"Everyone should feel love on Valentine's Day"

After Michaela Margida suffered from a brain tumor as a child, she and her family wanted to find a way to bring smiles to sick kids. Soon enough, their love for Valentine's Day sparked an idea to help others!

- Kellie B. Gormly

How can we help kids who are suffering like I was?” Michaela Margida asked her brother, Gregory. When she was just 5-years-old, Michaela was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Thankfully, surgeons removed it and she recovered.

But when she was a senior in college, she and Gregory made a pact with their parents that they would someday do something for children with cancer and their families.

Years later, the family sat down to brainstorm ideas.

Both Michaela and her mother, Andrea, had always loved Valentine’s Day, which gave them an idea: “Since Valentine’s Day is all about love, why not send these families love on February 14th?”