Jake's Team

About a week and a half ago we heard about a little boy named Jake. He is 7 years old and his parents just found out that he has stage 4 cancer. He had a large tumor in his chest that was causing him pain (how they discovered the cancer) and the cancer has spread.
Jake's parents have already lost two children, one at age 3 and one at 3 days old (both girls) to a genetic disease. Jake is their only child now.

He is doing all the conventional treatments, but if he does natural treatments as well his chances are better and his quality of life is , i am sure, as well. The problem is, here in Ontario, only 30% of alternative medicine is covered. This leaves a huge expense for his family and they are really struggling.

It has also been amazing to see the community come together for him and his family since hearing about their struggles!

One of the local restaurants did a wing night for him where 10 cents from every wing was donated to him as well as all the tips for the night.
There have been lemonade stands for him, there are donation boxes everywhere.
At the beer store you can donate your empties refund.
And today the fire department and several other places but together a carnival  and dance for him.

The carnival was admission by donation (which included all the rides and shows), You could then buy food and drinks inside, they had a silent auction, bake sales, penny tables, face painting, airbrush tattoos and other things for sale.

I went to the carnival today with our friends the Cudneys. It ended up raining REALLY hard, but that didn't stop anyone from having a great time. They didn't shut down the bouncy blow up things (except the few that were too dangerous when it really got raining, like the big blow up slides) so the kids had a great time getting soaked. There was stuff to watch inside too, people shaving their heads to join "Team Jake" and a Tae Kwon Do demonstration.

I haven't heard yet how much was earned so far today, the dance will continue until midnight so more will be made, but it seemed like a lot of people showed up for him. And a lot of people shaved their heads for him. (i was glad that Caleb ended up waiting at home because Aurora fell asleep right before we left because if he has been there he would have taken the opportunity to shave his head again)

It's been really neat to see so many people coming together for this little boy. And we are praying for a miracle!