Community launches appeal to help Bolans resident access overseas cancer treatment
A community fundraising appeal has been launched to help 43-year-old Bolans resident Judy Thomas-Ward access urgent overseas cancer treatment.
Thomas-Ward, a long-serving public servant with the Ministry of Labour, has been referred to Colombia for specialized care. The cost of treatment, travel and accommodation is estimated at US$85,000, with organizers seeking to raise an immediate US$40,000 to cover medical expenses for her initial four-month stay.
Widely known for her contributions to national sports, Thomas-Ward is a former youth and senior national footballer, a referee, a softball player and an executive member of the Football Referees Association. She is also a mother of five.
Supporters say the treatment offers a critical opportunity to improve her health and allow her to continue caring for her family and serving her community.
Donations can be made by cheque payable to NPMT Community League. Further information is available at 780-4816, 780-8099, 780-0929 or 771-4727.
Organisers are appealing to the public, businesses and members of the diaspora for assistance, saying every contribution brings Thomas-Ward closer to the care she urgently needs.
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This cancer or whatever term used, after diagnosis of certain ailments affecting the body is deadly serious! Pun intended!
It’s seriously deadly and takes no prisoners.
🗣️ I don’t know if it’s just me, but am I observing a rapid increase in [cancers] in women, young women too and they seem to morph from #Stage_Zero to #Stage_4 in a very short period of time.
Maybe the Ministry of Health and Sir Rolls Royce can explain what he thinks is driving this phenomena. Break it down Sir Rolls.
US$85K. That’s a lot of dough!
That’s not no ton of money, since the cost to maintain the alpha Nero was weekly was ten times that.
And LIAT is way pass that with no returns. Let’s comfort our people with health and life expectations.
One nation concert payout by this same government can take care of many who are sick or lose their property to fire. These people that say the are Rasta should have some heart and take that money Gaston is paying them and hand it over to the sick and shutting, just image quarter million dollars to an artist to gyrate and dub some offensive lyric to lower the youths into crime.
Use all that money that ALP is wasting to help people in need.
One nation concert payout by this same government can take care of many who are sick or lose their property to fire. These people that say they are Rasta should have some heart and take that money Gaston is paying them and hand it over to the sick and shutting, just image quarter million dollars to an artist to gyrate and dub some offensive lyric to lower the youths into crime.
Use all that money that ALP is wasting should be to help people in need.