b'10 PaysoncaresMARGARET NEFF IMaking People SmileCancer survivor Margaret Ne\x1e You need a bright spot in your dayAs she prepared red, white and of Concord has fond memoriessomewhere, said Margaret, 59.blue cupcake liners for a Memorial of making small holiday gifts forCancer treatment is tough. I neverDay delivery, Margaret explained friends and family with her mother.imagined what it was to go throughthat her choice of candy had special They made people smile. that until I went through it myself.meaning to cancer patients. The After her mother died in 2018,And to know someone is thinkingLifesavers, other hard candy and lip Margaret continued the traditionof you, thats always a nice thought,balm help relieve dry mouth often in her memory, bringing smiles tocancer survivor or not. caused by chemotherapy hundreds of patients and caregiversFor weeks before holidays,and radiation treatment.at Concord Hospital Payson CenterMargarets dining room table orAt 50 gifts per holiday since for Cancer Care. nearby card table are covered with2018, Margaret is a gift factory, Margaret knows \x1c rst-hand that littlethe makings of gifts-to-be. incorporating her mothers designs things have a big impact for patientsFor Easter, she delivered plastic,and adding her own to make and during care, so when she begancandy-\x1c lled eggssome adorneddeliver more than a thousand gifts.feeling better after her treatment forwith felt bunny ears, some withI just try to make everybody feel brain cancer, she began her Paysontiny duck feathers. At Christmas,better, she said.holiday tradition. she transformed water bottles into Santa Claus \x1c gures with hand-cut beards, wiggly eyes and a red Santa hat. And dont forget St. Patricks Day, Valentines Day and Halloween.'