Tiffany, class of 2010
University of Pennsylvania Law School

Being involved in AMF in general, and especially volunteering with other group members has really helped me take huge strides forwards in “coming full circle” with the death of my dad. It has been so empowering to be part of a group where everyone is my age, where they know exactly how I feel even before I’ve told them my story because they’ve all been there, and where they just want to share my experience with me. Being around other students in the same situation has really helped me open up even more about my experiences, to come to better terms with it, and to proactively reach out and help others going through the same thing.

The service aspect of AMF is just the icing on the cake. It’s so awesome to feel like you can channel all of your fears, hopes, pains, lessons, and experiences into really great causes that mean something to you and the other support group members. And it’s just fun. I cannot think of a better way to funnel the helplessness that comes with dealing with a loved one’s illness or death than to turn that pain around to help someone else.

AMF is such a wonderful organization and idea, and I am so thankful that it has spread to so many different schools. The challenges and problems that we deal with as students with ailing loved ones are unique and impossibly difficult, but the support of groups such as AMF make them bearable. Every school should have a chapter, and every student should know about it.