Aaron Stamper's Medical Fund
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My name is Robert. I teach 4th grade in Lexington, KY. I am raising money for Aaron Stamper. I don't know him or his family, but I saw his story on the news in Lexington, Kentucky. This young man is battling Leukemia and in the story his request from the public was recieve a box full of birthday cards on his birthday, which is this coming Sunday (April 2nd). This story made an impression on me due to the fact that his request was so humble. He didn't ask for anything material, expensive, or exotic.
His family has had a difficult two years. His brother died in a car wreck two years ago. The family has obviously suffered emotionally and, most likely financially due to these events. My goal is to raise this money to help the family pay medical bills and if any is left over, I think they very much deserve a bit of a vacation.
I was inspired to start this campaign by Aaron and my students. I've also seen the effects of cancer on my own family. My wife, her mother and father have all had and survived cancer within the last five years. My stepfather and stepmother both died from cancer. Just like many of you, I know the medical bills can be enormous and the stress for everyone involved can be overwhelming.
I asked the kids in our fourth grade classes to write birthday cards to Aaron . I was really impressed at the effort they put into creating the cards. So, on the spur of the moment I created this GoFundMe page. I didn't even really know what I was doing, I just Googled it and followed the
directions. I surely didn't expect such an incredible response.
I hope that doing this teaches my students the importance of doing good deeds for those that may be going through a rough patch in life, and to be humble and unselfish, which is hard in our material world. We all need to be more like Aaron!
Aaron is a great example of humbleness and his perspective on life is refreshing. He obviously knows what really matters. I hope my students can inspire him with their cards and that we can give him and his family support and inspiration during such a tough time in their lives.
I wish you the best Aaron,
From,
Robert
His family has had a difficult two years. His brother died in a car wreck two years ago. The family has obviously suffered emotionally and, most likely financially due to these events. My goal is to raise this money to help the family pay medical bills and if any is left over, I think they very much deserve a bit of a vacation.
I was inspired to start this campaign by Aaron and my students. I've also seen the effects of cancer on my own family. My wife, her mother and father have all had and survived cancer within the last five years. My stepfather and stepmother both died from cancer. Just like many of you, I know the medical bills can be enormous and the stress for everyone involved can be overwhelming.
I asked the kids in our fourth grade classes to write birthday cards to Aaron . I was really impressed at the effort they put into creating the cards. So, on the spur of the moment I created this GoFundMe page. I didn't even really know what I was doing, I just Googled it and followed the
directions. I surely didn't expect such an incredible response.
I hope that doing this teaches my students the importance of doing good deeds for those that may be going through a rough patch in life, and to be humble and unselfish, which is hard in our material world. We all need to be more like Aaron!
Aaron is a great example of humbleness and his perspective on life is refreshing. He obviously knows what really matters. I hope my students can inspire him with their cards and that we can give him and his family support and inspiration during such a tough time in their lives.
I wish you the best Aaron,
From,
Robert
Organizer and beneficiary
robert calmes
Organizer
Versailles, KY
aaron stamper
Beneficiary