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Helen Kennedy is raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Participants: Gary Kennedy, Annabel and Sam

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RBC Race for the Kids 2019 · 12 October 2019 ·

We need everyone to race for the kids. Run, jog, walk or wheel our 5k family fun run and give seriously ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital the chance of a better future.

Story

We are joining Team Tommi and taking part in RBC Race for the Kids to raise money for the seriously ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.  The specialist team at GOSH have already saved our friends son’s life once and now they are taking on the challenge again. 

“Tommi is 9 years old and loves racing (karting and Formula 1 in particular) and football. Laid back and mischievous, super competitive and caring, honest and full of fun, this boy has character and he is STRONG 💪🏼 

In April 2019, our lives were turned upside down AGAIN when Tommi relapsed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia after being 2 years clear. Thanks to GOSH Tommi has received a new immunotherapy drug alongside chemotherapy as part of a clinical trial to try to find alternative treatments for children in his situation. We are grateful that there were treatment options available to us as not all families are so lucky. His specialist team have created a cocktail of chemotherapy that will hopefully get him to a strong enough remission for bone marrow transplant. As we are in a real race against time, Tommi is fortunate enough to have a bone marrow donor ready and waiting 😊 If all goes well, Tommi will have received his new stem cells by the time the Race for Kids starts in October.

We feel blessed to be in such safe hands with the expertise, care and support from such an amazing team at GOSH.”

Please help us to raise some funds on behalf of Tommi and his family.

Donation summary

Total
£432.80
Online
£432.80
Offline
£0.00

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