Here's your chance to help a brave young man reach his goal. All it takes is the click of a button to help Sam reach 5000 Facebook Fans by St. Patrick's Day.
Sam Callahan, the son of a Realtor (and my friend & Active Rain member) in Silicon Valley, is 14 years old and has cancer which is not responding to two different types of chemotherapy. His cancer, Ewing's Sarcoma, had metasticized before it was discovered on September 22nd.
Sam writes about his battle with Ewing's Sarcoma on the Sam's Team website: http://www.samsteam.org/About_Sam.html He is an amazing 8th grader with a good attitude who wants to beat this thing. If you read his "about Sam" page, you'll find he's a great writer, too.
Normally, we can feel very helpless to "do anything" besides offer our compassion, thoughts and prayers.
But this time, there IS something you can do, and it only takes a couple of minutes. It may not change how he feels after radiation or chemo, but it will lift his spirits and those of his family and friends to see an outpouring of support. And it will help Sam and his family to make a little goal they've set up for themselves.
In addition to the website, Sam's family & friends have a "fan page" on Facebook. It's called I'm On Sam's Team. Their modest goal is to have 5000 fans by St. Patrick's Day. I'd like to help them get there. As of this moment, they have 2608 fans. They want people to know about Ewing's Sarcoma and they want people to know about Sam and his battle with this cancer.
What To Do: So, my Active Rain friends, I know a lot of you are on Facebook. If not, this might be the right time to join!
- Please take a moment and log into Facebook.
- Go to the Search bar and key in I'm On Sam's Team
- At the very top, in the middle, there's a button which says Become A Fan - click on it
That's it. How easy it is to send some support and encouragement! Of course, read through the website and the FB page too! But it only takes a minute to "fan" a page.
Just to reiterate, Sam is someone I know, it's not one of those fake internet hoaxes and he's part of the real estate family (his dad's a Realtor). Join us on Sam's Team! Please re-blog!
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Sharon, it is done, just joined Sam's page. Best to Sam and his family, my thoughts and prayers are with them...
Hi, Sharon. Me, too. And a re-blog. I wish him well. I wish I could do MORE!!!
I also joined Sam's page and will add Sam to my prayer list. I wish him well and a complete healing. May God Bless Sam and his family!
I also joined Sam's page and will add Sam to my prayer list. I wish him well and a complete healing. May God Bless Sam and his family!
Gerry: That's great. I hope he is able to reach his goal!
Leslie: I agree! Hopefully our participation will help the cause and lift his spirits.
I am glad to see this blog made the rounds. I passed along to my friends last night too.
I wish him and his family well. We went through 3yrs of chemo with our son for leukemia. Fortunately our son made it.
Debra: It seems to be getting around. Hopefully he will make his goal of 5000 fans.
Janice: I can't imagine how difficult it had to be to go through that. You are so blessed your son is well.
I joined Sam's Team on Facebook, and didn't have any idea that you were connected to the family. Did a little reading on his website and thought he had a wonderful attitude, all things considered! The Scharf's in Idaho are pulling for him!
Janna: I have no connection to Sam's family. I just reblogged like several others. He does sound like a brave and strong young man. i'm so glad so many people are supporting him.