“Our region has grown (since the group began last January) out of Mount Airy,” said Boyd, who explained the group often works through Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. While undergoing chemo, Boyd made gift bags and took them on her treatment days to other chemo patients. In April of 2014 the cancer returned without symptoms and spread aggressively throughout her body. Once diagnosed, she proceeded to have radiation and breast surgery at Duke, followed by chemo. In 2012, Elke Boyd was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. Friends and family picked up the torch after her death. She said Elke saw a need among fellow cancer patients and vowed to make cheer bags for the rest of her life. Oma Boyd explained the group has remained steadfast to her daughter’s comforting mission. Its mission is to comfort those who are battling cancer, keeping Boyd’s memory and work alive.Īccording to Boyd, Junior Miss Eastern America Hannah Cooper spearheaded a recent benefit “Snow Princess Christmas Pageant” at the Southwestern Virginia Training Center, raising the money with 3,000 items destined to give some small comfort to cancer patients.Ĭooper heard about the group through her mother, Emily Padgett, a classmate of Elke. is a non-profit formed last year in memory of her daughter. 5) with items.”īoyd is the mother of Carroll County High School graduate and Mount Airy City Schools Nutrition Director, the late Elke Boyd. “These two came in and filled the floor (on Dec. “We had made 53 cheer bags and our closet was literally empty,” said Oma Boyd. A Christmas Pageant organized by a local “princess” earned $300 for “Elke’s Angels,” a group which comforts cancer patients with “cheer bags.” CANA - It’s something Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra would have smiled about.
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