Today I got to meet Samuel Johnson – and got heaps of hugs!!
Sam is an Australian actor in TV and movies.
He also is the face of “Love Your Sister”
His sister Connie battled cancer and sadly passed away a couple of years ago. Together they created a stunning online ‘Village’ of people who supported those suffering from cancer and raising money.
Sam just hit the 10 million dollar mark.
He and his little team are touring Australia and getting face to face with people, sharing valuable information and working on new fundraisers.
What a kind and passionate person Sam is!! He gave everybody who met him time, selfies and big hugs.
Sam swears a lot 😀 (and is beautifully unremorseful about it)
One of his fund raising campaigns was the Swear Jar campaign. I was online a few years ago when Connie was telling Sam off for his language and I posted a comment saying a swear jar thing should be his next campaign.
And boy did he make it happen!
I told him today that he wouldn’t remember but it was me online that night… etc. He was rapt. “It was YOU!!??” “That campaign raised over half a million dollars – thats yours!!” Then I got heaps of extra hugs! 😀
He is really good at making you feel special.
I donated, bought some stuff, took some photos and handed over a present of a couple of jars of raspberry jam which was argued over immediately (like who was going to eat it all)
Their next big thing is to get 100,000 Australians to sign up and pledge to donate $10 a month. They aim to have this number by December next year so they can bring in a million a month to put it directly in the hands of the people who are working so hard to make cancer a thing of the past.
Personalised medicine is the big thing we want. Instead of wasting precious time ‘trying’ different drugs, you can have your cancer tested down to the genetic level and the drug that will work best for you is used.
This is something that is a reality – but the money and the politics holds us back and sadly – people like Sams sister die.
Really glad I went out.
And now I have a “Love your Sister” Hoodie to snuggle in.
And I DO love my two sisters so very much so its an extra great thing to wear!
Cheers!
How lovely
Thanks – yes it was 🙂
Awesome! We need more people like Sam all over the world. We have the same politics here too that keeps the cancer-killing machine rolling. It would be awesome if we could irradicate this disease in the near future. I have lost 4 different neighbors to cancer. Another neighbor just went through cancer surgery and I had the same type of cancer 6 years ago. In addition, to exciting treatments options that target that kind of cancer, getting our environment truly cleaned up would go even further to help prevent it from starting. A monumental task for sure.
We really do don’t we? Sam does amazing stuff. And wow – you’ve been through it as well! Its seems cancer is never far from any of us. And I agree – everything is connected. At least cleaning up our environment and stop polluting waterways and using excessive chemicals etc etc etc… take away those external environmental factors. Its not going to hurt!!
As you say – monumental task!