Sunday, January 13, 2008
The Jack Brown Appeal
Jack Brown is a five-year-old boy from London whose mum and dad are both Detective Sergeants in the Met.
Jack is suffering from a rare childhood cancer, neuroblastoma. This is a rapidly-spreading cancer and Jack's particular condition (the cancer has returned after remission) is such that he is considered untreatable in the UK.
However, one hospital - the Memorial Sloane Cancer Center in New York - has developed a treatment for cancers like Jack's which has proved, so far, 100% effective.
According to The Jack Brown Appeal, there is currently no UK government funding for this treatment. (This isn't the time for politics, but if there are any NHS bureaucrats or politicians reading this, you could always do the decent thing? I mean, if Orange Boy Hain can 'forget' about £100k, he must have some loose change knocking around, surely.)
Jack and his family (including his young brother and sister) have moved to the US and they urgently need funds to help pay his bills.
The above site is very informative. If you have children (and even if you don't) there's a good chance you'll shed a few tears at pictures like this.
Jack and his mum
If you'd like to donate you can do so online, but in case the site has crashed (according to Gadget readers it has been doing) here are some straightforward ways you can help (all details taken from the site):
1) Cheques payable to 'Jack Brown Appeal' can be sent to
Jack Brown Appeal
c/o 2Simple Trust
3-4 Sentinel Square
Brent Street,
Hendon London
NW4 2EL
2) You can donate direct to the bank account in the UK -
Jack Brown Appeal
Account Number: 24065404
Sort code: 503005
NatWest
Hendon Branch,
95 Church Road
NW4 4DL
BIC No: NWBK GB 2L
IBAN: GB95 NWBK 5030 0524 0539 61
3) You can donate direct to the bank account in the USA -
Acct. Name: Jack Brown Appeal Charitable Trust
Acct #: 738726991
ABA Routing Code#: 072000326
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
1440 N Center Rd
Saginaw, MI 48638
The 2Simple Trust (which is helping Jack and other little mites in his shoes) can be contacted at 0208 203 0104 or via the following email addresses: alan@2simpletrust.org or londonderryair@gmail.com.
Among other proposals, they're looking for people to run the London Marathon for Jack. A hundred cops raising a grand each would be very nice, wouldn't it? A good way for a few of our readers to meet up, too.
NB Thanks to Inspector Gadget for drawing this to our attention.
The Coppersblog Team.
Jack is suffering from a rare childhood cancer, neuroblastoma. This is a rapidly-spreading cancer and Jack's particular condition (the cancer has returned after remission) is such that he is considered untreatable in the UK.
However, one hospital - the Memorial Sloane Cancer Center in New York - has developed a treatment for cancers like Jack's which has proved, so far, 100% effective.
According to The Jack Brown Appeal, there is currently no UK government funding for this treatment. (This isn't the time for politics, but if there are any NHS bureaucrats or politicians reading this, you could always do the decent thing? I mean, if Orange Boy Hain can 'forget' about £100k, he must have some loose change knocking around, surely.)
Jack and his family (including his young brother and sister) have moved to the US and they urgently need funds to help pay his bills.
The above site is very informative. If you have children (and even if you don't) there's a good chance you'll shed a few tears at pictures like this.
Jack and his mumIf you'd like to donate you can do so online, but in case the site has crashed (according to Gadget readers it has been doing) here are some straightforward ways you can help (all details taken from the site):
1) Cheques payable to 'Jack Brown Appeal' can be sent to
Jack Brown Appeal
c/o 2Simple Trust
3-4 Sentinel Square
Brent Street,
Hendon London
NW4 2EL
2) You can donate direct to the bank account in the UK -
Jack Brown Appeal
Account Number: 24065404
Sort code: 503005
NatWest
Hendon Branch,
95 Church Road
NW4 4DL
BIC No: NWBK GB 2L
IBAN: GB95 NWBK 5030 0524 0539 61
3) You can donate direct to the bank account in the USA -
Acct. Name: Jack Brown Appeal Charitable Trust
Acct #: 738726991
ABA Routing Code#: 072000326
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
1440 N Center Rd
Saginaw, MI 48638
The 2Simple Trust (which is helping Jack and other little mites in his shoes) can be contacted at 0208 203 0104 or via the following email addresses: alan@2simpletrust.org or londonderryair@gmail.com.
Among other proposals, they're looking for people to run the London Marathon for Jack. A hundred cops raising a grand each would be very nice, wouldn't it? A good way for a few of our readers to meet up, too.
NB Thanks to Inspector Gadget for drawing this to our attention.
The Coppersblog Team.
Comments:
just read the attached site, they apparently need a further $750,000!
I am a bit blown away by this number.
I have heard of complex open heart surgery costing say $50k, but how on earth can it cost $750k? (and the don't say how much they've raised already)
I am a bit blown away by this number.
I have heard of complex open heart surgery costing say $50k, but how on earth can it cost $750k? (and the don't say how much they've raised already)
# posted by 
: 12:43 PM, January 13, 2008
: 12:43 PM, January 13, 2008
ok, it seems the total cost is $1.5m and they have $750k already.
see bbc link.
Any ideas how it can cost $1.5m?
see bbc link.
Any ideas how it can cost $1.5m?
