{"id":24251,"date":"2026-11-10T20:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/?post_type=article&p=24251"},"modified":"2026-11-10T20:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:59:38","slug":"30-years-of-resilience-the-ocallaghan-family-story","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/tl\/article\/30-years-of-resilience-the-ocallaghan-family-story\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Years of Resilience: The O\u2019Callaghan Family Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This holiday season, we\u2019re featuring the incredible O\u2019Callaghan family story.<\/p>

Some families have trials that span generations. For the O’Callaghan family, it’s retinoblastoma – a challenge woven into a 30-year story with Family House.<\/p>

In 1996, Gino and Kristin O’Callaghan arrived at Family House when their sons Brandon and Garrett were both diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer. Their daughter Terra would soon receive the same diagnosis. Nearly 30 years later as an adult, Brandon and his wife Joanna found themselves walking a familiar path when their daughter Penelope was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at six weeks old.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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“I will never forget the moment we first learned she had tumors,” Joanna recalls. “But knowing that at Family House we always had a clean, safe place to sleep, friendly faces to greet us, and a meal waiting for us was an enormous relief. It lifted a weight off our shoulders when it felt like the rest of our world was crashing down.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Read their full story in our 2026 Year in Review.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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No family should have to worry about a place to lay their heads while their child is navigating a life-threatening illness – especially during the holiday season. Give the gift of a home for the holidays, when families need to be away from their own.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Your gift allows Family House to remain 100% free for every family that walks through our doors. Thank you for your support.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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