My Activity Tracking
53
kms
My target 100 kms
Distance Travelled
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52.95km
My target
100km
I'm running 100km in April to help bring life-saving CAR T-cell therapy home to NZ!
A little over seven years ago my husband Kurt died of Blood Cancer. At the time he was diagnosed we had a four month old daughter, less than a year after his diagnosis he was gone. When chemotherapy failed, we were told we had no other treatment options left. We had researched CAR-T immunotherapy which wasn't yet available in New Zealand and worked tirelessly to get Kurt to Boston (a distance of 14,500km) on a CAR-T trial. The costs were huge, not only was he away from the comfort of home and family for those final months of his life, but the stress, the travel and the costs of the American hospital system made it an incredibly challenging experience, on top of what was already a living nightmare.
CAR-T treatment has progressed immensely, and I saw first hand what incredibly powerful results it can achieve. Every day, seven New Zealanders are diagnosed with blood cancer. It comes completely out of nowhere, and shakes your entire existence to the core. I want to try to ensure that all New Zealanders have access to ground breaking immunotherapy treatment right here in New Zealand, without the additional hurdles of travel, living abroad, and certainly without the hundreds of thousands of dollars of treatment costs attached to it.
I'm honoured to be a part of the Go-The-Distance campaign, fundraising to help bring CAR-T therapy to hospitals across New Zealand. I'm going the distance, so that you and your favourite humans won't have to.
My Go the Distance Milestones
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Received your first donation
50% fundraising target met!
Halfway distance!
Smashed Funraising Goal!
Gone the distance!
Thank you to my Sponsors
$527.50
Adam & Mita Stewart
$527.50
Matched Donation
$263.75
Fawad
Great cause 👏 wishing you all the best Janelle 🙏
$263.75
Matched Donation
$263.75
Pauline Rennie
Good luck🥰🥰
$106.12
Nick
$106.12
Margaret Fisher
$106.12
Roshan
$106.12
Kay Roby
$106.12
Matched Donation
$106.12
Amy-kate Snowise
$106.12
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$106.12
Tom Hullena
$106.12
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$106.12
Maxwell Woodhead
🤍🤍🤍
$106.12
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$106.12
Jacque
Thankyou 🥰
$106.12
Matched Donation
$106.12
Veronica Fawcet
You’re an inspiration xx
$106.12
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$106.12
Chris & Ang Newman
$106.12
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$106.12
Dr Cat Stone
Proud of you doing this babe - hopefully saving others from the heartbreak you went through with Kurt. Sending love and hugs 🥰🤗
$106.12
Matched Donation
$106.12
Lake Speed Ltd
Great work cousin
$100
Macca
$100
Media Jam
$100
Ange, Dan, Georgie & Beau ❤️
We are so proud of you J. Sending love x
$100
Matched Donation
$54.12
Anonymous
$54.12
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$54.12
Sonia
Go Janelle!
$54.12
Stacey B
Thank you for continuing to support others x
$54.12
Matched Donation
$54.12
Sarah-jane
All the best for your movement goals. Thank you for bringing attention and awareness to this illness with such grace. Appreciate you. X
$54.12
Anonymous
$54.12
Anonymous
All the best Janelle
$54.12
Charlotte
Always the trailblazer, you go girl!
$54.12
Matched Donation
$54.12
Niki 🩷
With all my love, you beautiful soul xxx Pouring strength and energy into for you to go the distance.
$54.12
Matched Donation
$54.12
Kelly Fuller
Thanks for doing this Janelle. It’s a cause close to my heart too. xx
$54.12
Matched Donation
$54.12
Georgia Strand
You’re amazing!
$54.12
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$54.12
Peggy Fuller
$54.12
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$54.12
Meg Dunbar
You have inspired and helped a range of people Janelle, in so many ways. Take some sheets wool for those shoes!
$54.12
Matched Donation
$54.12
Hannah J Fox
Go amazing lady 🙌🏼❤️✨ sending love and strength xx
$54.12
Matched Donation
$27.81
Jayne Taylor-clarke
Thank you doing this Janelle! Take care and pace yourself. You will smash it!
$27.81
Matched Donation
$27.81
Monica
Well done J. Kurt would be really proud of you.
$27.81
Matched Donation
$27.81
Anonymous
Amazing effort..... I'm not a runner and I'll keep walking as you inspire me
$27.81
Anonymous
$27.81
Matched Donation
$27.81
Anonymous
$27.21
Yes
Go Janelle, thank you for doing this. Keeping you in our thoughts and sending you all the strength ❤️kurt is proud of you wherever he is ❤️
$27.21
Matched Donation
$22.58
The Frosts - Amsg
All the best!!
$22.58
Jen C
Thank you for continuing to support CAR-T therapy. As a clinical research professional who has worked in this space, every bit counts.
$22.58
Matched Donation
$17.16
Anonymous
$17.16
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$11.65
Tristan Joe
$11.65
Matched Donation
$2.99
Kurt was a bloody good bloke ❤️ 🏃♂️