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Kindness on Wheels: Free Parking for Cancer Patients
24 Jun
Summary
- A non-profit organization provides free parking for cancer patients.
- The initiative honors the memory of a wife who received similar kindness.
- Over 10,000 vehicles have benefited from the free parking service.
Patients at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center recently received a heartwarming surprise: free parking, a gesture made possible by the non-profit organization Kay Days. This initiative was established by Robin Rowe to honor his late wife, Kay Boyd-Rowe, who was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in 1999.
During Kay's treatment, someone anonymously paid for her parking, a kindness that deeply impacted her. Robin recalled Kay expressing a desire to 'do that someday' herself. After her passing in 2023, Robin founded Kay Days to fulfill that wish, covering parking costs for patients on select days, particularly around his wife's birthday.
As of the current reporting, Kay Days has facilitated free parking for over 10,000 vehicles at Hillman. The organization also extends support to patients at the Hahne Cancer Center in Dubois by providing gas cards and parking vouchers for those referred to UPMC Hillman. This extends Kay's legacy of kindness, embodying her life motto: 'love first.'
