Can you help us support Kelleigh in her fight against cancer?

$29,327 donated
Given by 227 generous donors in around 6 months

Please help us raise money to fund treatment for Kelleigh, so that she can continue living and being a loving wife and mother.

Auckland

Please help us raise money to buy more time for Kelleigh to spend with her family. She is a loving wife to Craig and mother to three energetic, creative, fun-loving girls; Paige (13), Holly (10) and Charli (9).

Kelleigh has Stage 4, incurable breast cancer and she has exhausted all publicly-funded cancer treatment options in NZ. The drug that gives her more time, and allows her to stay in NZ to be with her family, is Ibrance. This drug is not currently funded in NZ, so Kelleigh's family is having to pay $5,865 per month to extend her life. This is obviously a huge financial strain for a young family, which will continue for the remainder of Kelleigh's life.

Kelleigh has had multiple surgeries and chemotherapy treatments, full-brain radiation, and countless blood transfusions. She spent three years travelling to and from Australia to participate in a clinical trial which was successful, until the cancer recently returned in her liver, and she was removed from the trial.

Kelleigh is the most positive, resilient and inspiring person that we know. She will keep fighting this disease so that she can actively raise her daughters and guide them to be kind, caring and empathetic young women, just like their mother.

Kelleigh and her family moved from Christchurch to Auckland three years ago. With us living in Christchurch, we feel unable to support Kelleigh on a day-to-day basis, so creating this Givealittle page is a way for us to raise much-needed funds for her fight against cancer.

Please generously support Kelleigh, to help take the financial burden away, and allow her to live a simple life; creating precious memories with her family.

Arohanui,

Michelle and Cindy xx

Michelle van Noorden & Cindy Frew's involvement (page creator)

Kelleigh is one of our closest friends. She needs more time to be with her beautiful family and we want to raise funds to pay for the treatment that she needs.

Use of funds

Funds will be used to pay for the ongoing $5865 monthly cost of Ibrance. If this treatment is ineffective, funds will be used for other treatment options available in Australia.

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Latest update

Thanks for your generosity!  13 December 2017

Thank you to all of you who have supported Kelleigh with giving a little, or a lot - you are all so wonderful! The money raised so far will help Kelleigh to pay for two months of medication. Please share this givealittle page with friends and family, so that we can help Kelleigh to pay for many more months of treatment. Thank you, thank you. Merry Christmas, arohanui, Cindy and Michelle x

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Latest donations

Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 29 May 2018    "Pink Breakfast for Kelleigh"
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McKay Limited
McKay Limited on 28 May 2018    "Pink Breakfast for Kelleigh"
Payment for Auction Samsung TV for NZICC meeting room $455 and Wine for customers $100
$555
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 27 May 2018
$20
Angela
Angela on 23 May 2018    "Pink Breakfast for Kelleigh"
$30
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Guest Donor on 21 May 2018    "Pink Breakfast for Kelleigh"
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This campaign started on 29 Nov 2017 and ended on 29 May 2018.