You Can Help Me Raise $100 Million to Fight Cancer and Start the “Warriors Team Shay” Foundation
Shannon was one of 7.6 million who died from cancer last year, one of
4 million between the ages of 30 and 60. I believe that these numbers
can be reduced by 50% over the next 10 years through genome therapy and
immunotherapy. I want you to help me help find the cure for cancer.
As I told you in the video my mother died from cancer when I was
eight, Aidan my grandson’s mother died from cancer when he was nine. My
life and my brothers lives were affected, that single event has more to
do with who we are today than anything else that has happened in our
lives. I wrote a book about how it affected me; Tall Grass. It
tells the story of a young boy who loses his mother to cancer then
recalls the 10 most important days of his life and how those 10 days
formed my character.
I now see my grandson traveling the same road, I’ve learned that he
will be accompanied by 1.8 million other children this year. I intend to
see to it that Shannon’s death turns into a positive part of Aidan’s
future and that he learns and grows from the experience.
I’m forming the Warriors Team Shay Foundation to provide
funding for cancer research focused on identifying cancer susceptibility
genes in individuals or families which will have a major role in
preventing the disease before it occurs. This is the only form of
research that is aimed at eradicating cancer as opposed to treating
cancer. We’ll also fund support for children that lose parents to
cancer or have cancer themselves.
But first, we need to set-up the foundation and that’s what this
Fundraising Campaign is for. I’m told that will take about $7,500.
That’s where I need your help today.
Here’s My Plan
Three years ago my daughter, Shannon, said to me:
“You need to write a children’s book about our 20 year Christmas morning tradition; look what the ladies who wrote The Elf on The Shelf have shared with the world. Besides, our tradition is perfect for anyone who has The Elf on The Shelf.”
So I wrote a children’s book, had it illustrated, designed the packaging, and had it printed, The Christmas Web – A Family Tradition.
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Shannon lived to see her vision become reality but enjoyed her final
“Christmas Web” in 2013. She died the day after Christmas last year,
finally losing her valiant 12 year battle with cancer. (You can read
Shannon’s story here.)
I'll be using the profits from The Christmas Web and my other books to fund the foundation.
I’m also going to be speaking to groups like the Rotary Clubs, The
Kiwanis Clubs, Garden Clubs and anywhere else I can gather an audience.
I’d like you to send me invitations to speak.
Our 2016 goal for
Warriors Team Shay is to raise $255,000.
What I’m offering you today is an opportunity to be on the ground
floor of something that will make a difference, the birth of the
Warrior Team Shay Foundation. And I’m offering you
REWARDS for helping me get the
Warrior Team Shay Foundation off the ground.
You too can be a Warrior on Team Shay.
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Shay and Aidan: October 25, 2014
This is why I’m doing this.
Shannon asked me on the way to the hospital:
“Dad why is this happening to me, I’m a good person?”
I couldn’t give her an answer so now I want God to giver her the answer:
“You gave your life to help save millions of lives.”
Rewards:
The Christmas Web – A Family Tradition: A Children’s book/ Gift-set based on our families 22 year Christmas morning tradition. When
Santa arrives on Christmas Eve, he and your elf hide that special gift
that you want somewhere in the house where only you can find it, at the
end of The Christmas Web. This is the elf’s Grand Finale before flying
back to the North Pole with Santa.
Tall Grass – The story of a young boy in Champaign, IL, that
loses his mother to cancer and deals with his loss of faith loss of
family and struggle for identity.
The Stock Lord: My Second Novel – The Stock Lord is
the story of a powerful Investment Manager, Gordon Finsh, who decides to
cash in on his ability to make or break companies in the investment
markets. He is approached by Tony Lee, the CEO of a Chinese
pharmaceutical company who has been directed by the Communist Party and
the Central Government to make WOB a world player on the western stock
exchanges, thus increasing the value of his company exponentially.
Gordon Finch wants $3 million in diamonds delivered to him in the
U.S. in exchange for driving WOB’s stock price from $8 per share to $20
per share over a six month period. The Party finds one of The Black
Orlov diamonds in Beijing and procures it from a reluctant seller,
Remash Patrenic, a retired Antwerp diamond dealer and a distant relative
of the Buddhist monk who had been wrongly accused of stealing The Black
Orlov from an Indian shrine in 1774. (The Black Orlov is a real
diamond)
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Aidan, Emma, Kobie, Haileigh the four elves of The Christmas Web