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Toby Powers

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Raising awareness of childhood cancer one story at a time 🎗💪💛
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Are there any childhood cancer families local (or relative to) SW Michigan on here that need help with Christmas this year? I would love to make your Christmas our next fundraiser. 🎄🎁
Leave a comment or message me!

#ChildhoodCancer #Christmas #SecretSanta #AdoptaFamily #Michigan by @beaded4cures

Our rubber childhood cancer awareness bracelets came in today!

These bracelets are available to you as thanks for donating to Beaded4cures.

Proceeds will be used to help families with bills or other expenses like covering a family meal and provide birthday boxes and care packages for little warriors!

You can request more than 1 bracelet, but please be reasonable in your donation amount. I also ask you cover the shipping cost🙏

You pick the design(s) of your choice! There are 6 designs to choose from with only 20 available in each design!

Let's raise awareness and funds for kids fighting cancer! 🎗💪

#Childhoodcancer #cancersupport #nonprofits #payitforward #awareness by @beaded4cures

Yesterday at 7:25PM Jett took his last breath at the age of 15 after a 15 month fight with Osteosarcoma💔

He loved Pokémon and Disney. He was going to be a fireman in the future that we now will never see. Jett wasn't just a boy, he held so many promises for the future of our people. Every child lost is a future lost.

He was originally diagnosed in Sept. 2025, but had been hospitalized since August 29th, 2026, due to complications as a result of his cancer and fluid in his lungs. He never made it back home. 😇😭

GoFundMe link in stories and on my "Osteo Warriors" highlight.

Venmo: Tiffany-Trunnell

#JettStrong #Osteosarcoma #OsteosarcomaAwareness #Sarcoma #ChildhoodCancer by @beaded4cures

This Halloween, I went gold 🎗 for my neighbor, Hope for Harmonee in Galesburg. She's been fighting ETMR brain cancer, and just got home after a 6 month hospital stay.

Welcome home, Harmonee. We are so happy to have you as our neighbor. I know one woman stopped me to take a picture of the Venmo QR code tonight. 💛☺️

Every effort matters, and it's important even if it only reaches one person at a time. All it takes to spark some change is one person choosing to talk about something that others don't usually offer in conversation.

I made a sign with the words "Childhood Cancer" written big and bold. I know people read it. I know they talked about it. I know at least one person donated to help our neighbor, Harmonee, tonight, and that she also carries a bracelet with her with "CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS" written on it in bold letters.

Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃🎗💛

#childhoodcancerawareness #gogold #Halloween #HappyHalloween #sharethelove by @beaded4cures

On October 30, we officially concluded this fundraiser after receiving two amazing donations.

First, we paid a visit to the lovely staff at Art and Soul Tattoo in Portage. I picked up a generous donation of THREE Toniebox 2 bundles from co-owner, Julia Lawrence, who was the one to message me about making a donation. If you haven't been to Art and Soul Tattoo yet, I highly recommend showing this local business some love for providing their expert services and support for our community 🥰 Thank you so much for your donation!

Then, I was shocked (and still am) to see that we had an Anonymous donor provide our full fundraiser goal in a single donation, putting us past our goal! I really don't think the words exist to properly express my gratitude for this donation. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ♡

It's amazing seeing what our community is capable of achieving when we work together for a cause like this!

Truth be told, I could have never expected this level of support for this fundraiser. To not only meet our goal, but to exceed it, is truly incredible. We are going to make a difference for the kids in our community, and none of it would be possible without you. I wish I could thank each and every one of you by name; everyone who took part in this fundraiser.

Follow my awareness page Beaded4cures (most social media platforms) for further updates, like when we drop these donations off to the hospital.

Thank you Jon Covington for bringing me on your show, West Michigan Tonight, and giving me the space to publicly speak about this fundraiser and Beaded4cures.

Thank you Cecilia Covington for your $25 donation.

Thank you Hannah Ewbank for your $25 donation.

Thank you Emma Nowak for your $25 donation.

Thank you Anonymous for your $50 donation.

Thank you Anonymous for your $600 donation.

Thank you Art and Soul Tattoo for your donation of Tonie boxes and characters.

Thank you Tonies Community Impact team for your donation of Tonie boxes and characters.

Thank you all for showing up, for caring, and for contributing to this cause, which will make a difference for the children of our community who are treated at Bronson Children's Hospital. by @beaded4cures

Yasmin has been through the unimaginable within her short 3 years of life already.

She is a survivor of the genocide in Palestine, & a warrior fighting childhood cancer; Neuroblastoma. 🎗

This family needs our help to make it through this fight. Yasmin needs a place to call home and expensive treatments to save her life.

She's currently fighting in Italy after being displaced from her home near Gaza. 🍉

Yasmin herself is described as a little girl who just "wants to live her life like other kids; going outside to play and buying her favorite things" from shops that make her happy.

Before she even got sick, she was not new to terrible living conditions like famine and watching her family die around her.

How do you explain genocide to a toddler?
How do you explain why you can't soothe the pain of hunger that grows in their tummy?
How do you explain the loss of life of her family members to her?
How do you tell her that she has to leave home to fight for her life in an unknown country?

Yasmin's father, Mustafa, has had to do it all.

