DRUM ROLL PLEASE

I want to thank everyone who made the CKc Gold Gala the best we have ever had! We raised MORE money and educated MORE people than EVER.

I’ve been saying “Go Big or Go Home” since our inception! It’s a motto that runs deep in our team and in our mission. In fact, we have a sign as you walk into CKc headquarters that says just that! So, when we set our goal for the gala, it may have seemed most unrealistic for a three-year-old foundation to set its sights on raising a half million dollars IN ONE NIGHT but to us, to my team, well it’s motivation, it drives us, it pushes us to our limits and, frankly, that’s what the pediatric cancer world needs. Half measures avail us nothing, and half measures we don’t do!

We didn’t make our goal, but I am here to say that’s okay!!! CKc doesn’t give up! We don’t lay down! We pull our bootstraps up and get right back to work! In the words of Rory Vaden, “Success is never owned, it’s only rented; and the rent is due every day.” Yes!!!

I realize that being $75,000 short of our goal means four researchers will be funded, and not five. Fifteen fewer kids will get on trials. That, my friends, is the gut-wrenching part for this Scottish lassy! I’m the proudest Mumma Bear ever of my team, but to say my heart doesn’t ache a little for these kids battling to live would be a lie. And, frankly, honesty is how we roll here!

For those of you at the event, I am aware there was a little confusion with the “open ask” at the end of the night. So, please know this is not an ungrateful plea, but a heartfelt one. If you wished to donate on Saturday and weren’t able to do so, please donate by following this link. As difficult and uncomfortable as it is to ask for money, I know it’s more difficult to attend a child’s funeral and watch friends bury their babies – both of which I’ve personally done. So, I am pleading with you – if you’re able to donate $10 or $10,000 to help us fund the fifth and final researcher and give those 15 more kids a chance, then please help us reach our goal!

I want to thank everyone for attending, for being open to being educated about the reality of pediatric cancer, and for donating with such open and generous hearts. I was blown away on Saturday by the love you showed CKc and by your desire to learn more about the reality of pediatric cancer.

Please watch this video of Tony King speaking at the gala. Brutal! Devastating! Unimaginable! But, sadly, a reality.

Feel free to email me at [email protected]f1a.28e.myftpupload.com with any feedback about our gala! We want to improve each year and grow so we can get more kids on trials and create more options for those who have none! Thank you for being a part of changing the status quo of pediatric cancer.

 

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