It has been two years since we first publicly wrote of Jack and publicly asked for your help in his fight against the childhood cancer; Neuroblastoma. Jack was 4 then and had already fought the illness for a year.
Jack is six now and he has celebrated one birthday and two Christmases that would not have been possible without all of your help. His siblings are now 11 and 8; we are, well, older.
We brought Jack to New York in May of 2006 for three reasons, reasons that intertwine.
• The UK offered nothing else beyond what he had already received – no cures.
• New York held hope through novel therapies and a commitment to research.
• Jack was Jack and had fought hard for too long to retain his essence and quell the cancer.
So two years later there is no happy ending but more importantly the story continues. Jack has undergone antibody therapy. Jack has certainly suffered three relapses involving areas of his bone, bone marrow and brain. Jack has endured brain surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, isolation, stem cell rescues and now relocation to Vermont for his latest trial. But none of this paragraph, other than the first and last sentences, is important. There maybe, no happy ending but there is still a happy, 'healthy', growing Jack.
Two years of finding friends of Jack. Friends of ours – friends who have made the strange familiar; friends who have lifted despair; friends who have arrived when help and hope appeared albeit vanished.
Friends like you
Thank you for the help, thank you for the help you offer now.
Thank you for two years and counting.
We STILL NEED YOUR HELP!
The Metropolitan Police Team leave London
to fly to New York, where they will join forces with
NYPD, Rhode Island Officers and Providence offices
in the ride to raise funds for Jack's treatment. For
full details see 'Events'.
'6am and the ride begins.'
The ride to raise funds for Jack's treament - Press
release
Read updates on Jack's progress...
There are so many ways to get involved:
Join our team in the British 10k London Run
We are currently looking for people interested in running for the 2Simple Trust in the British10k London Run and raising much needed funds for Jack's appeal. The run which takes place on the 6th July 2008 starts at 9.35 am in Piccadilly and finishes by the Houses of Parliament.
If you have any questions or would like to register, please contact: agata@2simpletrust.org
For more information on the event visit: http://www.thebritish10klondon.co.uk/
Run in London Marathon 2008 for Jack Brown Appeal
2Simple Trust is currently looking for people committed to running for Jack Brown Appeal in next year’s London Marathon.
If you have been lucky enough to secure your own place through the ballot we would love you to join our 2Simple Trust team. All we ask is that you raise £1,000 in donations for our charity and we will then refund your entry fee.
Just e-mail us on: marathon@2simpletrust.org.
How to enter
However if you have not registered yet, you can still try to enter the London Marathon ballot by filling in the official entry form contained within a free magazine called Marathon News, which is available from all major high street sports stores. For a full list of Marathon News stockists please visit www.london-marathon.co.uk. The ballot closes at the end of October.
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