When Jenny Labrosse posted a Facebook status about her grandmother, Margot, on May 11, she had no idea what the response would be.
Her hope was to have the post gain some traction and perhaps go viral, but never did she expect to have Kraft Canada reach out to her personally.
Labrosse's grandmother is a resident at St. Joseph's Continuing Care Centre in Sudbury and has been in a battle with cancer for much of this year. Margot was losing weight rapidly and didn't have much of an appetite, and as a result her health was deteriorating rapidly.
"I just went in to visit her one day in February and I brought a little microwavable cup of ravioli and a cup of Kraft Dinner," said Labrosse. "They're simple and fast make, easy to chew and swallow. She ate the Kraft Dinner and she loved it."
Since that day, the little cups of KD have been the staple of Margot's diet and the family has been delivering case after case of the cheesy noodles to her at St. Joseph's.
"We'll bring her other things, like the other day she said she wanted a baked potato so we brought that for her but after that she said 'can you make me some Kraft Dinner'," said Labrosse.
Deliveries may be put to rest for a while however, as a representative from Kraft Canada has reached out to Labrosse and by the sounds of things, they'll be stocking up Margot's Kraft Dinner supply.
"They called and they asked me what her favourite flavour was and what her mailing address is," said Labrosse. "Beyond that I'm not really too sure what's going to happen."
Labrosse says that she's thrilled about the attention her grandma's story has received and the support that has been pouring in, but that receiving donations was never part of her intentions.
"Now that this story has kind of made waves I'm hopeful that it can be directed to shine some light on palliative and end of life care and how important it is," said Labrosse.
"What these people do to improve the quality of life for people like my grandmother is amazing. This goes to show that it can be something as simple as a cup of Kraft Dinner to make someone happy and keep them going. Just little things in life that make your days better."
