Laphonza Butler, the first Black LGBTQ+ U.S. senator, won’t run in 2024 for the California seat to which she was recently appointed. Photo: Power Summit 2022
04.10.2023 - 16:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
An appeal to send an Ayrshire tot to New York for specialist cancer treatment has smashed its £250,000 target.
More than a quarter-of-a-million has been raised to help brave Mauchline three-year-old Ava Bolton who is battling a rare but very aggressive childhood cancer.
Ava has been undergoing gruelling treatment for stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma which has just a 50 per cent survival rate. Her desperate family uncovered a miracle vaccine treatment being trialled at the Memorial Sloan Kettering centre in New York, but the potential lifeline comes at an eye-watering cost of £250,000.
The vaccine treatment could prevent the cancer from ever returning - giving the brave tot the best chance of survival.
Dad Scott and mum Natalie launched a fundraiser as they called for urgent help in April. Now less than six months since they first revealed Ava's battle - they've raised £261,406 and counting.
Residents and businesses up and down Ayrshire helped coin it in for the cheeky youngster who has just finished a brutal round of chemotherapy. Huge fundraising events took place to generate cash as an army of Ava supporters pledged their support.
Ava's family shared the amazing news on the official fundraising Facebook page 'Help Our Ava'.
Her family said: "What an amazing weekend, first Ava got discharged last night after her last and hopefully final chemotherapy and second, we have hit our fundraising £250,000 target.
"We don’t really know what to say, we are completely blown away by the generosity of every person and business that has supported us throughout this time, we never thought that six months ago when we started this fundraiser that we would have hit our target so a massive thank you everyone."
You can still donate to Ava
Laphonza Butler, the first Black LGBTQ+ U.S. senator, won’t run in 2024 for the California seat to which she was recently appointed. Photo: Power Summit 2022
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