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Jack Howard (Kent)

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Just read an article on this little boy, only 12 years old - fighting an aggressive cancer.
Parents trying to get him to America for treatment. Apologies if already mentioned somewhere else.

Big West Ham fan, thought i'd share on here.
Just in case anyone else also cares to donate a little for one of our own kind;

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/n ... im-102176/

(I don't know the kid or the family, just saw it on the Kent website and they're local to me!) :crest:
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Good luck Jack.

The direct link is here: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/jack-howard
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Any chance this can be tweeted to the players/club to see if any of them can contribute?
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(Now) on front page (too): http://kumb.com/story.php?id=130290
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Apologies UTJ, wasn't aware you had this on the front page of KUMB already.

(My bookmark always takes me straight to the forum here!)
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Super_Paolo wrote:Apologies UTJ, wasn't aware you had this on the front page of KUMB already.
It wasn't SP, I saw this thread and wrote the above piece as a result. So thank you!
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Ah fantastic, what a great thing to do. :)
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I have made a donation. However, I hope the club gets wind of this and helps to raise money.
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Shared on my personal Facebook wall, The American Hammers group & my neighbourhood's Facebook group also.

I know only to well how social media can make things happen for our heroic kiddos.
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Just donated, hope the players get wind of this, it would be small change to them, good luck to the boy :scarfer:
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Done.

Good luck Jack.
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Done! Good luck kid!

As a father myself I cannot imagine how his parents cope and the parents of other children who suffer with this evil disease!
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Gabers wrote:Done! Good luck kid!

As a father myself I cannot imagine how his parents cope and the parents of other children who suffer with this evil disease!
This 100%
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UTJ, could the title be saved to something like 'Save Jack Howard' so that people might be more inclined to look at the thread?
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Tweeted and copied in Davis Gold with "please share to help a hammer". I don't know if he will read it, I don't know if he will care. But it is worth a shot.
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I believe Ronaldo recently paid for a young lads entire cancer treatment, and although our boys aren`t in his pay region, 5 grand from each of our first team squad wouldn`t make that much of a dent in their wallets
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Can someone on Twitter try tweeting Noble, perhaps even Carlton.
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Any way of fi ding out where in America he is trying to get treatment?

I only ask out of curiosity because I've had firsthand experience with many of the major pediatric tumor facilities over here.
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Donated.

Really hope it gets picked up by West Ham, with all the money flying about recently and the amount the players are on. This should be easily funded by West Ham / Players.
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Come on everyone, clearly life is more about winning and losing, standing or sitting. Let's get behind this young man's campaign.
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