Cancer patients are getting a lift from a Mid-South woman who took the experience of her own diagnosis and put it to work for others.

Emily Thomas is the founder of the Cancer Card Xchange, a non-profit that sends donated gift cards to cancer patients as a way to brighten their day.

I recently interviewed Emily about her passion:

Find out more by visiting her website: http://www.cancercardxchange.org/

She's also on Twitter and Facebook.