If you want to help Linnea with the fundraising in the form of different initiatives, we have print materials that you are very welcome to use, contact us so that we can thank you properly for your help.
Christine Karlsson, who works at the Small Animal Clinic ("Smådjurskliniken) in Karlskrona, contacted us and offered to arrange an event aimed at raising money for Linnea.
It was a fantastic day with camel and donkey riding, archery and much more.
Thank you so much for the help Christine and what you did, we were very moved.
Our beloved friends at "Ministry of Testing" who have done so much for us in the past and keep on helping us have now produced a calendar for 2018 where all the proceeds will go directly to Linneas treatment.
Need a calendar? Go pick one up at Ministry of Testing!
"Ministry of Testing Calendar 2018 - for Linnea Nordström"
Rajesh Mathur (@rajeshmathur) and Colin Cherry (@yrrehcniloc) made sure that Australian Testers online and at meetups got the information and was encouraged to donate towards Linnea's treatment.
Thank you!
In his book "Peter Pan" J.M Barrie wrote that "All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
In early October pixie dust for our family was provided by TechWell and Alison Wade who were enormously kind and generous and gave us a magical present: a visit to Disneyland & a room in the Disney Hotel.
We cannot thank you enough for this since it gave us unforgettable days for our family and made Kristians and Linneas dream come true.
We all four were riding on Linneas favorite ride "Jumping Jellyfish" for a 5th time in a row and I looked over the beautiful surroundings and I saw my kids and Kristoffer laughing. The honey-colored Californian sunset colored their hair, the easy warm wind carried our laughter around and right there on that Jumping Jellyfish I started crying. Not because I was sad, or afraid, or immensely worried. No. I cried because I was happy, because we all four were there happy and somehow magically worries couldn't reach us at Disneyland. We were happy and protected by Merida from "Brave", by Godmother from "Cinderella", by Elsa from "Frost", by Beast from "Beauty and the Beast".
We checked out from the Cancerland and checked in at Disneyland. And it was wonderful, magical and unforgettable.
Thank you for the pixie dust, Alison & TechWell
Pia Gunnarson is running a local kiosk for Linnea at her work place.
Co-workers can now get a tasty snack when going for coffee thanks to this initiative.
Payment is simply done in the local jar or via Swish donations directly to Linnea.
If you want to start your own "Linneas kiosk" at your workplace then feel absolutely free to do so. And if you would like some getting started material, then feel free to contact us, we can supply it in english.
Morten Hougaard (@TestNTweet) and friends arranging Copenhagen Context 2017 very kindly handed out information and encouraged participants at the Context driven Software Test Conference to donate towards Linnea's treatment.
Thank you!
In the summer of 2017, we were offered by the University of Monterrey who manufactured Linnea's immunotherapy to base her treatment on the biopsy of her own tumor.
This was something that had never been done before for DIPG patients and we were very excited about this possibility as the treatment becomes significantly more effective if it is based on the patient's own biopsy of the tumor.
But there was a problem ... how could we ship the tumor material, which is extremely temperature sensitive, in a speedy manner for a limited time all over the world without getting stuck in any of the customs of the countries it passed?
Fortunately, we found a specialized logistics company in Stockholm and with offices around the world, "YSDS - Your Special Delivery Service", which specializes in these types of unique deliveries.
We can not thank YSDS enough and praise their extremely professional way of handling the case, keeping us informed, and helping us get the tumor shipped.
As if this were not enough, YSDS did not want to hear talk about charging us for the service but instead informed us that this was their way of supporting Linnea of her treatment in Mexico!
What a wonderful company, thanks YSDS!
Our good friend Christopher Chant (@choibot) has been running half marathons for Linnea to raise awareness and help with donations.
- Robin Hood half marathon / Nottingham
- Generali MÜNCHEN MARATHON
We couldn't be more happy and proud to call Christopher our friend.
If you want to start join team "Running for Linnea" we would be ever so grateful.
Feel free to contact us and let us know se we can thank you properly, also there will likely be a running shirt designed if you want run in style for Linnea.
