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We did it! We completed our first year as the Marco Shemwell Foundation and we could not have done it without ALL OF YOU! Give yourselves a round of applause because you certainly deserve it. To recap, we are a grassroots non-profit that began after the tragic death of our precious Marco (4). Overwhelmed by our grief, and the love and support we received from our community, we found purpose in our pain and in honoring Marco's life by creating the Marco Shemwell Foundation. O

When we first began thinking about a non-profit that honored Marco, we knew we wanted to do a lot with it. We spent a considerable amount of time thinking about what we wanted this to be, how we wanted it to look, to feel. Our mission was clear: to bring hope, comfort, and healing with #MarcoMoments that create ripples of positive change. But to whom? To those in need? To those who are suffering? To children, adults, students, Christians, non-Christians? We quickly reali