare pediatric cancer research.

Thank you for your generosity!

We cannot wait to see you this Sunday 3/1 from 2-5pm for our We Are Stronger Together: A Celebration of Maddie! 

FREE for everyone… bring your friends and family! Meet Allyssa Beird! DJ, bounce houses, dance contests, obstacle courses, face painting and so much MORE! 

Check out some of the AMAZING Silent Auction Items and bid online until 4:30 pm!

Paul Wahlberg – Dinner For 8 At Your Home: Once in a Lifetime! 

Private Lesson with Ninja Warrior Allyssa Beird - Workout with a Celebrity!

A golf foursome with Pats Insider Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston

WOW! Boston Red Sox vs NY Yankees: Friday 6/12/20: Section 14 Lodge Box 111 Row KK

New England Patriots Tickets (Schedule Released in April): 2 Seats Section 134 Row 9 - AMAZING SEATS!!

Private Gymnastics Lesson with Olympian Monica Mesalles

SO COOL! Private Gymnastics Lesson with Olympic Coach JC Chudy

Joe Andruzzi Signed Football

Rich Hill Cleats, Signed Hat & Signed Baseball - UNBELIEVABLE! 

Simone Biles Signed Pictures

$1,000 Towards Orthodontist Treatment

Here is a Sneak Peak of some AWESOME Raffle Items as well... 

More Red Sox Tickets, New England Revolution Signed T-Shirt & Soccer Ball, Free Horse Back Riding Lesson,

One Month Gym Membership at Norwell Athletic Club, Scratch Tickets, Assorted Gift Baskets and MORE!

Join us for an afternoon of music, face painting, bounce house and more at Head Over Heels as we celebrate Head Over Heels gymnast Maddie while raising money for rare pediatric cancer research.

Special guest American Ninja Warrior Allyssa Beird will join the fun!

DETAILS:

Sunday, March 1, 2020

2pm to 5pm

FREE and open to the public

Head Over Heels, 412 Washington Street #1, Norwell, MA

Silent auction and raffles to benefit Maddie’s Promise.

Limited-edition event gear coming soon!

In the fall of 2019, Hingham Soccer hosted a doubleheader vs. Plymouth South raising an incredible $50,000 for rare pediatric cancer research. Thank you, everyone, who joined the promise!

Video: Harbor Media

Editor: Ellen Wallet Lacey

Photography: Gary Higgins Photography

Production Supervisor: Romina Magner

Creative/Copywriter: Lisa Taylor

Logo Designer: Andrea Gavin Becker

When we say we are channeling Maddie’s courage and kindness into cures, we mean it.

Our first donation has been given to Dr. Charles Keller at the Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute (cc-TDI). We are excited to announce that cc-TDI will name one of its research trials “Maddie’s Project" in honor of Maddie. 

cc-TDI’s focus is on advanced disease and treatment options that are more effective and less toxic, making them a good match for Maddie’s Promise. 

About Maddie’s Project

While a gene mutation is typical in cancer, some children (including Maddie), develop a second mutation which may be a useful target. The goal of Maddie’s Project is to create the groundwork for new drug treatments matched to a young patient’s exact tumor’s genetics.

We are truly proud to support innovative science in the name of Maddie and other children like her. Join our email list for updates on the trial and more.

In the meantime, please consider a tax-deductible donation to Maddie’s Promise, Inc., a registered 501c3 charitable organization (EIN: 84-3159035) in support of impactful rare pediatric cancer research.

To donate online, visit our homepage for the PayPal link or click the Venmo link in the footer. Checks may be payable to Maddie’s Promise, Inc. and sent to Maddie’s Promise, Inc., 5 Heather Lane, Hingham, MA 02043.

The cc-TDI team working on Maddie’s Project

On September 26, 2019 Ann and Steve McCoy shared some of Maddie’s health journey, artwork and determined spirit with reporter Sera Congi.

The family dog tried to make a cameo.

A local family hoping to fulfill a young girl's dying wish. Maddie McCoy made a promise to help other kids diagnosed with rare cancers. Here's how you can help make Maddie's Promise come true.

Our store is not quite up and running yet. In the meantime, it’s easy to order a purple #1 Maddie’s Promise tee (Maddie’s favorite color and soccer number). Here’s how:

Send an email to orders@maddiespromise.org with your size and quantities.

Shirts are performance-style and $18/each. Sizes are Youth Small - Youth Large and Adult Small - Adult XL. Quantities limited. Order soon!

Venmo @maddiespromise is preferred but we can accept CASH at pick up.  

