John Taylor, 16yo, has cancer and needs your help

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED – any small amount you can please spare ...

John Taylor is a 16-year-old year old from Warkworth whose year has got off to a really rough start. On January 14th he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of melanoma and since then has had surgery to remove a large area of the surrounding skin and underlying tissue from his lower leg, as well as two nearby lymph nodes. Unfortunately, the results have shown that cancer cells were already present in the lymph nodes and now he needs to undergo further testing and treatment.

So far the family has already borrowed around $17,250 for surgery and testing as these were needed more urgently than the public health system could provide. They have already been told that John is likely to require further testing and treatment in the very near future and that not all of it will be funded through the public system.

Any funds raised will go towards paying for these tests and/or treatment as well as to support the whanau during the coming months ahead.

Many of you will know John, or his siblings George, Craig and Anna from Mahurangi College.

Or you might know his Mums – Carla Taylor and Lisa Williams who teach at Whangaparāoa College, or John’s dad Troy who works as a sales rep in and around the Warkworth/Hibiscus Coast areas.

Any small amount you can spare to help John and his whānau in this tough time would be very much appreciated.