This fundraiser is over.
Julian Giacobbe - Moustaches for Kids OC
Help me raise money for CHOC Children’s!
UPDATE: Isabella's story was featured on CHOC's blog: https://blog.chocchildrens.org/why-i-support-choc-julian
My niece Isabella will be 12 in a couple of months. There will be the mandatory cake and candles, I’m sure, along with family, food, noise...the usual. And yes, despite her age-appropriate embarrassment, she will eventually have to pose for pictures together with her twin brother and their parents. And yet there will be dozens of people missing from every shot: all the doctors and nurses at CHOC who are singlehandedly responsible for our Isabella turning 12 that day–just like they had a hand in every one of her last 8 birthdays.
Isabella was diagnosed with stage-3 kidney cancer in 2011, almost 8 birthdays ago. Today she’s cancer-free. But it wasn’t an easy road in between. For 2 long years, her childhood was enclosed by the walls of a pristine room at CHOC in Orange. There were many exams, tests, and surgeries. And even after leaving that room and going back home, there were visits to CHOC multiple times a week for another year and a half. Throughout it all, it was those fantastic doctors and nurses at CHOC that kept Isabella going - figuratively and literally.
We don't need to look back at those days to try and find some epiphany telling us that this was some kind of life-changing event for our family. We knew it all along. And yet the staff at CHOC does this every. Single. Day for hundreds of other families, never letting the financial situation of parents get in the way of providing the best possible care for their children.
So this is not just another fundraising effort for me. It’s very personal. My family owes CHOC more than we could ever pay back... When Isabella gives the camera the inevitable eye roll that most 12-year old girls would on their birthday photos, we know who to thank. For the next 30 days, I sincerely hope you can help me thank them, too.
100% of donation directly support the patients and families at CHOC Children’s!
My niece Isabella will be 12 in a couple of months. There will be the mandatory cake and candles, I’m sure, along with family, food, noise...the usual. And yes, despite her age-appropriate embarrassment, she will eventually have to pose for pictures together with her twin brother and their parents. And yet there will be dozens of people missing from every shot: all the doctors and nurses at CHOC who are singlehandedly responsible for our Isabella turning 12 that day–just like they had a hand in every one of her last 8 birthdays.
Isabella was diagnosed with stage-3 kidney cancer in 2011, almost 8 birthdays ago. Today she’s cancer-free. But it wasn’t an easy road in between. For 2 long years, her childhood was enclosed by the walls of a pristine room at CHOC in Orange. There were many exams, tests, and surgeries. And even after leaving that room and going back home, there were visits to CHOC multiple times a week for another year and a half. Throughout it all, it was those fantastic doctors and nurses at CHOC that kept Isabella going - figuratively and literally.
We don't need to look back at those days to try and find some epiphany telling us that this was some kind of life-changing event for our family. We knew it all along. And yet the staff at CHOC does this every. Single. Day for hundreds of other families, never letting the financial situation of parents get in the way of providing the best possible care for their children.
So this is not just another fundraising effort for me. It’s very personal. My family owes CHOC more than we could ever pay back... When Isabella gives the camera the inevitable eye roll that most 12-year old girls would on their birthday photos, we know who to thank. For the next 30 days, I sincerely hope you can help me thank them, too.
100% of donation directly support the patients and families at CHOC Children’s!
Raised
$ 2,180.00
Goal
$ 2,000.00
Donations Go To
CHOC Hospital