We started to follow Arianna’s journey on Instagram earlier this year and it wasn’t long before we saw exactly how amazing the real wonder woman was.
Arianna has been diagnosed with Stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma – a form of aggressive cancer that is almost always found in Children, with a survival rate of only around 50%. The family knew very little about it when their world was turned upside down in November 2021.
When the UK came back to some form of normality, we organised a weekend in Alton Towers for the family. This was all in line with the Covid regulations of both the government and the venue itself.
We wanted to take you back to before this when we were lucky enough to be able to send Vicki and her family to Longleat for a wonderful day on safari.
Here at KOAC, we see that volunteers are the life of any charity and as it is Volunteers Week we thought we would get back in touch with some of our amazing volunteers and ask them about their experience with KOAC
Due to the ongoing health crisis around the world at present and due to the fact that those with cancer or having treatment for cancer can lower your ability to fight infection, the board of trustees have decided that we will not be able to arrange any experiences before at least April 20th 2020
We recently received an application from Terri. She had been diagnosed with stage four, secondary breast cancer and confirmed that her perfect weekend included some relaxation at a spa with her best friend and two sisters.
Mid-way through January we also helped another lovely lady, Rachel. We first heard from Rachel quite a while ago, but sadly due to her cancer treatment, we had struggled to find a date for her to have an experience.
This year we are once again proudly sponsoring the ABP Newport Marathon & 10k again, to be held on Sunday 19th April. If your resolution or goal this year was to get a little fitter, maybe dust off those trainers and complete a marathon then why not run it for KOAC?
It has been a busy start to the year here at KOAC HQ and so we thought we would give our supporters a little update on what we have been up to.
We were delighted to be able to send Gina and her two daughters Jacqui and Wendy to London for the weekend. Jacqui had contacted us a few months ago to share her mother’s story and as soon as we heard it, we had not hesitation in helping.