Now It’s Our Turn to Help Mum

$1,130 donated

Given by 21 generous donors in 8 days

Supporting Mum through cancer by helping ease the financial pressure on her and our family during this heartbreaking time

Waikato

My beautiful Mother of 3 children and 4 grandies (Shona Jene Picken) is currently going through one of the hardest times of her life after being diagnosed with aggressive stage 4 bladder cancer with metastasis to her pelvis, lymph node, and a rib.

She has always been the person who shows up for my siblings and me. Now, it is our turn to show up for her.

This Givealittle page has been created to help ease some of the financial pressure that comes with cancer treatment. Alongside the emotional stress, there are many extra costs that quickly add up, including travel not covered by the travel scheme, appointments, alternative medication or treatment related expenses, food, household bills, and everyday living costs.

As her daughter, I want to do everything I can to help Mum focus on what matters most right now, her health, comfort and spending time with the people who love her.

We know times are hard for everyone, so please know there is absolutely no pressure to donate but we appreciate you shearing this page and taking the time to read our story x

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your kindness, generosity, and love. It truly means more than words can say.

With love,

The picken family xo

Jade Beilby's involvement (page creator)

I am her daughter Jade Beilby, and I’m setting up this page on Mum’s behalf to help support her with care, comfort, and essential costs.

Use of funds

Funds raised will be used to support Mum’s care, comfort, transport, appointment related costs, household bills, groceries, and other essential living expenses.

On average, fundraisers pay just 2% to use Givealittle. This is one of the lowest effective fees in New Zealand fundraising. We charge a 5% platform fee to cover the cost of running the platform. Because most donors choose to top up their donation to cover this fee, the effective cost paid by fundraisers is about 2%. That means around 98 cents of every dollar raised goes to the cause. Learn More