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A Shrewsbury family, right now

Kaylee is 11. Her family could use a hand.

Kaylee was just diagnosed with cancer and started treatment this month. The road ahead is long, and the small things โ€” a meal, a ride, an afternoon with her little brother โ€” add up to a lot. Here's how you can help.

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The Machado family
Their story

What's happening, in a few honest words

Told plainly, and only what the family is comfortable sharing.

Kaylee is 11. She starts sixth grade in the fall, plays softball, and spends most of what's left of the day trailing after her big sister, Alexis, or getting talked into something by her little brother, Jackson.

This month she was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, and treatment has already started. There was no warning. In the space of a few days, everything about this family's life turned upside down.

The road ahead is long. This is a year of intensive treatment, not a few weeks of it. Hospital stays, hard stretches where she can't be around other kids, and a lot of sixth grade she won't get back. Kaylee is tough. She's also 11, and no 11-year-old should have to be this tough.

Cynthia and Luke are doing what any parents would: pouring everything into Kaylee while still showing up for Alexis (13) and Jackson (6), who need their parents too and don't fully understand why the house feels different. The appointments are constant, the drives are long, and the ordinary parts of life don't pause for any of it.

This page is a way for the people who love them, and for the extended community who've never met them, to take some of that weight off.

They'd never ask for this themselves, so we're asking for them. If you can give, please give. The links are below. If you can't, sign up as a helper, pick a night on the Meal Train, or come back in a month, when the meals and groceries stop coming and the fight is still going.

We believe in the power of prayer. If you feel inclined please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

โ€” With love, the Machado family and friends

Ways to help

Pick the kind of help that fits you

Big or small, it all matters. Some ways to help are ready right now, like the Meal Train below. Others open soon, so leave your email and we'll invite you when they do.

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Meals

A Meal Train is already up and running. Pick a night, see what's needed, and drop off a home-cooked dinner.

Open the Meal Train

Groceries

Do a grocery run from a list, or send a grocery gift card (Instacart, a local store) so the fridge stays full without a trip out.

Rides & carpools

Help with school pickups, a carpool for Alexis and Jackson, or a lift to an appointment.

Childcare & playdates

An afternoon with Jackson, a playdate for the kids, or a familiar face when the parents are stretched thin.

Gifts for the kids

Clothes, toys, or a little something to make three kids smile on an ordinary day.

Give

A donation to the fund helps with medical bills and the everyday costs treatment brings.

Offer your time

Not sure where you fit? Tell us the days you're free and we'll match you to a real need.

A note on privacy. To protect the family โ€” and the kids especially โ€” this page shares only what they've chosen to make public. Home address, phone numbers, schedules, and medical details are never posted here. They're shared privately, and only with a helper once a specific plan is confirmed.