Believe Project: $100 to help friend with sick daughter get by

Today's winner of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Diane Kronke of Palatine. Here is an excerpt of her pitch:

“My friend Maria has three children. Two are special-needs and one was recently diagnosed with cancer. Her husband couldn't handle the stress and left her. Maria has severe asthma. The stress caused her to have a severe asthma attack that put her in the hospital. That time away from work and the fact that she needs time off to take her daughter to her radiation treatments for cancer has severely damaged her income. I would love to be able to give her $100.”

• The Believe Project will mail a $100 bill each day to someone with a good idea for how to use it to do a good deed for someone else. Email us your pitch of 100 words or fewer (include your name, address and hometown) to specialevents@dailyherald.com.