Hi, I’m Hugh from Dude to Dad, and I need your help on the greatest Mother’s Day project I’ve ever been a part of. Now I’ve been a part of some epic Mother’s Day projects, but what I’m about to share with you leaves all of them in the dust.

To see what I’m talking about, check out this video on Dude to Dad’s YouTube channel. Although the video tells the story best, there’s also more information in the post below.

My wife, Amy, who I often refer to as Mrs. Dude, will be celebrating her first Mother’s Day on May 10th. We welcomed our first daughter…first child actually, Emerson Victoria, into the world on March 29th.

Mother’s Day is a challenging day for Amy and this first one will probably be especially hard. When Amy’s mom Vicki was pregnant with her, they found that she had breast cancer. Her mom was told several times during the pregnancy that if she didn’t terminate the pregnancy, she wouldn’t beat the cancer. But, in a display of the strength (and stubbornness) that she eventually passed along to her daughter, Vicki refused to terminate the pregnancy. Accepting the reality of the road that lay before her, she refused to give up her daughter and doctors performed some of the first cancer operations ever attempted on a pregnant woman. After Amy was born in March of 1980, Vicki fought the cancer aggressively for a full year, but she passed away the day after Mother’s Day 1981.

Great story, Hugh, but what can I do to help? Well, I want to raise some real money for cancer research and for families affected by breast cancer. Its Mother’s Day for goodness sake. We all have a mother. Many of us have a wife. Some of us have a daughter. I can’t imagine anything more important than these women in my life. When I was bouncing around this idea, someone suggested raising $30,000 – one thousand dollars for every year of Vicki Hyde’s life…so that’s our goal.

If you have the means and motivation, give whatever you can. This money will be well-used and will do great things for the people who need it most.

We’ll keep you updated through the Dude to Dad website, the Dude to Dad Twitter account and the Dude to Dad Facebook fan page. I can’t thank you enough for watching, so please forward on the link to someone you know and let’s watch this project grow, spread, and help change lives.

 

Hugh Weber is a dude (& Ford Fiesta Agent @fiestahugh), dad (@dudetodad) and digital dreamer (@deepbench) committed to a mantra of “Work. Play. Do Good.” Follow him at dudetodad.com or thedeepbench.com or somewhere else on the social media landscape!