toonaspie
Just a poser
- Joined
- May 30, 2010
This past week, my sister and only sibling was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. As an additional kicker, she is only 36 years old. Kinda crazy now that I think about it cause just six months ago from today she had her second baby, then a few months later she had an appendectomy and now this. Her other child is only 20 months old so you can see how trying this is for her. Because it is a grade 3 tumor, I expect that treatment will be very aggressive and the whole family is antsy waiting for treatment to begin before things get worse.
With this is mind I'm looking for ideas for fundraising now just to help her out with current treatment but to also help in the long run with future testing and treatments. (Given her age and speed of the tumor growth, a recurrence later down the road seems very likely along with other complications.)
I know a GoFundMe would seem like the easiest route to go. But I feel it won't be as effective when I'm competing with tons of other families who are raising money for the same purposes. I'm considering other ideas that might be more unique, and have the ability to reach more people w/o coming off like total spam. I'm also looking for network ideas. I'm not very sociable in my family so I have no connections outside of family or work.
I appreciate any ideas and suggestions.
With this is mind I'm looking for ideas for fundraising now just to help her out with current treatment but to also help in the long run with future testing and treatments. (Given her age and speed of the tumor growth, a recurrence later down the road seems very likely along with other complications.)
I know a GoFundMe would seem like the easiest route to go. But I feel it won't be as effective when I'm competing with tons of other families who are raising money for the same purposes. I'm considering other ideas that might be more unique, and have the ability to reach more people w/o coming off like total spam. I'm also looking for network ideas. I'm not very sociable in my family so I have no connections outside of family or work.
I appreciate any ideas and suggestions.