Bothwell District High School Leukemia Foundation Fundraiser

By Helen Doyle

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Receiving a blood cancer diagnosis

No one can comprehend the shock of your child, even if she turned 37 a few days after her diagnosis, receiving a diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) and then to be told she was Philadelphia A Chromosome positive pushing her into the rare cancer group.
As a school teacher herself and the mother of 3, she made an early decision to not hide her diagnosis but to spread the news to make people more aware.
We are so grateful for the work that the Leukaemia foundation do for looking for treatments that give hope. The drug Alexandra is receiving was only released in May this year.
So far she is tolerating treatment and results are so far very positive 6 weeks into her treatment. 

We’ve taken a stand against blood cancer.

Today, more than 53 Australians will be told that they have blood cancer and tomorrow - another 53 families will be devastated by the same news. We know how devastating this news can be, with staff members impacted as well as members of our school community.

We have created this page to raise vital funds to help provide the special care that is needed to get families through a blood cancer diagnosis as well as to help fund more game-changing research into this disease. 

The money we raise will help provide care for those in need right now — and it will back the brightest researchers to continue uncovering faster diagnoses and better treatments to save lives. 

Please show us your support by donating to our fundraising campaign.

My Achievements

Congrats! You've hit your goal!

$80 raised - you've given a family a night of emergency accommodation!

You've covered genetic testing!

You've given a family a whole weeks accommodation near treatment

$1,000 raised - you've made a tube gene test with state-of-the-art-technology possible

You've covered 3 months of lab costs for vital blood cancer research

You've fund life changing research for 3 months

Thank you to my Supporters

$42.20

Anonymous

$100

Anonymous

Wishing Alexandra every success with her treatment.

$200

Darch Family

Thinking of you all at this time and wishing Alex all the best! Love from the darch family! ❤️

$200.10

Lauren And Peter Winkley

I want to see a pic of you looking very colourful 😊

$42.20

Jenny Hamilton

Enjoy your colour run today xx

$520

Anonymous

Sending lots of love and support to Helen and her family. Xxx

$26.38

Rosemary Small

$52.75

Janella Leotta

$211

Richard & Helen Doyle

Thank you for all you are doing for our beautiful daughter.

$105.50

Erika B

$52.75

Catherine & Lindsay Hutton

$105.50

Sally Henry

This is a wonderful cause to raise funds and awareness .

$105.50

Catherine Thompson

$158.25

Mazzei Family

Lots of love to you all ❤️

$80

Stepho

You've got this Bothwell School. Thank you for helping out. Every bit counts.