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A Way To Help ... Food!

Tricia, Dan's sister, has set up an account at Meal Train for Dan and Maggie and the girls. Through Meal Train, those that are local to Dan and Maggie can choose a specific night to bring by food to help them out.

Of course, if you're not local to the Metro Vancouver area, there are ways around this!

UPDATE: Dan and Maggie have received A LOT of Mamaluv so far - so...perhaps consider other options, just so they don't get loved out by Mama.

Mamaluv: You can still block off a night on Meal Train, and then choose to send the food via Mamaluv. Choose the meal(s) from the website and send the gift card direct via email to Maggie and Dan (use maggie.dumo@gmail.com). They use the gift card to select the meal and it gets delivered to their door!

Real Meals: Another local site where Maggie and Dan can order food based on the gift card you have sent to them via email. It also gets delivered to their door. Again, a night can be booked off on the Meal Train website.

Others have sent money direct for the family to use on delivery or grocery shopping or other necessities, and a few have chosen to do Visa/Mastercard Gift cards. There will be an online Fund beginning soon, which is yet another way to donate to the family, but will be focused more on after care needs for Dan during his recovery.

Any and all help is appreciated.

If none of this is up your alley you can always check in with us to see how we're doing and what we might be looking for that's not food or cash donation ... be that child minding, a visit with coffee and tea, a trip to the movies, or, well, Dan does love his pedicures.

Much love,
The Dumo's



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