Sid's memorial tree is a whole year old and thriving!

In May 2025, we celebrated The Sid Foundation's 10-year-anniversary by planting a memorial white oak tree in memory of Sid Vahal at our local park. 

This month, we celebrated one year of Sid's memorial tree. It's grown much taller and is full of leaves. Take a look at the pictures below to see the before and after.

If you would like to support our missing to help lung transplant patients breathe easier, please donate below. 

Fanfest 2026 was so much fun! 

This was our 3rd Fanfest event. We got to meet so great many people in our community. We sold some Lung Girl comics and created new Lung Girl fans. We even got to give away a care package for a lung transplant patient!

After that, we enjoyed a character design workshop by Prime Vice Studios. 

Thank you, Fanfest, for inviting us again!

We're excited to announce that we will be back at Fanfest again this year!

We will be tabling, selling Lung Girl comics and merch, and have trivia and giveaways as always!

We'll also be in great company with other local artists, performers, and vendors. It will be a great opportunity to mingle with our community. 

This event is FREE to the public. 
Join us on April 4th at Wire Park (1725 Electril Avenue) for a great time!

If you weren't able to make it to the event and would like to support our mission, please donate below.

We hope you and your loved ones had a wonderful and prosperous new year. 2025 was a big year for our organization as it marked 10 years of The Sid Foundation. We accomplished many of our goals in 2025 and are looking forward to our new goals for 2026. 

In 2025, we…

1. Donated $1000 to the University of Kentucky hospital Lung Transplant program to support lung transplant research and help lung transplant patients pay medical bills.
2. Celebrated our 10 year anniversary by planting an oak tree in memory of Sid Vahal. This is a forever tree that will be maintained by the park where it was planted forever.
3. Held several fundraisers along with our first digital fundraiser on the Whatnot platform. We found a whole new community on Whatnot that supported our mission and helped us raise funds by participating in our #commissionsforacause initiative. 
4. Mailed out more care packages to lung transplant recipients and folks with lung health issues around the country. 
5. Attended community events to help us raise awareness and funds for our mission. 
6. Received an S&S Activewear grant for the 4th year in a row!
7. Ended the year by hosting our 3rd annual Lung Girl Day at Syndicate Comics & Collectibles! Our community showed up once again, to support us during this event. 

​In 2026, we plan to…

1. Continue organizing fundraisers around the community. 
2. Continue mailing out care packages to folks in need around the country. 
3. We will attend more community oriented events to continue raising awareness within our community and around the country. 
4. We will continue to donate funds towards lung transplant research and to lung transplant patients to help them with medical bills. 
5. We plan to continue hosting more online fundraisers on Whatnot.
6. We plan to share more stories of lung transplant patients. 
7. We plan to apply for more grants to help us support our work.
8. We will host our 4th annual Lung Girl Day as well!

​We would not have been able to accomplish any of our goals and fulfill our mission without the support of our community. Thank you so much for supporting our work and helping lung transplant patients breathe a little easier!

If you would like to support our 2026 goals, please donate below.​

Our 3rd annual Lung Girl Day was a blast!🫁 👧🏾 🤖

Thank you to everyone that stopped by and supported in person and online!
We had tons of art, merch, snacks, community, and good vibes. 

A BIG thank you to these talented artists who helped us raise funds with #commissionsforacause
Loso Perez, Jonathan Jackson, Sarah Butler and, Iyanu

Partners and Sponsors
This event would not have been possible without our partners and sponsors:

• Thank you Syndicate Comics & Collectibles for providing the space and the community.
• Thank you M&M Comics & Collectibles for the online Whatnot support.
• Thank you to Trader Joes for providing the delicious snacks that kept us fueled through the event. 
• Thank you to Prime Vice Studios, LLC for the partnership.
• Finally, thank you to Kennesaw State University for partnering with us through Give Pulse and helping our talented KSU students get credit for this community service work!

Take a look at the pics below:

If you would like to support our missing, please donate below:

We invite you to celebrate our 3rd annual Lung Girl Day fundraiser with us on Saturday, November 15th!
Once again, Syndicate Comics & Collectibles will be graciously hosting our event. We will have book signings, merch, stickers, art commissions, giveaways, Trader Joe's snacks, and more!

Event Information
Location:
Syndicate Comics & Collectibles
2800 Canton Rd
Marietta, GA 30066
Time:
Saturday, November 15th 12pm-4pm. 

Help us raise funds and awareness for lung transplant research and support lung transplant patients. 

A special thanks to our sponsors and supporters: Prime Vice Studios, LLC, Syndicate Comics & Collectibles, and Trader Joe's. 

We can't wait to celebrate this fun-filled day with our community!

If you are interested in supporting this event, please reach out to us at info@thesidfoundation.org or donate here:

One way we support lung transplant research and patients is by donating regularly to the University of Kentucky (UKY) hospital lung transplant program.

This year, in January, we donated $1000 dollars to the UKY lung transplant program to support lung transplant research and patients. 

How was the donation used?
Our donation was used in multiple ways to:

• Cover the cost of post discharge medications for patients to bridge the gap until prescription insurance became active.
• Cover the cost of transportation for patients to critical appointments.
• Cover costs of  lodging for care givers to stay close to their loved ones while they were inpatient. 

This would not have been possible without our donors and community support. Thank you for donating directly or purchasing Lung Girl comics, art commissions, and/or other merchandise to help us raise funds to support these lung transplant patients!
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Your support is helping lung transplant patients breathe a little easier. 

If you would like to help more lung transplant patients and support lung transplant research, please donate here: