Courtney Woodberry

Dear Family and Friends,

Courtney Needs Your Help!

Courtney Woodberry is a talented, artistic, and kind young woman with great potential who has spent the past four years battling cancer.

Courtney graduated from Summerville High School, where she played flute in the marching band. She attended Winthrop University, where she studied music and psychology. After college, she became interested in the legal system, and began working in a law firm while studying for a paralegal degree at Greenville Tech. She is a member of Disciples United Methodist Church in Greenville, SC, where she is active in the Salkahatchie outreach program. Courtney also performs fire arts and acrobatics with Timtv and the Secret Cirkus.

In 2010, Courtney was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Since then she has undergone three rounds of treatment, including radiation, chemotherapy, and stem cell transplant. But the cancer keeps coming back. Courtney is now a candidate for a bone marrow transplant at Duke University Medical Center. This is a long and very expensive process. Courtney must live within five minutes of the treatment center for at least three months. Her parents, Debra and Joe, will go with her to be her caregivers during this time. Courtney has medical insurance, but it does not pay for all of the expenses related to her care. The non-medical expenses alone are staggering, and no family should have to carry this burden alone. This is why we are reaching out to our community.

To help with uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in Courtney’s honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a nonprofit organization that has been assisting the transplant community for 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the South-Atlantic Bone Marrow Transplant Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant-related expenses only. Please, if you can, make your donation today.

On behalf of Courtney, Debra and Joe, we thank you for your financial support, your prayers and your healing wishes.

Christie McElrath Mary Agner Elizabeth Westervelt
864-561-2590 301-653-6044 985-400-8717