A Good Deed - and the Price is Right (Please Help!)

As you know, I am involved with Kids Cancer Crusade, an organization established in Christi's honor. Kids Cancer Crusade provides much needed emotional support for children with cancer and their families. While the constantly updated website, support network and care packages may seem like nothing, for someone who has had to travel down the "cancer road", I can tell you that this kind of support is not only helpful, but it is vital. Seeing your loved one battling cancer is so incredibly difficult and affects every area of your life. Losing them to the disease is simply indescribable.

Below is the latest message I received from Jennifer who is not only the founder of Kids Cancer Crusade, but also a very dear friend. Please take the time to sign the petition. It costs nothing and takes all of 2 minutes. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this message. Please pass this on to anyone who may be able to help.

Message from Jennifer (http://www.crusadingforacure.blogspot.com/):

Right now, more than ever, we are in need of our supporters to step up for our organization and our families. It doesn't have to cost you a penny, just two minutes of your time.

For two years the purchase of the domain www.kidscancercrusade.org was kindly donated to Kids Cancer Crusade, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, by the owner of NgiNeThemba Designs & Domains. The company was recently sold and the new owner felt that since the company purchased the domain for the organization, Kids Cancer Crusade should be required to purchase it from him for $2000 (matching another offer he had received for the domain) in order to continue its use.

However, the new owner agreed to the terms that if Kids Cancer Crusade could supply a petition obtaining 1500 signatures declaring that, although not illegal, what he has demanded of the organization was unfair and hurts the organization and the services they provide, a judge can rule that he must repay the $2000. He agreed to the terms because he doesn't feel Kids Cancer Crusade has the support. Please help us to not only show him he is wrong but to get the money back so it can go to where it should - to our children and their families.

Our Board met a couple weeks ago to discuss exciting new ways for this organization to grow and help our families in different ways, but this situation is going to hit us hard. Most of you know that we are new and small and always want to dedicate as much funds as possible to directly help our kids and their families, but the network that is our website is a critical role of Kids Cancer Crusade as well.

Please click the title of this journal entry or click here http://www.petitiononline.com/kcc08/petition.html to visit our online petition site and sign the petition. We have 90 days. Thanks so much for your help!

Good Times! Can't believe that was three years ago! I'm so glad we did that way too expensive Disney Cruise, weeks before Chrsiti's disease took off and she started her final months of life. It was one of the very last things she talked about before she died. (Dec. 2005)