Last night I read an article on yahoo about this young man.He is a cancer patient who loves the military and for his tenth birthday the Make a Wish foundation asked for military volunteers to spend some time with him.Well, 40 soldiers, some who just returned fromAfganistan, arrived with their Hummer and made him an honorary member of the US Army. I wanted to share this story with you guys.It's touching to see our soldiers making time for a very sick young man and make his wish come true...This is a link to his facebook page that his parents made for him. I bet he would love rc tanks!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brenna...0043846?v=info

Great find Joe,

reading that makes me so much more grateful for the family and friends that I have. And that there still are good people in this crazy world.


Wade

Yes Wade... I wanted to sdhare it here becasue this is something that really touched me and made me realize that there is still alot of good out there. Shame it takes these things to see it...

Yellowshaker:

Have the guys that 'do battle' at the Danville park thought about contacting the 'Make a Wish' Foundation to see if there are any 'wishes' they might be able to fulfill, as in riding in a tank, or 'doing battle' with the R/C's (not the most extravagant if making a wish... but some don't think huge...)

I've loved R/C models myself for years, decades even (ever since seeing a Brit TV-movie called Sky Tigers - still wishing it'd go to DVD) and I'd love to go to Hollywood and work with a professional modelmaker. Work for a while with Derek Meddings (sadly, died in '95 from the Big C) Michael Trim (both of Anderson animation fame), or even Sid Mead... now that would make it for me, short of being employed by them.

Then again, I've ~had~ Cancer once myself (mid-bowel, surgically removed it all) and pray I don't get it again, as if I need chemo- or radio-therapy, it'll probably be nastier than the Big C killing me. Its killed two of my aunts, and I'd sooner go another way.

If Karen could spearhead something along this front, I'd gladly chip in... despite being one of the un-allied tankers, and a Canuck to boot. Mebbe if we can get organised enough, the Can-Am guys might be able to do something themselves too...

How about it guys... ?

WhiteWolf McBride
(having spent many weeks in special wards as a kid with others on chemo & radio-therapy, kidney dialysis, and others)

Wolf, I am happy you are ok. I losrt my dad to Cancer as well, and I have lost others close to me as well...This is always difficult, but it is something different with a child, you know?
I wish I had some extra cash laying around. I'd happily send him some custom rc tank to play with...
I like your idea and I will contact a few guys..perhaps they will read this thread themselves. Maybe some people will get involved. There is no greater cause than a child...

Hey...

I've been there, Yellow. I was diagnosed with Crohns at age 10. Its a REAL downer being told you're gonna have this gut problem for the rest of your life, and probably multiple surgeries too, at that age. I went into a depression and ended up at 88 lbs before the steroids kicked in and jacked my appetite through the roof. And that was after my parents had me to a shrink because they thought I was faking the gut pain to bail on school (was jumped to Gr. 2 halfway thru Gr. 1 'cause I was smart - IQ tested 140+, off the end of their scale)

I was in and out regularly, and saw these kids all the time. I was in the big Ottawa Childrens Hospital (CHEO) regularly, and my first op was at age 15... the worst was seeing a kid who'd been in a car wreck, caved in part of his skull, was like a retarded person... but the worst was they dinna know if he understood that his parents had died in the car. I regularly saw these same kids with cancers of all types, the ones on dialysis (its not fun either) and others. Its actually whats kept me going so long... knowing that compared to them, I had it ~EASY~. Its also where part of my 'grin and bear it' attitude came from, but its not always for the best. Sitting and bearing the pain when you're blowing a hole in your intestine isn't smart, but I got lucky and did NOT get peritonitis (infection from bowel contents infecting your innards - its why gut wounds are slow but PAINFUL killers) One lady I met said its what childbirth is like w/o pain meds... I dinna ask more.

So yea, I understand more than you know, and thats why I suggested the idea. Heck, depending on where the lad is, mebbe some of you guys could go do a demo in his yard... or at the local park for him to see. Make it a fundraiser, as McD's will often donate a drink dispensor... (they used to) and get the local grocery outlet to donate some burgers, 'dogs & soda/water. A few family propane grills... and mebbe, if you guys are brave (or have radios with trainer plugs) let some of the other kids run the tanks after providing a small donation, hmmm?

Makes me want to get off my butt if i'm free of idjit-nephew, and see if I'm able to get some of the locals to do a Demo at the local CHEO 'Teddy Bear's Picnic this year. Guys... you listening, think we can do it? For CHEO?

WhiteWolf
who could as easily have had cancer instead of crohns...