Sammy Jo lost her battle at 29 years old to Triple Negative Breast Cancer (8.8.88 - 14.5.18) - Sammy Jo always wanted children of her own and she would get upset knowing children were going through the same horrific effects of her treatment. February 2018 we got the devastating news the Cancer had returned in her brain and lungs and only had weeks to live, over the following weeks there was a lot of hard conversations with her, one of them being raising money at her funeral and she said the money raised must go to Children With Cancer UK. 

We raised £6,485 - a few days after her funeral Sammy Jo's cousin Robyn suggested we start a foundation in her name which we all though was a great idea so a few months later it was all set up. 

On 8th August 2019 (Sammy Jo's 31st Birthday and the Foundation's 1st Birthday) through lots of hard work from Kim (Mum), Dad (Matt), Danny (Brother), Robyn (Cousin), Jack (Sammy Jo's Boyfriend) and all our family/friends, we had several events and lots of donations we were able to hand over £88,088.88 to Children With Cancer UK what an achievement in our first year.  

On 8th August 2020 (Sammy Jo's 32nd Birthday) lot of our events through COVID 19 had been postponed/cancelled but we still managed to hand over to Children with Cancer UK £44,088.88. 

On 8th August 2021 (Sammy Jo's 33rd Birthday)  again due to COVID 19 we were unable to do most of our events but managed to get a couple in and some wonderful people took it upon themselves to do their own fundraising for the foundation and we handed over to Children With Cancer UK  £16,088.88.

The last 2 years the amounts have been well under what we wanted to achieve but now we are getting back to a bit of normality we have start our events up again. First event was Jack's Charity Football match on Sunday 5th September, then we had the Golf Day & Evening on Saturday 18th September and the After Marathon Dinner & Dance on 27th November - our 9 marathon runners who run the  London Marathon For Sammy Jo Brandon Foundation on Sunday 3rd October 2021 - where family/friends were all there to cheer them on all - they all done amazing and all come over the finish line in great times. 

We know if we have only saved one child's life from cancer , we are fulfilling Sammy Jo's wishes but we are guessing with your help and our fundraising we can save a lot more in the future.

 
When you lose someone it leaves you devastated, Sammy Jo was loved by so many people, once you had met her with her infectious laugh you never forgot her.

You can follow the Sammy Jo's journey and the foundation on
Website - www.sammyjobrandonfoundation.org.uk
Facebook - Sammy Jo Brandon Foundation
Instagram - @sammyjobrandonfoundation_
Twitter - @FoundationSammy
Where we will keep you updated on our events

The Sammy Jo Brandon Foundation supports and donates all proceeds raised to Children With Cancer UK to their ongoing projects into childrens cancer research

Thank you for reading our story and your donation - it is so much appreciated to us and Children With Cancer UK