A Sincerely Good Cause
Posted by admin on December 10, 2007 · 7 Comments
I saw this story on CNN this morning and it touched my heart. We bake our own cookies at my house, but I'm ordering a box of these as well. Maybe you will too after you read this. I hope so.
Liam Witt is a little boy. He's a preschooler. His life has just started.
He has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma. 50 percent of children diagnosed with neuroblastoma relapse and the survival rate is currently only about 30 percent.
Liam's mom is having a bake sale. Not to raise money for Liam's treatment, but to fund more research to find new and better treatment options for all of the children who suffer with this form of cancer.
All of the ingredients and packaging and man-power is taken care of by donations and volunteers, so 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of these cookies will go for neuroblastoma research.
So, this is why I call this a sincerely good cause. On the news I saw a doctor saying that because this cancer is relatively rare, there has been no interest or funding by the drug companies in finding new treatments. I say, that if your kid got cancer, you really wouldn't care how rare it is, you would want doctors and scientists working for a cure. I know I would.
So, if there is someone you need a gift for this holiday season, or if you could possibly spare a little cash for a donation or make a purchase of a box of these cookies it would be great. I never ask you guys to buy anything, I never EVER have – until now. I'm asking you to consider buying a box of cookies or to make a donation to this effort.
I won't ever know if you did or if you didn't, so don't do it for me. Do it for the children that the drug companies don't seem to care whether or not they live or die – because they aren't profitable enough.
Here it goes:
and here is a direct link to the COOKIES FOR CANCER Page
I don’t know what I would do if either of my children had cancer. It’s too scary to even think about.
What a great idea and an awesome post! I’m going to place an order.
Tammy: I know, these people are living most parents’ worst nightmare.
Fab: Thank you! Please spread the word!
I normally don’t push anything at all.. but I just don’t think there had ever been a more worthy cause.
I’m not in North America, unfortunately, or I’d be ordering some myself.
Thanks for considering it though RT. You can pass the word around though, if you would. I can’t imagine anyone not wanting to help if it were within their means.
Hi. This is Liam’s mommy. Thank you for caring enough about not only Liam, but all children battling this type of cancer to post something on your blog. It truly means the world to us. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes the world to get involved to battle pediatric cancer. All of us have to care if we want to see it go away…and it can go away with enough research funding. Until that day, I’ll be holding a lot of bake sales.
Thank you, again, and Happy Holidays!
Liam’s Mommy
Liam’s Mommy,
Thank you so much for all that you are doing. I am happy to help in any way that I can and I will check back for more bake sales and help you get the word out in any way that I possibly can. We have got to make this go away – and we will.
Gerri