Team
Jacob

No MOORE Chemo Party

Jacob’s final spinal tap is January 10 with his last oral chemotherapy pill being January 20, 2013! This is a cause for celebration. Over 3+ years of treatment for Leukemia! Please save the date for Sunday, March 10, 2013 for our “No MOORE Chemo Party” for Jacob and showing our thanks to everyone that has supported us during this journey.  Hope to see you there. Please RSVP to nomoorechemoparty@comcast.net.

To keep up with Jacob’s condition and offer prayers and support

Heidi has set up a CaringBridge website to post updates about Jacob’s condition with a journal. On this website, you can keep track of how Jacob is doing, see pictures, leave a message on the guestbook, or just receive e-mail notification when the journal is updated.
Jacob’s status and condition site

To donate time and meals

We have set up a LotsaHelpingHands website that allows people to volunteer to bring meals, clean, and provide other service opportunities to the family. The site very easily lets you volunteer to help and then look at a calendar with a list of their needs for the week and select where you would like to help. Please note: At this time, The Moore Family is not requesting meal donations. Thank you for all your support this last year. If they do need support, you will receive an email.
Team Jacob Lotsa Helping Hands site

To visit Jacob at home

Jacob is back at home and attending school when he can. He still has many doctor and therapy appointments, chemotherapy once a month and spinal taps every 3 months. We are very pleased with his progress and him continuing to be in remission!

Jacob loves to have visitors, so friends and family are welcome to come visit him at home. However, the family does ask to please not come if you are sick in any way due to Jacob’s low immune system at the current time. Hope to see you soon!

Fight for Jacob and his family

Over the years, Heidi Moore has served as a tireless advocate for people with disabilities in Georgia — holding rallies at the Capitol, speaking to organizations across Georgia, meeting with legislators, working with the media, and keeping everyone in the disability community updated with her newsletter. Her motivation and inspiration: her son Jacob, who was born with Down syndrome, and his brother, Jared.

Jacob has also fought for advocacy in his own way by shattering barriers and winning friends with his infectious smile. Behind them all along the way were Jared and Heidi’s husband, Steven.

On 11/13/09, the Moore family received the devastating news that 9-year-old Jacob was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and that there would be a long road ahead of them for treating Jacob’s condition (3 ½ year chemotherapy treatment plan). The community responded with an overwhelming outpouring of love, support, and prayers after hearing the news. So, this site is dedicated to giving this wonderfully supportive community the opportunity to help.

Raising Money for Childhood Cancer

As you are all aware, cancer has impacted our entire family – especially Jacob. Because of your support, so far we have raised over $16,000 for the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. This allows us to continue to support the Down syndrome/Leukemia research project being conducted at Northwestern University in Jacob’s honor. Let’s find a cure for cancer so NO child has to go through what he has these last 3+ years of treatment! In addition, in 2012, Jared raised over $1,000 for CURE Childhood Cancer and we have multiple friends running for Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS) to raise money for this wonderful organization.  Thank you for making a difference!