10 year old Edan is a brave couragious boy who's life has been consumed with neauroblastoma (cancer) and the tests, chemo,therapy, treatments ect..
at age 2 his father was killed and at 4 and a half he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer(neauroblastoma) and just last week his single mother was informed that Edan still has tumor in back of throat..
I am on mission to raise funds for Edan and his mother...

I am seeking advice and input..
Make a wish foundation sent him to Hawaii at age 6 and they will not help again yet this boy is in dire need of help..
His mom sturggles to make ends meet, from gas getting to and from chicago for appointments to clothes for her son who has to wear bigger pants because of side effects from chemo he can not use the bathroom and his stomach is full and way out..
he needs professional mental help and his Mom refuses to send him to state funded prfessional..
any advice, ehlp or input is greatly appreciated..
I take Edan to the river banks alot and have him picking and chosing great rocks I was thinking of selling gratitude rocks but unsure how to start this mission..
any help is greatly appreciated and May God bless you all just for taking time to read this..
Edan and his mother need our help???

May I ask why his mother would refuse state funded help?

I have to say that some of this doesn't exactly add up, sorry.

However...if she is single, and spends a lot of time with childcare and medical issues, then she probably doesn't have much in the way of income, so I know that she would qualify for Medicaid, which would not only take care of medical bills and medications, but there are also withing Public Assistance programs, one that would help her with travel, whether it be monetary or helping them get to and from appointments. As far as clothing, again, Social Services has programs in some states that offer a clothing allowance, not sure which ones, that you or she would have to ask. Other than that usually programs like Red Cross and local churches will help with many things like clothing, food, personal items, maybe take up collections/donations.

If by not using the bathroom you mean he is "unable" to go and becoming swollen, then his doctor would be able to provide medications to help him, if it cannot be afforded for over the counter ones, and he should seriously be getting immediate help for that, if that is happening his intestines could rupture and he could die.

As for the mental help, again, Medicaid would pay for that, and considering the seriousness of the situation, he would be able to be expedited into counseling ahead of others even if there were a waiting list.

As for the rocks, that is actually a pretty good idea. He could paint pictures, sayings, etc. on them and sell them at different venues, outside of stores (with prior permission, although I'm sure you would have no problem with that), leaving some at local stores for them to sell for you, maybe putting up some flyers announcing where they can be obtained. Some might even be willing to make "extra" donations if able.

If they still have that feature, you might contact the local Pizza Hut, they used to have a fund raising capability, not sure how they go about it, you have to talk to the Manager. Also, talk to any local or area groups such as Legions, Kiwanas, Boy/Girl Scouts, Churches, other restaurants, area businesses, schools, although for right now I guess that one would have to probably wait for the Fall, some people also put donation jars out at various locations. Also car washes, bake sales, odd jobs.

In trying some of these things, everyone you talk to would have at least one other idea also, so as you go along you will gain more ideas, options, resources, and connections. Even if they can't help, or don't have any ideas, it doesn't hurt to ask. If I think of anything else, I will add to this post. I hope everything goes well.

In your other post you said you wanted to send him to Hawaii, but hes already gone you say in this post.


Whats really up?

I'm not sure what this all about....maybe somethings are hard to express & explain typing in a little box. If this is real ,may God Bless this child.
Here in N.Y..... I participated in a fundraiser regarding cookbooks a while back. We all submitted favorite recipes. I was asked to donate a recipe of my choice and she would make sure my name (or whoevers I wanted on it)would be in the book if she chose to use it. The cookbooks were printed then sold. I'm sure there are many things you can look into...try "Google"

Parents and friends of special needs children often do fundraising, doesn't sound suspicious to me at all. He's a cute kid BTW!

I also think the rock idea is a great one! Check into the laws for your state and see what applies to you for fundraising. Generally, the funds must be spent on something material for the child. As in, you accept the donations and keep records, and you purchase whatever is needed or pay the bills for her. People who donate a little to things like this don't typically ask where the money is going, but you might have a rare person who does. Just have a plan and be ready to disclose what you are going to spend the money on.

Let me know when the rocks are for sale!!!

And the OP is deactivated. There's a shock. All this money talk, raising money, lovingly wealthy yet struggling and looking for business minded woman to open a door to a ladder for him to climb rubs me the wrong way. And to do it behind a child with cancer....

I could be wrong, but anybody else feeling this?

My bad.......I didn't read the other posts. But hopefully the one was before the Make A Wish people sent him to Hawaii.

Although, reading back yet again, it doesn't look like it.

Sigh, who knows.....I'm just going to pray for the kiddo.

That's why I put it nicely that it didn't sound quite right, not only because of the Hawaii thing, but because he had a couple minor errors in his profile, and in the posts his spelling was a little off, but the grammar...it sounded a little like the overseas emails you get trying to scam you. However, I gave all that advice just in case maybe he had someone else either do his profile or type the posts for him, just in case it was real, and yeah, I'm hoping he wasn't using a child for personal or material gain either.

I smell logic fail...

That is why I stayed out of this thread, I was suspicious of it from day one. Why come to a dating site to look for help and as you posted, there are a lot of agencies out there to help this "mother and child." I didn't believe him from day one, sorry. Guess I see scammers around every corner, but this one just didn't add up. Glad you spoke up.