There are a lot of great people out there taking on some difficult challenges. Sometimes they write to tell us how a particular story of Brian’s has touched them.  We’re hoping to start sharing some of their stories here on our PeopleStories blog.  (It was one of our original intentions, it just took us a while to get around to it.)  So, thanks to Jennifer (and the NYN Foundation) who recently sent us this email… we look forward to hearing from more of you.

Dear StoryPeople,

I am writing on behalf of my friend, Tammy Nischan, who runs a nonprofit foundation created in honor of her son Nick who battled brain cancer for almost 7 years before he died in November at the age of 13.  The Nicholas Yancy Nischan Foundation can be found on the web and is an umbrella foundation with several ministries.  It focuses on helping families whose children have been diagnosed with life-threatening diseases.  “Legacy” spoke to me and I shared it with Tammy who was awed by these powerful words.  They speak of our mission with the Foundation and we wanted you to know how special we think it is. The NYN Foundation has been very successful and has helped at least 15 families already (with gas cards, food and cash for food, travel expenses for treatments, gifts for the children, special baskets of items, and sometimes just cash for household expenses when parents are not able to work because of appointments, treatments or hospitalization, etc.)…and we are just getting started.  Please know that your special print will always hang in our homes in memory of Nick and as a symbol of our vision for the NYN ministry.  I think several of our board members will want to order prints when we show them at our next meeting in August.  Just wanted you to know how special we think it is.  I have 3 of your prints already hanging in my home and hope to add Legacy very soon.  Thank you for creating a print that seems to be made especially for us!

Sincerely,
Jennifer Malone      malone11@windstream.net
Secretary
Nicholas Yancy Nischan Foundation

NYN Foundation www.nicholasyancynischanfoundation.blogspot.com
www.tammynischan.blogspot.com
www.nick7-11.zoomshare.com

“I promise you not a moment will be lost as long as I have heart & voice to speak & we will walk together again with a thousand others & a thousand more & on & on until there is no one among us who does not know the truth: there is no future without Love.” (Legacy by Brian Andreas)