Jenny's Kloset

Cancertacular is a 501(c)3 non-profit for childhood cancer in NEPA. We also purchase bread through donations and deliver 2 loaves to each family every 2 weeks.

Jenny’s Kloset is devoted exclusively to fulfilling essential needs-food and clothing- of Valley View School District students and their families, one box and dream at a time. Jenny's Kloset is a program devised by Cancertacular board members and Valley View School District officials. We collect donations, non-perishable food, gently used clean clothing and personal hygiene items. To date, we have

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Our Story

Tina Jezuit was diagnosed with bone cancer at age 11 in 1988. 14 months of chemo and 5 surgeries brought many latent effects, including heart failure and a massive stroke. Tina and her sister Jillian knew how fortunate the outcome of their journey was. They wanted to give back to the very same community that stood behind them - their village.

In August 2008, Cancertacular, Inc. was born, founded by the sister duo. It is NEPA’s neighborhood for childhood cancer, serving Lackawanna, Luzerne, and the 5 surrounding counties. To date, over 50 families have been served by the 501(c)3 non-profit.

Around Christmas of 2015, they realized that while reminding these kids to laugh after a cancer diagnosis, and spoiling them in the process, was important work. But, Tina and Jill also wanted the children to understand that they had much to give back. After a lengthy discussion, it was decided that the group would collect canned goods, bringing a non-perishable item to each Cancertacular event.

By Spring 2016, they filled nearly half of a garage! Along with Maria Kishel, principal of Valley View Elementary, Cancertacular board members set out to feed hungry children in Valley View School District. In May of 2016, boxes of food were delivered to 6 families. The criteria was to be enrolled in Valley View and qualify for either free or reduced lunch.

Jenny received chemotherapy at Hershey Medical Center simultaneously with Tina in 1988-89. While they were in the same chemo cycle, Jenny had a different type of cancer - Leukemia. Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, the 4 year old was often dropped off for 5 day Hospital admissions for high dose IV chemotherapy.

About 4 months in, Tina’s sidekick, Jenny, emerged from her hospital room announcing, “the angels filled by closet!” In fact, nurses had filled her closet with frilly dresses and favorite snacks and a few toys. In retrospect, it was because Jenny was soon to lose her battle and her own angel wings.

Jenny never left Tina’s heart. Several years ago, Tina contacted Mrs. Crawford, Jenny’s mom, through the same social worker at Hershey Medical Center that cared for the two during cancer treatment. She happily gave full permission to use Jenny’s likeness for a project.

Those canned goods in 2015 turned into Jenny’s Kloset, a program under the umbrella of Cancertacular that currently delivers 64 boxes of food to Valley View families every 2 weeks. In addition, there is a closet in each of the 4 schools in the district, ready to rescue kids without sufficient clothing on any given day. To date, Jenny’s Kloset has delivered over 2,000 boxes, including over 8,000 candles of tuna and 3,000 loaves of bread!!

We are quickly outgrowing our space and can’t wait to see where this crazy legacy of Jenny’s leads us!!!

Location

Archbald

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Telephone

5704660658

Website

www.jennyskloset.com

Address

PO Box 52
Archbald, PA
18403