The Mama Edna Project

Mama Edna, with her son Timothy on the right and his partner Andrew on the left

We are a multi-faceted non-profit community dedicated to helping people with cancer or other life-threatening or debilitating medical conditions obtain a juicer and fresh produce to feed it–before, during, and after treatment. We also try to provide a “tool kit” filled with goodies, cook books, juicing tips and more to help make the cancer journey more bearable. We also feel strongly about fighting food insecurity in North Carolina as Mama Edna would never want to see someone go hungry.

Our mission is to help folks with cancer or other life-threatening or debilitating disease live stronger, happier lives through the nutritional boosts juicing, blending and eating fresh raw produce can supply. “Paying it Forward” was part of Mama Edna’s daily life. Here we continue her legacy by offering loving, compassionate support, hope and quality of life needed to take on the cancer treatment journey, especially to folks who may or may not have the care giving team that Mama Edna had.

In recent months during this Covid-19 pandemic, we have also used Mama Edna’s “Pay It Forward” legacy to help fight food insecurity in North Carolina, specifically with donations to Dorcas Ministries Food Pantry in Cary, North Carolina. Mama Edna loved to shop at the Dorcas Thrift store with her best friend and cousin Idell. If you would like to make a donation to our organization, please let us know into which purse you would like the money to go: helping our cancer clients, helping food insecurity or no preference.

We operate currently from private donations from folks like you.  More than 98% of all donations go to support our program. We try to pay any filing fees ourselves. We do use the account to pay for the web hosting, but generally one of us puts the money into the account to pay for it. We are all volunteers trying to make a difference.