Shirts will be available for pick up starting Sunday, September 29.  Pick up information will be sent out once the order is complete.

Soccer Double Header for Maddie’s Promise Event Details:

Hingham High School 

October 4, 2019

Boys vs Plymouth South @ 4:30pm

Girls vs Plymouth South @ 6:30pm

Bertucci’s Pizza + Concession Goodies 

Maddie’s Promise Stand Selling Art and More

Proceeds of the event and shirts will support rare pediatric cancer research. We look forward to seeing you on the bleachers and/or field! Thank you for your support!

Maddie was thrilled with her honorary captain role for Hingham High Girls Soccer.

Maddie’s Promise is a newly-formed foundation in honor of Maddie McCoy, Hingham Youth Soccer and Galway Rovers club soccer player. Sidelined by her illness from playing the sport she loved so much, the Hingham High girls soccer team made her an honorary captain last season. She passed away peacefully May 23, 2019 at the age of 11. 

“Maddie loved sports and especially playing soccer. We had always hoped she'd play for Hingham High School someday. It meant so much to Maddie and us when the Hingham Varsity team made her an honorary captain last year. And now they have continued their amazing support, helping raise funds for research to help other kids like Maddie,“ says Ann and Steve McCoy, Maddie’s parents and Maddie’s Promise Founders.

The McCoy family is honored to be supported again by the Hingham High Soccer program. Along with the generous support of South Plymouth High Soccer, Hingham High Soccer will host the Boys and Girls Double Header Event on October 4th. Hingham Youth Soccer has set an audacious goal of $50K in support of Maddie’s Promise. The foundation’s mission: to provide funding for rare pediatric cancer offering the most promise.  

“The treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma has not significantly evolved in decades. With many breakthroughs in adult cancers in recent years, most people don’t realize little is being offered to children with rare cancers. Currently just 4% of all research funds go to pediatric cancer and change is long overdue,” shared Ann and Steve McCoy.  

Double Header for Maddie’s Promise Event Details:

Hingham High School 

October 4, 2019

Boys vs Plymouth South @ 4:30pm

Girls vs Plymouth South @ 6:30pm

Bertucci’s Pizza + Concession Goodies 

Maddie’s Promise Stand Selling Art and More

Attendees from both towns are invited to wear purple to the Double Header, Maddie’s favorite color, as well as purchase a Maddie’s Promise purple #1 (her soccer number) t-shirts, proceeds of which will support rare pediatric cancer research. Prior to the event, t-shirts will be for sale at HYS fields. More pre-purchasing locations and ways to give will be announced online. 

Additional Maddie’s Promise fundraisers are on the horizon, including a ride at Cycle Town in Downtown Hingham on 9/27/19. To find out more about these events or to make a direct donation if you cannot attend, visit maddiespromise.org or Venmo @maddiespromise. 

*Please Note*

Official Non-Profit number coming soon. All generous contributors will receive our 501c3 number once our application process is finalized. 

About Maddie’s Promise 

Full of determination, eleven-year-old Maddie McCoy made a promise even after sarcoma slowed her down. She spent her last few months making artwork to sell to help other kids with cancer and the homeless she saw while driving to treatment. Her sisters and friends took her promise on, selling art creations at pop-up stands to raise money. Inspired by Maddie’s creativity, courage and kindness, Maddie’s Promise is a rally cry to close the funding gap for rare pediatric cancer research, bringing hope to children like Maddie. For more information or to make a donation, visit maddiespromise.org. Be the change. Find the cure.

Contact 

Romina Magner, Team Maddie, team@maddiespromise.org ### 

Maddie’s Promise will also be having a fundraiser ride 

at Cycle Town in Downtown Hingham on 9/27/19 @ 6 pm. 

Find us at: maddiespromise.org, Facebook and Instagram.

Please join us at Cycle Town for a fundraiser ride to support rare pediatric cancer research. Maddie's Promise is more than a tribute to a beautiful and strong eleven-year-old girl gone too soon; it's a rally cry to push rare childhood cancer research forward - to help create tangible, life-saving treatments along the way.

Minimum suggested donation: $50

All riders receive a limited-edition performance tank

SIGN UP

Riders will be redirected to pay via Venmo @maddiespromise

Location: Cycle Town Studio, 50 South Street, Hingham, MA

Date: Friday, September 27th

Time: 6PM (please arrive by 5:45)

*don't forget water and a towel, no experience needed

Official Non-Profit number coming soon! All generous contributors will receive our 501c3 number once our application process is finalized. If you are unable to cycle with us, you can still support Maddie's Promise with a direct donation.