2026 Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and
​Happy Birthday to Sid (Jan 2nd)!

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.​

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