My name is Joe Rice, and I was diagnosed with Glioblastoma in may of 2011. After surgery and the pathology report results me and my family (wife Aubrae and 3 children Haillie-15, Nicholas-11, and Lauren-9) were devastated!! I had to go to part time work and get on ssi diss. Before the cancer, I was a good provider for my family. I feared we would lose our house. We had already had to file bankruptcy on all credit cards and both my cars. Because of the folks at H.H.H. I was able to keep my house! Words cannot explain just how grateful I am to the folks that have supported HHH fundraisers; making it possible for me to keep my family in the only home my kids have ever known. Harley Helping Hands actually gives donations to the victims of this horrible cancer vs. just giving it to research. Not to say research isn't important! But it is also important to directly help the folks suffering from glioblastoma. I didn't know that once you're accepted for ssi, there is a 5 month period where you get nothing! Not a dime of help! That waiting period would have cost me and my family our home if it were not for the grant from Harley Helping Hands! There are many nights me and my wife hold each other in bed and cry ourselves to sleep. But now, we sleep a little better knowing we will not be without a home. Harley Helping Hands...All I can say is Thank You from the bottom of my heart!! Your organization is truly making a difference in peoples lives! Its been 7 1/2 months since my surgery and my last M.R.I. is still cancer free!!! Please pray for many more clean M.R.I.'s in my future. My wife and kids deserve to have a husband and a dad.
