Please Give to Hans' Lunch for Life Campaign!

Dear Friends and Family,

I am reaching out to you this morning to ask for your help. As most of you know the last year of our lives has been quite a battle against Neuroblastoma, a Pediatric Cancer that struck our sweet little 3-year-old boy, Hans. We all have endured and persevered through a year of chemotherapy, radiation, two major surgeries, and a bone marrow transplant. I just learned last night that the Neuroblastoma Treatment protocol is more brutal than any other adult or pediatric cancer treatment protocol out there! Hans is a little trooper. In fact every single child we have met throughout this year has amazed us! Despite the fact that Hans suffered some major and life-changing side effects, he continues to live life as a sweet little boy and do what he has to do to stay healthy. He takes his medicine and goes in for labwork and scans on a regular basis. Hans has become a hero to many of our friends and family. Thank you for all your love, support and prayers that have gotten us through this tough year.

But, even though Hans is now healthy and cancer-free, we can’t sit back. Kevin and I are learning how far we have to go. Neuroblastoma likes to come back, it can rear its ugly head again at any moment. Anything goes! More research needs to be done to treat relapsed Neuroblastoma in our kids. Unfortunately, federal funds for Neuroblastoma and other pediatric cancer research have experienced dramatic cutbacks. It’s up to us to secure funds for new and innovative methods to find ways to treat and prevent relapse and to minimize damaging side effects.

Please join us in this fight and give a little through Hans’ Lunch for Life campaign. Lunch for Life (LFL) was created by one desperate dad of a little girl with NB at Texas Children’s Hospital a couple of years ago. Since then, hundreds of thousands have been raised. The idea is:
-You give up the cost of a lunch, brown-bag it for a day and give up your lunch money to save a life.
- If we each just give a little it can make a huge difference.
- 100% of your donation will turn directly into a research grant, specifically funding Neuroblastoma research.
- Just go online to http://www.lunchforlife.org/ and give. Click Donate Now, and fill in your information and select the name Hans Weberling from the drop down bar (it’s alphabetical by first name). Even if you can only give $5.oo it will help.
- You can view a list donors who have given in Hans' name at: https://www.lunchforlife.org/giving_tree.aspx?cid=404 It means a lot to us to see your names under Hans’ tree showing your love and support. Thank you!
- If you’d rather send in a check then donate on line, you can mail in your donation to: Children’s Neuroblastoma Foundation PO Box 6635 Bloomingdale, IL 60108. Just write “Hans Weberling LFL” in the memo.
- Since LFL is a 501 c(3) non-profit, your donation is fully tax-deductible.
If your employer has a matching program, see if your donation to LFL can be matched!
- Then, please forward this email and ask your friends and family to give up a lunch to save a life.
- I plan to initiate a similar campaign each year at Hans’ anniversary of Diagnosis, he was diagnosed on 10/25/06. I feel there is no better way to mark this fateful date than to put energy into working towards more effective, less brutal treatment methods. Until there’s no longer a need! One day…

With love,
Lara Cady Weberling
Mom of Hans, Age four, Stage IV NB, Dx(diagnosed) 10/25/06, NED (no evidence of disease) since 7/07