Comments on: 8-year-old helps mom raise money for Cancer Walk

By: mamaC

mamaC — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:35:58 +0000

Great job, Nathan! Hmm, my comic shelf is a little empty…may need to make a trip

By: LBB

LBB — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:41:04 +0000

Good luck Sharon!

By: LBB

LBB — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:36:47 +0000

LiveStrong ride is on Sunday!

By: kim

kim — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:14:07 +0000

nathan, you're great!

By: kim

kim — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:11:23 +0000

here's your window of opportunity to take that on FM! the kid has set the example for you.

By: Trix

Trix — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:51:22 +0000

Yes, ma'am! Very well put.
And I want to echo Gurple and say kudos to Arcane for playing host.

By: jules

jules — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:25:08 +0000

best of luck, gurple!

By: gurple

gurple — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:22:24 +0000

Kudoes, Sharon! And kudoes to Arcane for hosting you. I like that shop a lot, and I think they're kind of unknown because of their location. If they get some foot traffic because of this, all the better.

By: gurple

gurple — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:12:07 +0000

Thanks, Chopper! With luck, the clouds will stay continent just a couple more days.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:10:18 +0000

I'm a regular forums poster here, and I'm also Nathan's mom. Thanks to all for your support and thanks to the Geeky Swedes for their coverage! Nathan looks forward to meeting more of our neighbors on Saturday. We will be out at noon and will probably be there until Arcane closes at 8.

It's very true that there are many types of cancer and other horrible diseases out there, and everyone single one of them is devastating for the people involved. I chose breast cancer because of my family connection to it, and because it's estimated that 1 in 8 women will get Breast Cancer at some point in their lives. I encourage and challenge you all to find a cause you are passionate about and get out there and raise some money for research.

Hope to see you Saturday!

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:08:27 +0000

Right gurple, the fund raising is very important, but so is raising awareness.
Have fun on the ride!

By: mickey

mickey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:29:49 +0000

Maybe that's because more than just a fraction of women are sufferers of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death, eclipsed only by lung cancer.

Nathan has done a wonderful thing. What an inspiration!

By: Freddy MAc

Freddy MAc — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:14:42 +0000

Which fraction, 99/100ths or 1/1,000,000?

I understand your point, though.
"A fraction" has been a pet peeve of mine since the SATs many years ago. The test giver said "an incorrect response will result in a loss of ONLY a fraction a point. So it would make since to guess if you can eliminate any (multiple choice) answers." What fraction am I losing???

Perhaps more people should raise money for prostate, lung or ovarian cancer in a similar fashion as this young man. Great story.

By: gurple

gurple — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:03:46 +0000

This is fantastic. I just raised $3100 for cancer early detection research (plug: The Ride to Conquer Cancer — VNC to SEA, this weekend, great cause!), but I did it the lazy way, with emails and Facebook. Looks like I'll be sharing a tent with a guy who greatly out-fundraised me, in part by hosting a pub night and charging admission.

This active type of fundraising gets so many people involved, which is just as important as the money.

By: jules

jules — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:49:14 +0000

wow! amazing….good for your friend and best wishes of healing & peace to her Edog.

By: jules

jules — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:48:33 +0000

true, but every little bit helps and this is a very positive great thing that this kid & his mom are doing. i wish cancer would have not taken my mom so early as i would have loved to do stuff like this with her!

By: Ballard_Rocks_Now

Ballard_Rocks_Now — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:34:14 +0000

Epic story. Please remember there are other more deadly form of cancers as well which receive literally a fraction of the funding of breast cancer is awarded.

By: Edog

Edog — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:21:43 +0000

Great story! Its kind of surprising how easy it can be to raise a little money. An old friend of mine is fighting breast cancer paying for treatment out of pocket her insurance won't cover. She has to fundraise like this. When I heard her goal is to raise 100,000 by august 1, I was dumbfounded. I was dumbfounded again, when I learned that in 30 days she raised over 60,000.

By: azbat5

azbat5 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:15:09 +0000

I'm totally there, goodies to rot my teeth, and comics to rot my mind!

By: Trix

Trix — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:09:08 +0000

Wow. What a great kid! Yeah, I'll be popping on by too.

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:58:39 +0000

Great story, thanks Swedes!
I'll definitely drop by.

By: jules

jules — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:58:35 +0000

good for this little guy! this is very inspiring and very cool that he is already in the mindset to “find a cure” at his age!

I wish him the best of luck and want him to know how cool it is to do good things:)