# posted by : 12:44 PM, January 13, 2008
: 12:44 PM, January 13, 2008
Does it matter?What price a childs life?If every copper in the county gave £2 each that would more or less sort it,all it needs is the momentum to get it going.Haway peeps,even a tight a**e like me has donated!
# posted by : 6:56 PM, January 13, 2008
: 6:56 PM, January 13, 2008
Just do what we can do.Hope jack recover soon, and the met best luck.
# posted by : 8:14 AM, January 14, 2008
: 8:14 AM, January 14, 2008
It's hard to know what to say about this particular blog, which I notice has struck all the other normally quite verbal bloggers, dumb. Poor little mite. It's just too sad and must be heartbreaking for Jack's family. I hope and will pray that he gets better soon and that his family get all the help they need.
It begs the question though, WHY is this happening? Why don't the NHS help him? Is it because too much of the billions that go into the NHS is spent on managers and paper pushers? It seems morally WRONG to me in the 21st century, that a child should be suffering like this. HOW MANY MORE ARE THERE? God bless you little Jack and get well soon. X
It begs the question though, WHY is this happening? Why don't the NHS help him? Is it because too much of the billions that go into the NHS is spent on managers and paper pushers? It seems morally WRONG to me in the 21st century, that a child should be suffering like this. HOW MANY MORE ARE THERE? God bless you little Jack and get well soon. X
# posted by : 1:27 AM, January 16, 2008
: 1:27 AM, January 16, 2008
My 12 year old daughter has been having treatment at the same New York hospital as Jack so we know the Brown family quite well.
Fortunately I had health insurance coverage when all this kicked off when she was 8, the reason the cost is so high is that MSKCC develop and drive all cancer treatment protocols so all the research is done there. The big drug companies don't want to invest in the huge ammounts required to develop life saving drugs which in their view only help a relatively small number of kids.
The real pisser here is that our NHS a) do not have the treatment required and b)will not provide funding for treatments which could save kids like Jack.
Fortunately I had health insurance coverage when all this kicked off when she was 8, the reason the cost is so high is that MSKCC develop and drive all cancer treatment protocols so all the research is done there. The big drug companies don't want to invest in the huge ammounts required to develop life saving drugs which in their view only help a relatively small number of kids.
The real pisser here is that our NHS a) do not have the treatment required and b)will not provide funding for treatments which could save kids like Jack.
# posted by : 2:16 AM, January 16, 2008
: 2:16 AM, January 16, 2008
i realy hope that jack gets his money and his op. my cousin sadly passed away from this awful cancer at the age of 3. you keep fighting jack
# posted by : 2:15 AM, January 17, 2008
: 2:15 AM, January 17, 2008
I sent £10 in the post today, good luck to you. Come on other officers send something!
# posted by : 1:23 PM, January 22, 2008
: 1:23 PM, January 22, 2008
It's Jack's Mum here, just saying a from the bottom of my heart thank you for bringing this out in the first instance, and to all who took the time to donate, thank you.
The treatment that had proved 100% successful was a Phase I study, ie. it was all about testing doseages.. Jack received the max dose, along with 2 other kids... and Jack smashed their statistics.. he relapsed, so did the other 2 kids. The max dose was too much for the liver to contend with, they only received a single dose, and they all relapsed.
Jack still has options and they are still costing a huge amount... but if this treatment were available in the UK, it would cost even more.. What matters is this... he is bringing AWARENESS.,
so to all you officers who are a bit suspicious... (and that includes me too normally,- that's our job)don't donate to little jack, but how about you support the 50 officers coming to New York in May to run 300 miles....not to raise money for jack, but for a new website we're setting up to raise funds for research (Joining Against Cancer in Kids) www.j-a-c-k.org...
Some of these guys have never run before, but they see Jack, they see his friends that die - they CARE.
Even if you only donate $1... it will help so very very much to pay for the necessary research, to save the lives of thousands of kids both at home and in the US. But don't listen to me... email either mark@oldbill.net (the organising officer...) or look at what Sir Hugh Orde or Sir Ken Jones are doing in May....
Yvonne
londonderryair@gmail.com
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The treatment that had proved 100% successful was a Phase I study, ie. it was all about testing doseages.. Jack received the max dose, along with 2 other kids... and Jack smashed their statistics.. he relapsed, so did the other 2 kids. The max dose was too much for the liver to contend with, they only received a single dose, and they all relapsed.
Jack still has options and they are still costing a huge amount... but if this treatment were available in the UK, it would cost even more.. What matters is this... he is bringing AWARENESS.,
so to all you officers who are a bit suspicious... (and that includes me too normally,- that's our job)don't donate to little jack, but how about you support the 50 officers coming to New York in May to run 300 miles....not to raise money for jack, but for a new website we're setting up to raise funds for research (Joining Against Cancer in Kids) www.j-a-c-k.org...
Some of these guys have never run before, but they see Jack, they see his friends that die - they CARE.
Even if you only donate $1... it will help so very very much to pay for the necessary research, to save the lives of thousands of kids both at home and in the US. But don't listen to me... email either mark@oldbill.net (the organising officer...) or look at what Sir Hugh Orde or Sir Ken Jones are doing in May....
Yvonne
londonderryair@gmail.com
# posted by : 11:54 PM, February 11, 2008
: 11:54 PM, February 11, 2008
