Keep an eye out for Jimmy's van! | This evening, an amazing young man walked in to town. We drove past his van (and beeped the horn and waved) and then... we saw Jimmy! We waved and beeped and waved. It's hard to explain... We have been following Jimmy, ever since he posted a photo of his piles of shoes... shoes he would wear when he walked around Australia. That was May, last year. Now, Jimmy has walked through half of South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland (during summer!) and through half of NSW. And today, Jimmy walked in to my town! |
He has the support of his family, and today, we met one of his brothers and his mother. And, we met Jimmy.
We have a lot of respect for them... for Jimmy. Not many 18 year old guys plan to give themselves, totally, to an important cause for a year. This is what Jimmy was doing at 18. Not many 20 year old guys walk around Australia!
When we spoke with Jimmy and his mother, it was as though we had known them for a long time... they are genuine... caring and friendly people.
Jimmy was seeing his grandfather for the first time in a long time, but he spent time with us... talking and listening. And we're so happy we were lucky enough that Jimmy walked in to our town.
What a beautiful family, and an incredible young man.
It feels good, knowing people like Jimmy are in the world.
If you can, support his cause - the Brainchild Foundation.
Keep an eye out for him. He's heading south to Melbourne, around Tasmania and back to Adelaide. If you see him, make the effort to say hi.
And if you can, help him out in his goal to raise $300,000 to fight back against childhood brain cancers.
Read this earlier post we shared about Jimmy and his Walk for Cancer. The post includes a video about Jimmy, with details of beautiful Emily, who lost her life to a brain cancer. This is who Jimmy walks for.
Jimmy's website has details of the dates he's planning to be in the towns and cities on his way to Adelaide.
Thank you, Jimmy xxx
One of the main objectives of the Brainchild Foundation is to raise awareness of childhood brain and spinal cord tumours and the challenges and difficulties faced by families dealing with these diseases. In Australia there are approximately 200 new diagnoses of brain and spinal tumours each year. Children may have one of more than 100 different types of cancer. While leukaemia is the most common diagnosis at 32%, brain and spinal tumours are the most common solid tumour/cancer, with 25% of cases. | This information was taken from the Brainchild Foundation's website. "Beating childhood brain tumours for better tomorrows". |
Read our earlier post about Jimmy
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