Some owners who had pledged their houses for the first date even turned around and offered them again, says Kristin Goode of Oak Island Accommodations, which coordinated the offers. At Oak Island, there are often enough offers to create a waiting list, which came in handy when Hurricane Irma forced rescheduling last summer. Little Pink has to limit the number of sites to the number of houses available. In the years since, it has served 563 families, with a goal of hosting 11 families at each of 16 sites in 2018.įive NC beach areas are among the 2018 hosts: Oak Island, Emerald Isle, Buxton, Hatteras and Pleasure Island. She started pushing the idea, and by 2011, the first Little Pink retreat got underway with five vacation sites and 40 families.
Why couldn’t vacation rental properties be made available free, one week a year, to other families struggling with her diagnosis? She went on vacation with her family despite the news, and when she saw boarded-up houses sitting unused on the beach, an idea was born.īreast cancer treatment sometimes leaves families with little time or energy to connect with one another, she thought. The diagnosis came just before a planned trip to Hatteras Island. Little Pink began seven years ago with Jeanine Patten-Coble of Burlington, who was a high school history teacher and professional educational trainer in NC for 15 years before being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. The idea for Little Pink Houses came from Jeanine Patten-Coble of Burlington, a former breast cancer patient, who envisioned a vacation place for families struggling with the disease. Businesses, organizations and individuals chip in with kayaking lessons, fishing and aquarium trips, even maintenance work on hot tubs and pools. Local churches play a major role, providing meals and gifts. Volunteers like Linda and her husband, Bill, provide everything from free vacation home rentals to the day-to-day necessities of a vacation, like paper plates and beach towels. The program, which in 2018 will be enjoyed by more than 170 families, offers those drained emotionally and financially a week to be “completely free of doctors, hospitals and all the pain,” explains former cancer patient Linda Rudeseal, a Brunswick EMC member who is one of hundreds of volunteers who make the week easy and fun for guests. Such normalcy is the goal of Little Pink Houses of Hope, a grassroots organization begun by a former breast cancer patient to give a free week of vacation to families struggling with the disease. In the meal line, the conversation turns from the beauty of Oak Island Lighthouse to hot tubs to a pontoon boat ride that ran unthreateningly aground. In the evening, two three-year-olds chase a 13-year-old around a church basement as volunteer cooks prepare ravioli for an evening dinner. She paddles anyway, the vest safely stowed at arm’s reach. (Photos by Hannah Miller)Ī woman kayaking on Oak Island’s Davis Canal wears a pink-billed cap with her orange life vest, a way to cover hair thinned by breast cancer treatment.Īnother breast cancer patient navigating the canal’s calm waters confesses that her life vest hurts her tender chest.
"If she did," Rockelle said, "she'd see it's just my friends and me having fun and acting like ourselves.Top: Thirteen-year-old Spenser greets his mom, Brandy Medlin of New London, and 3-year-old brother Titus after a trip out on Davis Canal.Ībove: Linda Rudeseal, who has survived two bouts with cancer, was eager to volunteer to help other patients, as was her husband Bill. Rockelle also told Insider that she didn't believe Pink had watched her YouTube videos. Tiffany said she wanted to support her daughter's passions and protect her. She and her mother, Tiffany, also pushed back on the tweet in a statement to Insider. "They're only sexual if you view us that way." "Pictures of teenagers in bikinis having fun are not sexual," Rockelle told Insider in a statement, which was first reported by Today. "And at what point do the rest of us say … 'this isn't okay for a 13 yr old to be posing in a bikini whilst her MOTHER takes the photo?!?!'" -P!nk August 29, 2021 "How many kids like Piper Rockelle are being exploited by their parents?" the singer said. On Sunday, Pink tweeted about photos of Rockelle in a bikini that had been posted on Rockelle's Instagram account. (L) Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images, (R) Photo by Albert L.
Pink tweeted this week about photos posted on Rockelle's account that showed her in a bikini.
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