Childhood cancer doesn't wait, not even during times of genocide. Yasmin is fortunate to have made it out of Palestine at all with her life and a family member by her side. She now faces another unfathomably terrifying threat to her life though.

My heart bleeds for these children. No child deserves to carry a story like this. No father should have to carry his daughter in his arms through Oncology wards after carrying her through genocide.

Free Palestine. 🇵🇸
Fund childhood cancer research. 🎗
Together, we can make the world a better place for every child in it.

May Allah be with you, Yasmin, & all the precious children of Palestine 🙏

Please share Yasmin's story if you can't donate 🙏🇵🇸

#ChildhoodCancer #FreePalestine #Gaza #Prayers #sharethelove

Support Yasmin by copying the link in the photos, scanning the QR code, or tapping the link on my story. The link to her GoFundMe will be available on my "Neuroblastoma Warriors" highlight. by @beaded4cures

Threads alone makes me want to give up.
I deleted the app last night until I remembered a father from Gaza reached out to me about his 3yo with cancer. I don't get to give up on talking about these kids like other people have. I don't get to wait until childhood cancer becomes an issue convenient or easy enough to talk about.

Whether you're ready to talk about it or not, cancer exists in all places. It's not waiting for you to care. It's taking 400 kids every single day.

That's not a big issue to you because you know it's not an easy fix. You can't be self righteous about it. You can't solve it by banning it or telling people to give their kid a simple shot to prevent it.

All you can do is sit in the dark with it like people actually advocating about it do because so many people are choosing not to care or talk about it.

You can't tell me you care while you're hostile towards me for talking about it. Even if you think it's being talked about in a space where you think it ought not tobe talked about, hostility does not show care.

If you really did care, you wouldn't tell me there's a time and place.
There is not.

There is not a time and place when cancer exists in every space.

Instead of telling me my words don't belong in your space, why don't you create a space where we can talk about it? Why don't you choose to sit in this space amongst spaces with us? Why don't you choose to actually show that you care if you actually do care? by @beaded4cures

❤️ Meet Kayden — Our Little Warrior ❤️

Kayden is so much more than a little boy fighting cancer. He is a beautiful soul with a big personality, a spirit that refuses to be dimmed, and a sense of humor that shines even when life gets hard. He has a light about him that reminds everyone around him just how precious childhood is and how much strength can live inside such a little person.

Now, Kayden is facing a battle no child should ever have to face: rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare & aggressive type of cancer that develops in soft tissues.

His world has changed in ways no child should have to understand. Instead of simply being a kid, he is facing medical appointments, treatments, uncertainty, & the challenges that come with fighting this disease. He has started chemotherapy, and so far, he has been holding up remarkably well & keeping his humor alive. Even in the middle of something so frightening, Kayden is still finding ways to be himself.

But behind every brave smile is a little boy who deserves comfort, love, support, & a chance to just be a kid. His fight affects the entire family, emotionally, physically, and financially. Between treatment, travel to medical appointments, household expenses, & the need to take unpaid time away from work to care for him, the road ahead brings challenges no family should have to carry alone.

We cannot take away Kayden's diagnosis, but we can surround him with love, lift his family up in prayer, & help ease some of the burdens they're facing.

Every donation, every share, every prayer, & every kind word makes a difference. No amount is too small, & no act of kindness goes unnoticed.

Kayden is fighting cancer, but cancer does not get to define who he is. He is still our funny, amazing little boy, & we will continue to fight alongside him every step of the way. 🎗💪

Today, we stand with Kayden. We believe in his strength, we hold on to hope, & we will keep showing up for him through every high and low.

❤️ Cancer picked the wrong little warrior. We love you, Kayden. One day, one treatment, and one prayer at a time. ❤️

The link to Kayden's GoFundMe will be posted on my story and also available on my "Rhabo Warriors" highlight. by @beaded4cures

Here's a better look at what we received yesterday from @tonies.us Community Impact team for our fundraiser for Bronson Children’s Hospital!

We are accepting physical and monetary donations for this fundraiser!

Link to donate is in the "BCH Fundraiser" highlight. Message me for physical donation information.

#Tonies #Fundraiser #Blessed #Local #Pediatrics by @beaded4cures

Thank you for 200 Instagram followers!🤝

Your support is everything in my mission to spread awareness of kids fighting cancer! 🎗
I can't wait to see how this community will flourish and provide what I also hope can eventually become a space where families facing these challenges can come for some great support and relief.

If you're not following yet, why not help make this mission possible by tapping that follow button? You may not be able to donate, but even a nice comment for a family to read can make a big difference.

#follow #followers #milestone #share #support by @beaded4cures

Special thanks to @tonies.us and their Tonies Community Impact team for their generous donation of 2 Tonie Box bundles in support of our fundraiser for Bronson Children’s Hospital!

Stay tuned to see us bring these to the hospital to make our donation!

To learn more about this fundraiser, please screenshot the QR code on the flyer attached to the end of this video, or message me for a direct link. We have raised $75 so far on top of receiving these two bundles. None of this would be possible without your support!

I can't wait to schedule our donation with the hospital team and introduce these magical Tonie box devices to the children in my community who are treated at the hospital!

#Tonies #TonieBox #CommunityImpact #Fundraiser #childrenshospital by @beaded4cures