My Happy Haven supports women with cancer
Jan 27, 2021
Perhaps the scariest words a person can hear from their doctor are ”you have cancer.” For the patient, what follows that diagnosis is a whirlwind of physical illness and emotional anguish that only a person who has survived it can properly describe.
Fortunately, there is hope and support for those patients. Thanks to modern medicine, cancers that were once automatic death sentences are now treatable and even curable. And there are many organizations working to support the emotional, spiritual and other needs of cancer patients.
One of the newest of those groups in Fort Dodge recently made its presence known in a major way.
-Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Taylor Johnson Berg, a Fort Dodge woman fighting breast cancer, is overcome with emotion after the unveiling of her bedroom makeover by My Happy Haven Fort Dodge on Sunday afternoon. -Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Taylor Johnson Berg clutches onto her husband, Jim Berg, as they see their new bedroom after a remodel from the Fort Dodge Chapter of My Happy Haven on Sunday. -Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Taylor Johnson Berg, a Fort Dodge woman fighting breast cancer, holds her medallion of the Virgin Mary, which she kisses every morning to thank God that she’s lived another day. Berg was the recipient of a bedroom makeover from the Fort Dodge chapter of My Happy Haven.
Iowa woman who pretended to have cancer spared from prison An Iowa woman who defrauded charities by pretending to have cancer was spared from prison Monday after receiving a suspended sentence of up to 25 years. (Source: HNN File) By Associated Press | January 5, 2021 at 5:33 PM CST - Updated January 5 at 5:33 PM
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) An Iowa woman who defrauded charities by pretending to have cancer was spared from prison Monday after receiving a suspended sentence of up to 25 years.
Jennifer Hope Mikesell, 44, of Northwood was also ordered to pay restitution and continue to seek treatment from a mental health professional, the Globe Bazette reported.
Iowa Woman Fakes Cancer for Money
With so many people fighting for their lives every day due to COVID-19, cancer and other debilitating and deadly ailments needing all the help they can get, we probably all know someone who has dealt with it so we know what a struggle it can be. There s only one reason to fake it , and here s one story of someone in Iowa who pretended to have cancer for their personal gain.
According to the Des Moines Register, her name is Jennifer Mikesell of Northwood. She is 44 years old and has been soliciting funds through GoFundMe, Meal Train, and Mason City-based My Happy Haven, which according to the Register provides recuperation spaces in the homes of patients diagnosed with life-altering illnesses . She was caught and busted in December 2019 and pled guilty last November to a charge of ongoing criminal conduct . My Happy Haven gave her a brand-new renovated bedroom despite not having any of the conditions of the patients to whom they provide this ser
The best directors always wanted Rosalind Knight in their casts. Photograph: Simon Annand/PA
In a career stretching over seven decades, the distinctive, cut-glass character actor Rosalind Knight, who has died aged 87, renewed her TV profile with younger audiences in two quirkily original comedy sitcoms: Jonathan Harvey’s Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999-2001) and Robert Popper’s Friday Night Dinner (in the second series, 2012).
She dressed down and mussed up her hair for Beryl Merit, a retired prostitute and landlady of the north London flat shared by Kathy Burke’s foul-mouthed Linda La Hughes and James Dreyfus’s acidulous actor; and reversed that process for Cynthia Goodman, aka “Horrible Grandma”, who aggressively stiffens the tone of the Friday night ritual hosted by her son (Paul Ritter) and his wife (Tamsin Greig).