We Won!

We Won! Yippee!

What an exciting morning when they announced it over the radio and then Clay JD Walker showed up on our classroom to do some live "spots" for the radio station. Needless to say, with so much money raised, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation was extremely happy with us and has also been in contact with both Chase and me. Our next adventure will be being part of a radiothon in Raleigh to raise more money for the same great cause.

Chase is beginning to get a lot of exposure due to all of this. Take a look at this following interview that was put together by our local Fox 8 station here in Greensboro. It is very inspirational, so you can see why both foundations are seeking him to speak for them. Both Friends of Jaclyn and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation have found a great young man.

Delivering the check to 93.1 The Wolf

After all those weeks of collecting coins, having the Tar Heels come to our school and sign autographs and then the auction, our school ended up raising just over $15,000! Wow, what an amazing thing to be able to do in just 4 weeks during such hard times that we were and still are in these days. I am so proud of our school, our community and especially the kids. The kids have learned so many lessons about Kids giving to Kids, it is heartwarming.


Above are Jennifer B. and Jennifer R. and myself along with the radio show hosts Chuck and Leanne who sponsored the School Spirit contest to raise money for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. We took our $15,071.49 check to them on Monday, November 3rd and waited until Wednesday the 5th to see if we had won the promised concert with Kellie Pickler. See, the school that brought in the most money would win the concert. So, the waiting began....

Benifit Auction for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation

October 25, 2008 was quite a night for the Jones family and a night to remember. At Oak Ridge Elementary, as the third part of our raising money for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and as a way of having closure for us as a family and our fight against brain cancer, we ended up raising just under $5,000. Rich Brenner was our guest auctioneer with Chase doing a wonderful job of speaking to the crowd about childhood cancer and his experiences. A video that was put together by Mitch Townley, my brother-in-law, was a way to send the message home even more, that cancer has hit our family more than once. It is dedicated to not only Chase, but also to my late father who passed away in April 2004 from complications of a brain tumor. Brain cancer has hit my family twice; fortunately for Chase, he can say he is a survivor!

Enjoy the video, it is a pleasure to share it with you and many others. We are blessed and know that God's grace continues to be among us with every MRI that shows Chase to be "clean" every three months.